FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2018 Contact: Daniel Emmons, (916) 376-4850
River Cats announce March 24 Exhibition Game versus Giants to be televised by KMAX-TV/CW31 Sacramento River Cats host the San Francisco Giants for just the second time ever at Raley Field
WEST SACRAMENTO, CA – The River Cats and KMAX-TV (CW31) have announced that the Exhibition Game presented by ACE Hardware, will be broadcast live locally on CW31, starting at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 24 will be the first game between the Sacramento River Cats and San Francisco Giants since their inaugural meeting in 2016.
Due to the high level of interest in the game, the River Cats are expecting a capacity crowd at Raley Field. As a result, the River Cats organization has partnered with CW31 to broadcast the game locally.
“CBS13 Sports is thrilled to bring the River Cats/Giants contest to a wider audience on CW31,” says Jay Howell, Vice President and General Manager of KOVR and KMAX-TV. “For those that can’t attend the game, viewers will be able to experience this highly anticipated game.”
His sentiment was echoed by Chip Maxson, General Manager of the River Cats: “We’d love to welcome everyone inside Raley Field for the River Cats and Giants game if we could. Fortunately, this provides a way for us to share this exciting matchup with even more fans in Northern California.”
Fans, whether watching on CW31 or experiencing the game at Raley Field, will have the opportunity to not only see the 2018 River Cats players, but also their favorite members of the San Francisco Giants. Perennial All-Star Buster Posey and Gold Glove winner Brandon Crawford are expected to take the field alongside fellow superstars, and Giants newcomers, Andrew McCutchen and Evan Longoria.
A limited number of tickets can still be obtained to the Sacramento River Cats and San Francisco Giants Exhibition Game by purchasing select River Cats ticket memberships and special packages. For more information, please visit rivercats.com, email [email protected], or call the River Cats Ticket Hotline at (916) 371-HITS (4487).
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The Sacramento River Cats are the Triple-A affiliate of the three-time World Champion San Francisco Giants. The team plays at Raley Field in West Sacramento, consistently voted one of the top ballparks in America. River Cats Season Tickets, Mini- Plans, and Flex Plans can be purchased for the 2018 season by calling the River Cats Ticket Hotline at (916) 371-HITS (4487). For more information about the River Cats, visit www.rivercats.com. For information on other events at Raley Field, visit www.raleyfield.com.
CW31 (KMAX) and its sister station, CBS 13 (KOVR) offers more local programming than any other station group in market – over 40 hours of local programming including local news on CBS 13 and the popular Good Day on CW31. Both stations are owned by CBS Television. CBS Television Stations consists of 29 owned-and-operated stations, including 16 that are part of the CBS Television Network, eight affiliates of The CW Network, three independent stations and two MyNetworkTV affiliates. Among its stations are WCBS-TV and WLNY-TV (New York), KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV (Los Angeles), WBBM-TV (Chicago), KYW-TV and WPSG-TV (Philadelphia), KTVT-TV and KTXA-TV (Dallas-Ft. Worth), KPIX-TV and KBCW-TV (San Francisco), WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV (Boston), WUPA-TV (Atlanta), WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV (Detroit), KSTW-TV (Seattle), WTOG-TV (Tampa-St. Petersburg), WCCO-TV (Minneapolis), KCNC-TV (Denver), WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV (Miami), KOVR-TV and KMAX-TV (Sacramento), KDKA-TV and WPCW- TV (Pittsburgh), WJZ-TV (Baltimore), as well as WCCO-TV’s satellite stations KCCO-TV (Alexandria, Minn.) and KCCW-TV (Walker, Minn.).