Sacramento River Cats What can Brown do for you? Trevor delivers in 12 th It took 12 innings Tuesday night at Raley Field, but thanks to a strong bullpen showing and a walk-off RBI single from Trevor Brown, the Sacramento River Cats (39-56) beat the El Paso Chihuahuas (48-48) 7-6. Coming into tonight, Sacramento was 0-21 when trailing at home after eight innings. Tonight however, the River Cats rallied to score the game's final four runs from the seventh inning on in their third-longest game this season. Sacramento first mounted their comeback in the ninth thanks Ryan Lollis' RBI-single, which scored Ali Castillo to tie the game at six. Lollis once again was the catalyst in the 12th, leading off the inning with a double before scoring on Brown's walk-off single. With the win, the River Cats improved their record to 5-4 in extra innings and 3-1 at home. The River Cats and Chihuahuas will come right back tomorrow afternoon for a game three matinee. Right-hander Tyler Beede (5-7, 5.12) will get the call for Sacramento and left-hander Dillon Overton (2-2, 6.75) will go for El Paso. First pitch is set for 12:05 p.m. (PT) and the game can be heard live on the air on ESPN 1320 and online at rivercats.com. Postgame Notes Quote of the night: "A walk-off in any kind of fashion is pretty cool, especially in baseball. That's a good team win, we were down and we battled back. Our guys battled back, we kept gradually chipping away before we finally took the lead there at the end." - Trevor Brown on the walk-off victory Suarez: Albert Suarez made his first start at Triple-A this season, striking out five of the 12 batters he faced made two starts with San Jose before tonight, going six innings while allowing two runs he made seven starts with the River Cats last season, going 4-3 with a 4.34 ERA. Brilliant Bullpen: The River Cats 'pen combined for nine total innings in tonight's win allowed just one run on four hits over their final six frames DJ Snelten picked up the win, his third, with a perfect 12th inning. Jones: Third baseman Ryder Jones made his first rehab start with tonight finished the game 0-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch in his seven innings hit.299 with 10 home runs and 33 RBI before being called up by San Francisco. Parker: Jarrett Parker extended his hitting streak to four games tonight hitting.389 over that span (7- for-18) with four walks and three RBI. Richmond Flying Squirrels SeaWolves Deal Richmond Walk-Off Loss On Tuesday Erie, PA - Erie's Harold Castro delivered a game-winning double down the left field line to walk-off Tuesday's contest by a final of 4-3 over Richmond on Tuesday night at UPMC Park. Castro brought home Wade Hinkle from first base on a ball in the corner, leveling the series at one game apiece. Richmond (39-54) used four relief pitchers in the loss to cover a short start from Jordan Johnson. Johnson was hit
by a line drive on the arm in the third inning, prematurely ending his outing. The series will conclude on Wednesday afternoon at 12:05 p.m. Richmond held a 3-2 lead entering the bottom of the eighth inning but could not hang on. Hall relieved Seth Rosin to start the frame and walked the first batter Dominic Ficociello. Christin Stewart then rolled a single into right field, advancing the tying run to third base. Hall managed to induce a double play ball that scored the runner Ficociello to make it a 3-3 game. Hall continued on into the ninth inning and walked the first batter Grayson Greiner. After Hinkle reached on a botched sacrifice bunt, Castro smacked the game-winning hit down the left field line. Hall (2-2) suffered the loss with two runs allowed over a pair of innings pitcher. Erie and Richmond exchanged solo home runs from their two-hole hitters in the first inning. C.J. Hinojosa put the Squirrels on the board first, launching his fourth home run of the season over the right center field wall. Kody Eaves countered for Erie with a solo blast that skimmed over the center field wall, tying the game, 1-1. Richmond's Jordan Johnson shook off the homer in the first by retiring the side in order in the second inning. Johnson struck out Greiner to end the second and Hinkle to start the third inning. Unfortunately for Johnson, his outing was cut short on the next at bat as Harold Castro lined a pitch off his right arm. Johnson was removed from the game and was replaced by reliever Vic Black. Black worked around a pair of base runners to close out the inning and line for Johnson (2.1IP, 2H,R, 2K). Black stuck out the side in the fourth inning, before he ran into trouble in the fifth. Black walked the bases loaded and with two outs was working on Dominic Ficociello. Black worked the count to 3-2, but Ficociello took a borderline ball four, walking in a run. The walk pushed Erie ahead, 2-1 and ended the solid outing for Black. Carlos Alvarado