Omaha came back to beat Tacoma, 8-5 in the first game of the four-game series.
Down 5-3 in the bottom of the eighth, Dusty Coleman and Reymond Fuentes each hit two-run home runs. Cheslor Cuthbert and Jose Martinez each had three hits in the win. Casey Kotchman and Lane Adams each had two hits. Adams stole his first base in Triple-A.
That made a winner of Brian Broderick, who pitched 2.