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."