Early three-run homer dooms River Cats
Nick Evans hit a three-run homer in the third inning, leading the host Reno Aces over the River Cats 5-3 on Sunday night.
Sacramento starter Nik Turley walked three batters in the third, and all scored in Reno’s four-run inning. Two came in on Evans’ 13th homer of the season, and another scored on Peter O’Brien’s double to give the Aces a 5-2 lead.
The River Cats’ Carlos Triunfel went 2 for 4 with a double and solo home run.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
Pacific North | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Fresno | 48 | 36 | .571 | — |
Tacoma | 42 | 42 | .500 | 6 |
Reno | 39 | 45 | .464 | 9 |
River Cats | 37 | 47 | .440 | 11 |
Pacific South | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Las Vegas | 47 | 37 | .560 | — |
El Paso | 42 | 41 | .506 | 41/2 |
Albuquerque | 37 | 47 | .440 | 10 |
Salt Lake | 33 | 51 | .393 | 14 |
American North | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Oklahoma City | 53 | 29 | .646 | — |
Omaha | 45 | 39 | .536 | 9 |
Iowa | 42 | 40 | .512 | 11 |
Colorado Springs | 32 | 49 | .395 | 201/2 |
American South | W | L | Pct. | GB |
Round Rock | 48 | 34 | .585 | — |
Memphis | 43 | 41 | .512 | 6 |
New Orleans | 40 | 42 | .488 | 8 |
Nashville | 38 | 46 | .452 | 11 |
Saturday’s games
River Cats 10, Reno 6
New Orleans 7, Iowa 0
Nashville 7, Round Rock 4 (10)
Omaha 7, Oklahoma City 4
El Paso 8, Salt Lake 6
Memphis 15, Colorado Springs 1
Albuquerque 10, Las Vegas 2
Fresno 10, Tacoma 3
Sunday’s games
Reno 5, River Cats 3
El Paso 13, Salt Lake 7
Memphis 7, Colorado Springs 3
New Orleans 2, Iowa 0 (7)
Omaha 8, Oklahoma City 2
Round Rock 4, Nashville 2
Tacoma 7, Fresno 4
Las Vegas 3, Albuquerque 2
Today’s games
River Cats at Reno, 7:05 p.m.
Iowa at New Orleans, 3 p.m. (1st)
Iowa at New Orleans, 5:30 p.m. (2nd)
Nashville at Round Rock, 5:05 p.m.
Omaha at Oklahoma City, 5:05 p.m.
Memphis at Colorado Springs, 6:05 p.m.
El Paso at Salt Lake, 6:05 p.m.
Tacoma at Fresno, 7:05 p.m.
Albuquerque at Las Vegas, 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday’s games
River Cats at Reno, 7:05 p.m.
Iowa at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Round Rock, 5:05 p.m.
Omaha at Oklahoma City, 5:05 p.m.
El Paso at Salt Lake, 6:05 p.m.
Memphis at Colorado Springs, 6:05 p.m.
Tacoma at Fresno, 7:05 p.m.
Albuquerque at Las Vegas, 7:05 p.m.
ACES 5, RIVER CATS 3
River CatsAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
Avery cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
Tomlinson 2b-ss | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .326 |
Duvall 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .266 |
Williamson rf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
J.Parker lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
Frandsen 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .302 |
T.Brown c | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
Triunfel ss-3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
a-B.Jackson ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .234 |
b-D.Ford ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .264 |
R.Cedeno 2b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .269 |
Totals34 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
RenoAB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg | |
Glaesmann cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .290 |
Drury 3b | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .388 |
N.Evans 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
Romak lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .304 |
Pacheco 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
O’Brien rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .280 |
Pagnozzi c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .241 |
R.Navarro ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
Webster p | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
Buss rf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .266 |
Totals32 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 7 | ||
River Cats | 011 | 100 | 000 | – | 3 | 7 | 0 |
Reno | 104 | 000 | 00x | – | 5 | 10 | 1 |
a-grounded out for Turley in the 4th. b-grounded out for Hall in the 6th.
E–R.Navarro (1). LOB–River Cats 8; Reno 6. 2B–Duvall (20); Triunfel (11); N.Evans (24); O’Brien (21); Glaesmann (9); Romak (26); Pacheco (7). HR–Triunfel (3) off Webster; N.Evans (13) off Turley. RBIs–Turley (1), Frandsen (18), Triunfel (24); Romak (63), N.Evans 3 (64), O’Brien (61). SB–Romak (4) 2B; Glaesmann (3) 2B. CS–Drury (2) 2B. SF–Turley. RISP–River Cats 0-for-10; Reno 5-for-12.
River Cats | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Turley L,3-3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6.21 |
Hall | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.89 |
Okert | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3.93 |
Gearrin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.29 |
Reno | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Webster W,2-2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8.07 |
Ramirez H,9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.50 |
Stites H,1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 |
A.Reed S,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.08 |
T–3:03. A–6,237.
This story was originally published July 5, 2015 at 10:00 PM with the headline "Early three-run homer dooms River Cats."