Sacramento River Cats

Hiro Nakajima drove in the winning run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly in the River Cats' 3-2 victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs on Monday night at Raley Field.

Fernando Martinez and Jason Jaramillo each drove in two runs, and Brad Peacock pitched five solid innings to lead the Oklahoma City RedHawks past the River Cats 9-3 on Sunday afternoon at Raley Field.

Bruce Billings threw seven shutout innings and the River Cats erupted for six runs in the fifth inning to beat the Oklahoma City RedHawks 6-3 on Saturday night at Raley Field.

Scott Moore and Andy Parrino hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning, and Andrew Werner allowed three hits and one run over seven innings to lead the River Cats to a 4-2 victory over the Oklahoma City RedHawks on Friday night at Raley Field.

Brett Wallace had a two-run double and Andy Simunic a three-run double to lead the short-handed Oklahoma City RedHawks to a 7-2 win over the River Cats on Thursday night at Raley Field.

The day the NBA brass rejected the Kings' move to Seattle – D-Day in Dallas – also was the 13th anniversary of the River Cats' first game at Raley Field.

The River Cats shut out the Nashville Sounds 9-0 Tuesday to complete their third four-game sweep of the season.

The River Cats beat Nashville 8-4 for their third straight win Monday at Greer Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

The River Cats got home runs from Michael Choice and Jeremy Barfield to help them win their second straight game over the Nashville Sounds, 6-5, at Greer Stadium, in Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday.

Pitching near his hometown of Smyrna, Tenn., Sonny Gray threw six shutout innings as the River Cats beat the Nashville Sounds 5-2, He allowed three hits and struck out eight.

Shane Peterson homered to extend his hitting streak to nine games, but the visiting River Cats lost to the Memphis Redbirds 10-3 Friday.

The visiting River Cats defeated Memphis 5-3 Thursday night to snap a three-game losing streak.

Scott Moore's two-run homer in the eighth inning provided the River Cats' only runs in a 6-2 loss to the Memphis Redbirds.

The River Cats opened an eight-game trip with a 3-2 loss to the Memphis Redbirds on Tuesday evening. Josh Horton and Jemile Weeks hit back-to-back home runs in the top of third inning, accounting for all of the River Cats' runs.

Just after the Sacramento Children's Choir completed the national anthem Monday night, the rain came. Three Las Vegas 51 batters into the game, the umpires suspended play. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader when the Cats visit Las Vegas (July 26-29).

Zack Wheeler pitched six shutout innings and Collin Cowgill homered to lead the Las Vegas 51s over the River Cats 6-2 on Sunday at Raley Field.

The River Cats scored seven times in the first inning, but they needed a tiebreaking sixth-inning homer by Scott Moore en route to an 11-7 victory over the Las Vegas 51s on Saturday night before an announced sellout crowd of 14,014 at Raley Field.

Michael Choice homered and Hiroyuki Nakajima doubled home another run to back the outstanding pitching of Bruce Billings and two relievers as the River Cats defeated the Las Vegas 51s 3-0 on Friday night at Raley Field.

The River Cats fell 11-5 to the Fresno Grizzlies in Thursday's series finale but managed a series split in the four-game set at Chukchansi Park.

Stephen Vogt produced his share of highlights in the first month of the River Cats' season.

Sacramento outfielders Shane Peterson and Michael Choice hit back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning, breaking a 1-1 tie and lifting the River Cats to a 4-1 victory over the Fresno Grizzlies at Chukchansi Park.

The River Cats evened the series with Fresno on Tuesday night, defeating the Grizzlies 10-2 at Chukchansi Park.

Grant Green hit a score-tying two-run homer in the ninth and scored the go-ahead run in the 11th, but the River Cats lost 8-7 on a walk-off single by Fresno second baseman Carter Jurica on Monday at Chukchansi Field as Sacramento's four-game winning streak was halted.

Michael Taylor hit a three-run homer and Jemile Weeks hit two-run shot to lift the River Cats past the Salt Lake Bees 7-2 Sunday at Raley Field.

Michael Taylor hit a two-run homer to tie the score in the eighth inning, and two batters later, Luke Montz homered to lift the River Cats to a 6-5 victory over the Salt Lake Bees on Saturday night at Raley Field.

