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Tawa opened the year with High-A Hillsboro and put up solid numbers. In 58 games, he hit .282/.377/.441, good for a 133 wRC+ in the pitcher-friendly according to Fangraphs. Those numbers came with ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks have put the finishing touches on another sturdy series win, after taking down the Miami Marlins by a score of 6-2. But for one member of Arizona's lineup, Wednesday's win ...

When West Linn's Tim Tawa walks off the football field for the last time Saturday at Providence Park, there will be no debate that statistically he will go down as the greatest high school quarterback ...

Tawa will start at first base and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Twins. Tawa will pick up his fifth consecutive start and his fourth in a row at first base, where he appears to have emerged as ...