River Cats rally late but fall 4-3 to Rainiers
Tacoma, WA - The Sacramento River Cats (40-61) loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against the Tacoma Rainiers (52-50) Monday afternoon, but went down swinging for their final two outs in their 4-3 loss.
Tacoma, WA - The Sacramento River Cats (40-61) loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against the Tacoma Rainiers (52-50) Monday afternoon, but went down swinging for their final two outs in their 4-3 loss.
Sacramento first showed signs of life in the sixth inning, pushing three runs across to bring them within one run. In the ninth, catcher
Tacoma touched up starter
Sacramento returns home tomorrow night to open a four game series against the Round Rock Express. Right-hander
Postgame Notes
Ruggiano: Right fielder
FedEx: Designated hitter
Caught 'em: Catcher Trevor Brown threw out two Tacoma base stealers today…has now thrown out 11 of 47 attempted (.234%)…Sacramento is now 12th in the league in caught stealing percentage at .230 (25 caught of 109 attempted).
Series Recap: Over the four game series, Sacramento had a lead for just eight of the 37 innings (led 3-2 after eight innings in game one)…were outscored by Tacoma 19-11 and outhit 44-31.
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