Jarrett Parker, John Bowker power River Cats to 5-1 victory
Jarrett Parker and John Bowker hit two-run homers as the visiting River Cats defeated the Salt Lake Bees 5-1 on Saturday night.
Parker’s blast, his fourth home run of the young season, broke up a scoreless game in the sixth inning.
Bowker (Rio Americano High School) made it 4-0 in the ninth with his first homer of the year, and Ehire Adrianza added an RBI single.
Sacramento came within one out of a shutout. Mike Broadway, the River Cats’ fourth pitcher of the night, gave up an RBI single to Carlos Perez.
Cats starter Austin Fleet pitched four perfect innings before being replaced by Brett Bochy, the son of Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Fleet, making his 2015 debut, was limited by a pitch count.
After Bochy struck out Salt Lake’s first two batters in the fifth, Roger Kieschnick lined a double to right field.
Bee Sports staff
RIVER CATS 5, BEES 1
River CatsAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
B.Jackson lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .200 |
Adrianza ss | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
J.Perez dh | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .114 |
Duvall 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 |
J.Parker rf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .267 |
R.Cedeno 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .225 |
Bowker 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
Quiroz c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .217 |
D.Ford cf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
Totals36 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 6 | ||
Salt LakeAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
G.Green ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .354 |
Rutledge 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
Kubitza 3b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .400 |
Krauss 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .205 |
C.Perez c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .344 |
Kieschnick lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .216 |
Al.Marte rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
Cutler dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
Robertson cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
Totals31 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
River Cats | 000 | 002 | 003 | – | 5 | 12 | 0 |
Salt Lake | 000 | 000 | 001 | – | 1 | 4 | 0 |
LOB–River Cats 7; Salt Lake 5. 2B–Duvall (3); Kieschnick (3). HR–J.Parker (4) off Stewart; Bowker (1) off Stewart. RBIs–J.Parker 2 (10), Bowker 2 (3), Adrianza (2); C.Perez (6). SB–J.Parker (1) 2B; D.Ford 2 (3) 2B; Adrianza (1) 2B. CS–D.Ford (1) 2B. RISP–River Cats 3-for-9; Salt Lake 1-for-4. Runners left in scoring position–Bowker; B.Jackson; J.Parker; Al.Marte; Kieschnick. DP–Salt Lake 1.
River Cats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Fleet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 |
Bochy W,2-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5.06 |
Okert H,1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.69 |
Broadway S,1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.29 |
Salt Lake | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Z.Stewart L,0-2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7.45 |
Bedrosian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 |
F.Herrmann | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 |
Pitches-strikes–Fleet 43-27, Bochy 33-20, Okert 17-10, Broadway 37-23, Z.Stewart 73-50, Bedrosian 38-20, F.Herrmann 25-19. WP–F.Herrmann. T–2:32. A–6,695.