• Highlight: The River Cats jumped to two-run lead in the first inning and a one-run lead in the fourth but couldn’t hold on as they dropped the series opener to the Salt Lake Bees on Thursday night at Smith’s Ballpark.
• Hit streak ends: Colin Walsh finished 2 for 4, ending his six at-bat hitting streak for the Cats. He’s hitting .533.
• Turning point: Sacramento took a 6-5 lead in the top of the fourth after they scored three runs on RBI singles from Nick Buss, Andy Parrino, and Nate Freiman. But the Bees scored three runs of their own in the bottom of the sixth to take an 8-6 lead.
• River Cats stars: Buss finished 3 for 5 with two runs and an RBI, Shane Peterson went 3 for 5 with an RBI and a double, and Freiman drove in his league-leading 51st run.
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• Ex-River Cats star: Former River Cats right-hander Kyler Newby picked up his second hold.
• Today: River Cats RHP Matt Buschmann (4-0, 4.28 ERA) takes on former River Cats LHP Justin Thomas (2-6, 6.32 ERA) at 6:05 p.m. at Smith’s Ballpark.
– rivercats.com
Bees 8, River Cats 7
| RIVER CATS | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
| Buss lf-cf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Parrino ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .298 |
| Barton 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .305 |
| Ladendorf 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .305 |
| Freiman dh | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .273 |
| Peterson cf-1b | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .307 |
| M.Taylor rf | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .246 |
| Jos.Martinez 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
| Walsh 2b-lf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .533 |
| Ortiz c | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .245 |
| Totals | 42 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | .283 |
| Salt Lake | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
| O’Malley 3b-ss | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .359 |
| Shuck dh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .336 |
| L.Jimenez 1b-3b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
| E.Navarro rf | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .322 |
| Boesch cf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .313 |
| Field ss | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .287 |
| R.Lopez 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .271 |
| Borenstein lf | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .233 |
| L.Martinez c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .259 |
| Albitz 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Totals | 38 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .285 |
| RIVER CATS | 201 | 300 | 001 | – | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| Salt Lake | 401 | 003 | 00x | – | 8 | 14 | 3 |
E–Walsh (1); Parrino (8); Field (8); L.Jimenez (6); O’Malley (5). LOB–RIVER CATS 11; Salt Lake 11. 2B–Peterson (13); Ortiz (6); O’Malley (10). 3B–E.Navarro (1). RBIs–Barton (9), Peterson (30), M.Taylor (28), Buss (31), Parrino (24), Freiman (51), Jos.Martinez (29); E.Navarro 2 (26), Boesch (27), Borenstein 3 (6). SB–O’Malley (2) 2B; Shuck (4) 2B. S–Parrino. RISP–RIVER CATS 6-for-16; Salt Lake 5-for-18. Runners left in scoring position–M.Taylor; Buss; Jos.Martinez; Walsh 2; Freiman; L.Jimenez 2; Albitz 2; E.Navarro; L.Martinez. GIDP–Barton. DP–Salt Lake 1.
| RIVER CATS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| Lindblom | 5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6.91 |
| Jo.Flores L,2-1 | 2/3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4.56 |
| Smyth | 11/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.70 |
| Savery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 |
| Salt Lake | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| H.Santiago W,1-1 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7.71 |
| Berg H,2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8.01 |
| Newby H,2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
| D.De La Rosa S,2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.26 |
HBP–Walsh (H.Santiago). WP–Jo.Flores, Berg, D.De La Rosa. IBB–Boesch (Jo.Flores). Inherited runners-scored–Smyth 2-0.
T–3:24. A–5,605.
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