Rainiers edge Express behind Fulmer and late Fairchild hit
ROUND ROCK, Texas (Interstat) — Carson Fulmer pitched six innings and Stuart Fairchild singled home the go-ahead run in the ninth as the Tacoma Rainiers beat the Round Rock Express 3-2 Sunday afternoon in Triple-A Pacific Coast League play at Dell Diamond. The game drew 5,743 and lasted 2 hours, 20 minutes. Seth Shuman earned the win, Ben Peoples took the loss, and Nick Garcia recorded the save. Fulmer allowed two earned runs on seven hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Trey Supak threw three scoreless innings with five strikeouts for Round Rock. Ryan Bliss and Leo Rivas drove in runs, while Fairchild scored on Bliss’s sacrifice fly. Jonah Bride had two hits and one RBI for Round Rock, and Cam Cauley homered. Tacoma finished with seven hits, Round Rock with eight. Shuman moved to 10-2, Peoples fell to 5-3, and Garcia notched his fifth save. Tacoma improved to 71-78, while Round Rock fell to 72-75.