Grant Green and Yoenis Cespedes each hit three-run homers, and Andrew Werner allowed one run over seven innings to lead the River Cats past the Salt Lake Bees 10-1 Friday night at Raley Field.

The River Cats used five hits and three Salt Lake errors in a five-run second inning en route to a 6-5 win over the Bees on Thursday night at Raley Field.

Yoenis Cespedes took mostly easy swings for the first few rounds of batting practice Thursday at Raley Field before ramping up on his final three swings. All produced laser home runs – over the left-field fence, onto the roof of the clubhouses in left-center and onto the grassy berm beyond the 403-foot sign in right-center.

Kila Ka'aihue had three hits, including a two-run homer in the eighth inning, to lead the Reno Aces over the River Cats 6-2 Tuesday at Raley Field.

Right-hander Dan Straily allowed no earned runs over six innings, and Shane Peterson and Daric Barton drove in runs in the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie as the River Cats beat the Reno Aces 3-1 on Monday night at Raley Field.

Brad Snyder and Kila Ka'aihue each drove in three runs to lead the Reno Aces to a 10-8 victory over the River Cats on Sunday at Raley Field.

Which current River Cat has the most games played, plate appearances, at-bats, runs scored, hits, doubles, triples, RBIs and strikeouts in his minor-league career?

Stephen Vogt continues to lead the Pacific Coast League in hitting (.529), on-base percentage (.579) and slugging percentage (1.000), collecting a home run, single and two walks Saturday to help lead the River Cats to a 6-4 victory over the Reno Aces at Raley Field.

Sacramento on Friday dropped the final game of its first trip of the season, 10-5 at Las Vegas.

Five first-round draft picks. One shared goal of breaking through, of receiving "The Call." You think these guys don't keep their cellphones handy?

Five first-round draft picks. One shared goal of breaking through, of receiving "The Call." You think these guys don't keep their cellphones handy?

The River Cats were undone by five errors Thursday night in Las Vegas, falling to the host 51s 10-6.

The River Cats had their winning streak halted at six games as Omar Quintanilla singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth to give the Las Vegas 51s a 3-2 victory.

The River Cats beat the Las Vegas 51s 2-1 on Tuesday night for their sixth consecutive win.

The River Cats completed a sweep of a four-game series in Reno with a 7-3 win on a snowy Monday night.

After scoring 31 runs in the first two games of the series, the visiting River Cats crushed the Reno Aces 22-6 Sunday for their fourth straight victory.

The River Cats erupted for the second straight game, collecting 15 hits en route to a 15-11 win over Reno at Aces Ballpark on Saturday. The Cats won 16-8 on Friday.

The River Cats had 15 hits and scored 16 runs in their first road game of the season, coasting to a 16-8 win over Reno at Aces Ballpark on Friday night.

Conner Crumbliss hit a three-run homer, and Dan Straily struck out nine in six quality innings as the River Cats beat the Tacoma Rainiers 5-4 on Thursday night at Raley Field.

Tacoma exploded for six runs in the seventh inning as the Rainiers downed the River Cats 7-4 Wednesday night.

Steve Scarsone's immediate family lives in Arizona.

He's living solo in Sacramento, where he is in his first season managing the River Cats. His cellphone allows quick communication and, sometimes, comedic relief to ease the tension of distance from his family and a slow start on the new job.

Mike Zunino, who had four RBIs Monday, hit a grand slam, and Alex Liddi added a two-run shot as the Tacoma Rainiers downed the River Cats 9-5 Tuesday night.

Mike Zunino drove in four runs with a single, double and home run to lead the Tacoma Rainiers past the River Cats 9-4 Monday night at Raley Field.

Michael Choice hit a grand slam in the seventh inning, and Michael Taylor followed with his second homer of the season as the River Cats won for the first time this season, 8-4 over Las Vegas on Sunday at Raley Field.

Collin McHugh allowed one run over 5 1/3 innings, and Josh Satin hit a two-run homer to lead the Las Vegas 51s past the River Cats 6-1 at Raley Field on Saturday.