River Cats miss chances in loss to Tacoma

The River Cats wasted plenty of scoring opportunities and lost their third in a row, 6-3 to the Tacoma Rainiers on Tuesday night at Raley Field.

Sacramento went 2 for 11 with runners in scoring position, while Tacoma went 5 for 14.

The Rainiers had five consecutive singles in taking a 3-0 lead in the fourth. The River Cats scored once in the fifth, and in the seventh, Carlos Triunfel tripled in a run and scored on Kevin Frandsen’s double-play grounder to tie it.

But Tacoma took the lead with two runs in the eighth, when Jesus Montero and Stefen Romero led off with doubles and eventually scored.

This story was originally published June 9, 2015 at 10:11 PM with the headline "River Cats miss chances in loss to Tacoma."