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LAS VEGAS 51s 12, TACOMA RAINIERS 5

■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Josh Edgin (2-0); Rainiers, James Paxton (2-5)

■ HIGHLIGHTS: At Tacoma, Wash., Brandon Hicks and Wilmer Flores each homered among their three hits and had four RBIs apiece, and Andrew Brown also homered for the 51s (32-27), who had nine extra-base hits in their 13-hit attack. … Hicks hit a three-run shot in the fourth to put Pacific Coast League-leading Tacoma (37-25) in a 4-1 hole. … 51s starter Zack Wheeler allowed four runs on a season-high eight hits in 4 2/3 innings, with seven strikeouts and a walk.

■ NEXT: 51s (RHP Matt Fox, 1-1, 4.09 ERA) at Rainiers (RHP Erasmo Ramirez, 0-1, 3.18), 7:05 p.m. today, KBAD-AM (920)

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