River Cats bunch seven singles in six-run fourth
The River Cats had seven singles during a six-run fourth inning Monday night and went on to beat the host Reno Aces 8-4.
Trailing 3-1 after three innings, Sacramento started the fourth inning with consecutive singles by Juan Perez, Jarrett Parker, Ronny Cedeno, John Bowker and Ben Turner to take a 4-3 lead. Skyler Stromsmoe had a two-out RBI single, and Parker drove in the final run of the outburst with a bases-loaded walk.
Every position player had at least one hit in the River Cats’ 14-hit attack.
Turner is 7 for 9 since being promoted from Class-A San Jose last week.
Three Sacramento relief pitchers combined to throw 32/3 shutout innings.
RIVER CATS 8, ACES 4
River CatsAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
Stromsmoe 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .258 |
Lollis cf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .308 |
J.Perez lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .217 |
J.Parker rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .282 |
R.Cedeno ss | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
Bowker 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .293 |
Turner c | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .778 |
Ciriaco 3b | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .244 |
Dunning p | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
Partch p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
Rapada p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
a-Duvall ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .327 |
Broadway p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals38 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||
RenoAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
Weber lf-2b | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .270 |
Freeman 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .267 |
3-N.Evans ph-lf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .235 |
O’Brien 1b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .358 |
Romak 3b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .247 |
Lalli c | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
Worth ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .296 |
Borenstein rf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .156 |
T.Robinson cf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .235 |
Schugel p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
Crabbe p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
1-Frandsen ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .231 |
Eitel p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
2-Ransom ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .209 |
J.C..Ramirez p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals37 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 11 | ||
River Cats | 001 | 600 | 010 | – | 8 | 14 | 1 |
Reno | 210 | 100 | 000 | – | 4 | 11 | 4 |
a-Grounded into a double play for Rapada in the 9th. 1-Singled for Crabbe in the 6th. 2-Lined out for Eitel in the 8th. 3-Struck out for Freeman in the 8th. E–Stromsmoe (3); Borenstein (1); Freeman (3); T.Robinson (1); Worth (7). LOB–River Cats 10; Reno 12. 2B–Ciriaco (2); Romak 2 (4); T.Robinson (4). HR–Lollis (1) off Eitel; Weber (2) off Dunning. RBIs–Stromsmoe 2 (4), R.Cedeno (11), Bowker (7), Dunning (2), J.Parker (22), Lollis (1); Weber (7), Lalli (6), O’Brien (23). SB–Ciriaco (3) 2B; J.Perez (6) 2B; Worth (2) 2B. S–Schugel. SF–Dunning. RISP–River Cats 3-for-14; Reno 3-for-18. Runners left in scoring position–J.Parker; R.Cedeno 2; Stromsmoe; Bowker; Borenstein 3; Lalli 3; Schugel; O’Brien. GIDP–J.Perez, Turner, Duvall. DP–Reno 3.TableStyle: SP-basepitchersCCI Template: SP-basepitchers
River Cats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Dunning W,2-1 | 51/3 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5.61 |
Partch H,2 | 12/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.84 |
Rapada | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
Broadway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.77 |
Reno | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Schugel L,1-3 | 32/3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 12.33 |
Crabbe | 21/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3.38 |
Eitel | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.73 |
J.C..Ramirez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
GS–Dunning 37, Schugel 19. Pitches-strikes–Dunning 86-53, Partch 27-19, Rapada 16-9, Broadway 16-10, Schugel 65-44, Crabbe 59-35, Eitel 26-18, J.C..Ramirez 13-7. WP–Dunning. Inherited runners-scored–Partch 1-0, Crabbe 1-1.
T–3:10. A–3,704.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Pacific North | W | L | Pct. | GB |
River Cats (Giants) | 14 | 11 | .560 | — |
Fresno (Astros) | 12 | 11 | .522 | 1 |
Tacoma (Mariners) | 11 | 14 | .440 | 3 |
Reno (D-backs) | 9 | 16 | .360 | 5 |
Pacific South | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Las Vegas (Mets) | 16 | 8 | .667 | — |
El Paso (Padres) | 15 | 9 | .625 | 1 |
Albuquerque (Rockies) | 11 | 13 | .458 | 5 |
Salt Lake (Angels) | 9 | 15 | .375 | 7 |
American North | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Okla. City (Dodgers) | 19 | 6 | .760 | — |
Omaha (Royals) | 13 | 11 | .542 | 51/2 |
Iowa (Cubs) | 11 | 13 | .458 | 71/2 |
Colo. Spr. (Brewers) | 8 | 16 | .333 | 101/2 |
American South | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Round Rock (Rangers) | 16 | 8 | .667 | — |
New Orleans (Marlins) | 11 | 12 | .478 | 41/2 |
Memphis (Cardinals) | 9 | 15 | .375 | 7 |
Nashville (A’s) | 9 | 15 | .375 | 7 |
Monday’s games
River Cats 8, Reno 4
Omaha 8, Round Rock 3
Oklahoma City 5, New Orleans 2
Iowa 2, Nashville 1
Memphis 5, Colorado Springs 4
Tacoma 4, Salt Lake 3
Las Vegas at Albuquerque, ppd., rain
El Paso at Fresno, late
Today’s games
River Cats at Reno, 6:35 p.m.
Round Rock at Omaha, 4:35 p.m.
Iowa at Nashville, 5:05 p.m.
New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 5:05 p.m.
Colorado Springs at Memphis, 5:05 p.m.
Tacoma at Salt Lake, 5:35 p.m.
Las Vegas at Albuquerque, 5:35 p.m.
El Paso at Fresno, 7:05 p.m.
This story was originally published May 4, 2015 at 11:05 PM with the headline "River Cats bunch seven singles in six-run fourth."