entered with the bases loaded and retired Stewart to end the inning. Richmond quickly regained the lead in the top of the sixth inning. With two outs, Myles Schroder drew a walk and advanced to third on a base hit. K.C. Hobson then drilled a triple down the right field line, plating a pair for a 3-2 advantage. Erie's starting pitcher Tyler Alexander hung around and matched a career-high with nine strikeouts over seven innings pitched. The lefty allowed three runs on six hits on 102 pitches in the no-decision. The Squirrels bullpen persevered after the short start for Johnson.Black lasted a season-high 2.1 innings and Carlos Alvarado tossed 1.1 scoreless. Seth Rosin also executed a 1-2-3 inning, leading the Squirrels into the eighth with a 3-2 advantage. The Flying Squirrels continue a seven-game road trip on Wednesday afternoon in Erie, Pa. RHP Dan Slania is scheduled to make the start against Erie RHP A.J. Ladwig. San Jose Giants Giants Rally Past Storm For Series Win LAKE ELSINORE, CA - Steven Duggar's three-rbi double highlighted a five-run top of the seventh inning for the Giants in a 6-5 comeback victory over the Lake Elsinore Storm on Tuesday evening at The
Diamond. With the win, San Jose (41-55 overall, 11-15 second half) claimed two out of three games in the series and finished their Southern California road trip with a 3-4 record. Duggar (2-for-4, 2 2B, 4 RBI) drove home four of the Giants' six runs to lead the 10-hit offensive attack. Aramis Garcia (2-for-4) and Dillon Dobson (2-for-4) also contributed two hits apiece. Grant Watson (3-1) earned the win after tossing six innings with four runs (three earned) and eight hits allowed. Watson walked one and struck out five. Dylan Rheault gave up a run in the bottom of the ninth, but stranded the potential tying run at second base to end the game for his 13th save of the year. San Jose trailed by a 4-1 margin before erupting in the top of the seventh against the Lake Elsinore bullpen. Facing Storm reliever Jose Castillo, the top of the seventh began with Dobson beating out a slow roller up the first base line for an infield single. A walk to Gio Brusa followed putting runners on first and second. Ronnie Jebavy then hit a grounder to third that was fielded by Carlos Belen. However, Belen's throw to second, in an attempt to force out Brusa, pulled second baseman Ruddy Giron off the base. The error loaded the bases for the Giants with none out. Jonah Arenado then greeted new pitcher Zech Lemond with a deep sacrifice fly to left plating Dobson to trim the Storm lead to 4-2. Brusa also advanced to third while Jebavy took second on the sac fly. Jalen Miller was up next and he hit a high pop up on the infield that saw the first baseman Kyle Overstreet and Lemond collide. The ball dropped to the ground for the second error of the inning as Miller reached first safely while the other two runners held at their spots. Duggar followed with a sharp grounder inside the first base bag and down the right field line for a double. The hit cleared the bases as Brusa, Jebavy and Miller all scored easily for a 5-4 San Jose lead. The rally then continued as Ryan Howard singled advancing Duggar to third before Bryan Reynolds grounded an RBI single through the hole on the right side to make it 6-4. The Giants sent 10 batters to the plate in the top of the seventh scoring five runs on four hits while also taking advantage of two Lake Elsinore errors. Caleb Simpson relieved Watson to begin the bottom of the seventh and promptly walked Rod Boykin to start the inning. Simpson (1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 SO) bounced back to strikeout Giron before Austin Allen singled to put runners on first and second. Carlos Diaz (2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO) though was summoned from the bullpen and he retired Edwin Moreno and Overstreet on consecutive fly outs to end the threat. Will LaMarche (1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) struck out two in a perfect bottom of the eighth to maintain the 6-4 lead before Rheault (1 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 SO) took over in the ninth. Tyler Selesky led off for the Storm with a line drive single into right before a passed ball advanced the runner to second. Rheault followed with a strikeout of Boykin, but Giron then singled into center plating Selesky to bring Lake Elsinore to within 6-5. Allen was up next and his sharp grounder to second was handled by Miller, who threw out the runner at first. Giron, the potential tying run, advanced to second on the play. Moreno was up next and Rheault struck out the Storm clean-up hitter on the eighth pitch of the at-bat to end the game. Lemond (2-3) was saddled with the loss after he was charged with two of the five runs in the decisive top of the seventh. Both runs allowed by Lemond were unearned.
