Sacramento River Cats

River Cats allow four home runs in loss to Las Vegas

Anthony Recker hit two of Las Vegas’ four home runs, and the host 51s routed the River Cats 7-1 on Saturday.

Recker went 4 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs. Cory Vaughn and T.J. Rivera also homered for Las Vegas.

Darren Ford homered and tripled for Sacramento, and teammate Hector Sanchez went 3 for 4 with a double.

River Cats starter Ty Blach (5-8) took the loss, allowing five runs on only four hits in five innings.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Pacific North

W

L

Pct.

GB

Fresno (Astros)

44

32

.579

Tacoma (Mariners)

37

39

.487

7

Reno (D-backs)

35

41

.461

9

River Cats (Giants)

32

44

.421

12

Pacific South

W

L

Pct.

GB

Las Vegas (Mets)

44

32

.579

El Paso (Padres)

38

37

.507

51/2

Albuquerque (Rockies)

32

44

.421

12

Salt Lake (Angels)

31

45

.408

13

American North

W

L

Pct.

GB

Okla. City (Dodgers)

48

26

.649

Iowa (Cubs)

39

35

.527

9

Omaha (Royals)

39

36

.520

91/2

Colo. Spr. (Brewers)

30

43

.411

171/2

American South

W

L

Pct.

GB

Round Rock (Rangers)

45

29

.608

Memphis (Cardinals)

39

37

.513

7

New Orleans (Marlins)

34

39

.466

101/2

Nashville (A’s)

34

42

.447

12

Saturday’s games

Las Vegas 7, River Cats 1

Reno 8, Fresno 0 (1st)

Fresno at Reno, late (2nd)

Colorado Springs 2, Memphis 0

Nashville 7, Oklahoma City 2

Tacoma 14, El Paso 4

Round Rock 5, Omaha 1

Iowa 6, New Orleans 1

Salt Lake 8, Albuquerque 6

Today’s games

River Cats at Las Vegas, 12:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Iowa, 11:08 a.m.

Round Rock at Omaha, 12:05 p.m.

Albuquerque at Salt Lake, 12:05 p.m.

Fresno at Reno, 1:05 p.m.

El Paso at Tacoma, 1:35 p.m.

Colorado Springs at Memphis, 4:05 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Nashville, 4:35 p.m.

Monday’s games

River Cats at Las Vegas, 7:05 p.m.

New Orleans at Iowa, 10:05 a.m.

Round Rock at Omaha, 10:05 a.m.

Colorado Springs at Memphis, 5:05 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Nashville, 5:05 p.m.

Albuquerque at Salt Lake, 6:05 p.m.

El Paso at Tacoma, 6:05 p.m.

Fresno at Reno, 7:05 p.m.

51S 7, RIVER CATS 1

River CatsAB

R

H

BI

BB

SO

Avg

Tomlinson 2b

5

0

1

0

0

1

.111

Frandsen 3b

3

0

0

0

2

0

.294

Adrianza ss

5

0

1

0

0

1

.316

Duvall 1b

4

0

0

0

0

1

.253

H.Sanchez c

4

0

3

0

0

0

.261

Williamson rf

3

0

1

0

1

1

.333

J.Parker lf

4

0

0

0

0

1

.269

D.Ford cf

3

1

2

1

1

1

.262

Blach p

1

0

0

0

1

1

.190

a-B.Jackson ph

1

0

0

0

0

0

.248

b-Triunfel ph

1

0

0

0

0

0

.245

Totals34

1

8

1

5

7

Las VegasAB

R

H

BI

BB

SO

Avg

Muno 2b

4

0

1

0

0

1

.314

Tovar ss

4

0

0

0

0

0

.276

A.Castellanos lf

4

0

0

0

0

2

.287

Conrad 1b

3

1

0

0

1

2

.208

Taijeron rf

4

1

2

1

0

1

.303

Recker c

4

3

4

3

0

0

.323

Vaughn cf

4

1

1

2

0

1

.197

T.Rivera 3b

3

1

1

1

0

0

.289

Gorski p

2

0

0

0

0

2

.429

1-Allen ph

1

0

0

0

0

1

.291

Totals33

7

9

7

1

10

River Cats

000

010

000

1

8

0

Las Vegas

020

300

20x

7

9

0

a–grounded out for Blach in the 6th. b–flied out for Osich in the 9th. 1–struck out for Thornton in the 7th.

LOB–River Cats 11; Las Vegas 3. 2B–H.Sanchez (5); Tomlinson (1). 3B–D.Ford (3); Taijeron (2). HR–D.Ford (7) off Gorski; Vaughn (3) off Blach; Recker 2 (4) off Blach; T.Rivera (1) off Blach. RBIs–D.Ford (15); Vaughn 2 (10), Taijeron (40), Recker 3 (10), T.Rivera (14). RISP–River Cats 0-for-7; Las Vegas 1-for-2. Runners left in scoring position–Williamson; Adrianza 2; B.Jackson 2; Vaughn 2. GIDP–Williamson. DP–Las Vegas 1.

River Cats

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

ERA

Blach L,5-8

5

4

5

5

1

6

4.27

Hall

2

3

2

2

0

3

3.22

Osich

1

2

0

0

0

1

0.00

Las Vegas

IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

ERA

Gorski W,5-6

52/3

5

1

1

3

4

5.35

V.Black H,1

1/3

0

0

0

1

0

17.18

Thornton

1

1

0

0

0

1

4.41

Huchingson

2

2

0

0

1

2

0.00

Inherited runners-scored–V.Black 2-0. GS–Blach 44, Gorski 56. Pitches-strikes–Blach 76-48, Hall 30-22, Osich 19-14, Gorski 100-58, V.Black 10-3, Thornton 13-11, Huchingson 26-18. WP–Osich, V.Black.

T–2:40. A–6,858.

This story was originally published June 27, 2015 at 10:30 PM with the headline "River Cats allow four home runs in loss to Las Vegas."

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