Blackburn delivers on mound, at plate in River Cats’ win
Clayton Blackburn pitched seven shutout innings and contributed at the plate as the River Cats beat the Albuquerque Isotopes 5-2 Sunday night at Raley Field.
Blackburn (10-4) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one. He also went 2 for 2, including an RBI single in the third.
The River Cats gave Blackburn an early cushion, scoring all their runs in the first three innings.
The Isotopes threatened in the ninth, loading the bases and scoring once, before Steven Okert retired Trevor Story on a pop-up for the final out.
The River Cats end the season Monday at 1:05 p.m. against the Isotopes at Raley Field.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Pacific North | W | L | Pct. | GB |
z-Fresno | 83 | 58 | .589 | — |
River Cats | 70 | 73 | .490 | 14 |
Reno | 69 | 73 | .486 | 141/2 |
Tacoma | 66 | 76 | .465 | 171/2 |
Pacific South | W | L | Pct. | GB |
El Paso | 77 | 65 | .542 | — |
Las Vegas | 77 | 65 | .542 | — |
Albuquerque | 62 | 81 | .434 | 151/2 |
Salt Lake | 57 | 85 | .401 | 20 |
American North | W | L | Pct. | GB |
z-Oklahoma City | 86 | 57 | .601 | — |
Omaha | 80 | 62 | .563 | 51/2 |
Iowa | 80 | 63 | .559 | 6 |
Colorado Springs | 62 | 80 | .437 | 231/2 |
American South | W | L | Pct. | GB |
z-Round Rock | 77 | 66 | .538 | — |
Memphis | 72 | 71 | .503 | 5 |
Nashville | 64 | 78 | .451 | 121/2 |
New Orleans | 57 | 86 | .399 | 20 |
z-clinched playoff spot
Sunday’s games
Oklahoma City 5, Memphis 3
Colorado Springs 9, New Orleans 2
Iowa 8, Round Rock 5
Sacramento 5, Albuquerque 2
Nashville at Omaha, 5:05 p.m.
Salt Lake at Fresno, 6:05 p.m.
El Paso at Reno, 6:05 p.m.
Tacoma at Las Vegas, 7:05 p.m.
Monday’s games
Albuquerque at River Cats, 1:05 p.m.
Memphis at Oklahoma City, 9:05 a.m.
Iowa at Round Rock, 10:05 a.m.
Nashville at Omaha, 10:05 a.m.
Salt Lake at Fresno, 11:05 a.m.
Tacoma at Las Vegas, 12:05 p.m.
New Orleans at Colo. Springs, 12:35 p.m.
El Paso at Reno, 1:05 p.m.
END OF REGULAR SEASON
RIVER CATS 5, ISOTOPES 2
AlbuquerqueAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
Nina 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
b-Bond ph | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
C.Dickerson lf | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
Story ss | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
Bernadina cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
T.Murphy c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
T.Wheeler rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .247 |
Smalling 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .253 |
J.Rivera 2b | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
Laffey p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .188 |
Burke p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Broyles p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
a-Barfield ph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
Totals34 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
River CatsAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
D.Ford cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .259 |
Lollis 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .326 |
Frandsen 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .276 |
J.Parker rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .283 |
Williamson lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .242 |
Hicks 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .219 |
Turner c | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .286 |
Triunfel ss | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .265 |
Blackburn p | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .296 |
Bochy p | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
Okert p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Totals31 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
Albuquerque | 000 | 000 | 011 | – | 2 | 9 | 1 |
River Cats | 212 | 000 | 00x | – | 5 | 8 | 0 |
a-Walked for Broyles in the 9th. b-Singled for Nina in the 9th. E–Nina (18). LOB–Albuquerque 10; River Cats 9. 2B–Turner (3); Lollis (21). 3B–Story (4). RBIs–Bernadina (62), C.Dickerson (3); Williamson (28), Hicks (18), Turner (9), Blackburn (4). CS–D.Ford (15) 2B. S–Laffey; Burke; Blackburn. RISP–Albuquerque 1-for-11; River Cats 2-for-11.
Albuquerque | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Laffey L,5-4 | 42/3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3.90 |
Burke | 21/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.23 |
Broyles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
River Cats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Blackburn W,10-4 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2.85 |
Bochy | 12/3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2.95 |
Okert S,3 | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.82 |
Inherited runners-scored–Burke 2-0, Okert 2-0.
T–2:46. A–13,674.
This story was originally published September 6, 2015 at 8:22 PM with the headline "Blackburn delivers on mound, at plate in River Cats’ win."