TACOMA, Wash. (Interstat) — Nolan Kingham tossed five scoreless innings and Connor Joe homered as the Tacoma Rainiers beat the El Paso Chihuahuas 1-0 on Sunday evening at Cheney Stadium. Kingham allowed four hits and struck out three to earn the win, improving to 3-6. Peyton Alford threw two scoreless relief innings, and Nick Garcia worked a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for his third save. Logan Gillaspie took the loss, dropping to 6-6, after giving up one earned run in 2 1/3 innings. JP Sears added 2 2/3 scoreless innings for El Paso. Joe’s home run accounted for the game’s only run, coming in the third inning. Tacoma finished with four hits, while El Paso had five. Troy Watson and Garrett Hawkins each added a scoreless inning, and Jason Adam struck out one in a scoreless frame. The game took 2 hours, 24 minutes and drew 7,193 fans. Tacoma improved to 69-74; El Paso fell to 55-85. The Pacific Coast League (AAA) contest was played at Cheney Stadium.