San Jose initially enjoyed a 1-0 lead after scoring once in the top of the third against Lake Elsinore starter Jesse Scholtens. Miller singled with two outs and immediately scored when the next batter, Duggar, laced a double into the left center field gap. Watson began his start with three scoreless innings facing just one batter over the minimum. The Storm though would breakthrough for three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 3-1 lead. With one out, Allen singled before Moreno blasted an RBI triple off the right field fence to tie the game. Overstreet then doubled home Moreno giving Lake Elsinore the lead before Belen drove an RBI double off the right field wall - the fourth consecutive hit in the inning - to make it 3-1. The Storm pushed their lead to 4-1 with an unearned run against Watson in the bottom of the sixth. Back-to-back one-out singles from Overstreet and Belen put runners on first and second. Chris Baker then hit a potential inning-ending double play grounder to shortstop that was thrown away by Howard for an error. The miscue allowed Overstreet to score stretching the Lake Elsinore lead to 4-1. Following the error, the Storm still had runners at second and third with one out, but Watson prevented further damage by retiring the next two hitters before the Giants rallied in the seventh. Notes * The Giants overcame three-run deficits in both of their wins against Lake Elsinore during the series. * San Jose won their first series since taking three out of four games against Stockton from June 26-29. * The Giants have won three out of their last four games after starting their Southern California road trip with three straight losses. * Rheault earned the save in all three of San Jose's wins during the road trip. He's second in the California League in saves this season. * Lake Elsinore out-hit San Jose 11-10 on Tuesday. * Duggar is 5-for-18 (.278 AVG) with four doubles and seven RBI's in five games with the Giants this season. * San Jose is 6-3 in their last nine one-run games after starting the season 4-13. * Howard (1-for-5) and Garcia extended hitting streaks to seven and six games respectively. * Watson is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA (5 ER/24.2 IP) over his last four starts. * The Giants improved to 14-1 in the final game of a road series this season (13 straight wins). On Deck Following an off day, the Giants return to Municipal Stadium for a seven-game homestand against Rancho Cucamonga (four games) and Modesto (three games). Thursday's series opener against the Quakes is a 7:00 PM first pitch. Matt Krook (3-9, 6.19 ERA) is slated to start on the mound for San Jose while Rancho Cucamonga is expected to counter with Devin Smeltzer (3-3, 4.12 ERA).
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Stetson Woods lights out in Volcanoes loss Spokane, WA -- The Volcanoes once again found themselves on the losing end of a pitcher's duel as the Indians won 2 to 1 on a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th. While last night the Volcanoes struggled to get a clutch hit, tonight they had trouble just getting runners in scoring position as they only got three runners past first base all night. After facing the minimum through two innings, starting pitcher Stetson Woods ran into trouble in the third. Third baseman Kole Enright singled to center to start the frame and left fielder Kobie Taylor followed with a double that fell just out of the reach of diving left fielder Bryce Johnson. With runners on second and third and nobody out, right fielder Nick Kaye hit a ground ball sharply to second base, scoring Enright and giving Indians a 1 to 0 advantage. The Volcanoes would respond with a run of their own in the top of the fourth. Second baseman Orlando Garcia roped a ball to left and advanced to second when Taylor came up short trying to make the diving catch. Shortstop Manuel Geraldo then drove Garcia home on an opposite field single to left, knotting the score at one. With nobody away in the bottom of the fourth, second baseman Yonny Hernandez launched a ball to deep right that appeared as if it would leave the yard only to have right fielder Dalton Combs reach high over the wall and bring it back. The highlight reel grab kept the score tied at one and helped Woods find his groove as the 6'8" right hander retired eight of the next nine batters he faced. Both starting pitchers were nothing short of dominant tonight. For the Indians, right hander Tyler Phillips scattered four hits across 6.1 innings, giving up just the one earned run and punching out eight batters. The 6'5" righty sat right around 90 mph all night and touched 93 once. Phillips kept Volcanoes hitters off balance all night was his changeup, which he used on five of his eight strikeouts. Woods made quick work of Indians hitters tonight by getting through six innings on just 69 pitches. By giving up just one earned run on the night, Woods continued his streak of pitching at least five innings and allowing less than one earned run. With the stellar performance, Woods was able to lower his league leading ERA to a minuscule 1.82 mark. Volcanoes right hander John Murray came on for Woods and picked up right where he left off by pitching two scoreless innings in relief and getting all of his outs via the strikeout. With the score locked at one in the bottom of the ninth, center fielder Miguel Aparicio was drilled by a pitch, putting him on first with one away. Hernandez promptly smacked a base hit to left to put the winning run just 90 feet away. With the infielders on the edge of the infield grass, first baseman Andretty Cordero drilled one past the third baseman for the walk-off winner. While the Volcanoes have lost the series against the Indians, they have an opportunity to gain some momentum before heading back home as right hander Jose Marte takes the rubber for the Volcanoes versus Alex Speas and the Indians.