River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Monday, August 13 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (47-72) 4th Pacific Northern Greater Nevada Field - vs - Reno, NV • 7:05 p.m (PT) RENO ACES (61-58) 2nd Pacific Northern Game 120 • Road Game 60 River Cats: RHP Tyler Herb (1-5, 5.31) • Aces: RHP Taylor Clarke (11-7, 4.30) Yesterday’s Game: The River Cats took a narrow 1-0 lead into the sixth inning before a Ty France AT A GLANCE sacrifice fly tied the game up at one. Then a rough relief outing for RHP Derek Law sent Sacramento OVERALL HOME ROAD to the bottom of the ninth with a three-run deficit. Starting pitcher RHP Shaun Anderson was stellar, Record: 47-72 23-37 24-35 allowing just one earned run over 5.1 innings while striking out seven and walking one. The loss ends a Day: 13-15 9-7 4-8 Night: 34-57 14-30 20-28 streak of three consecutive games decided by one run. vs. RHP: 42-50 21-25 21-25 vs. LHP: 5-22 2-11 3-11 Today’s Starter: RHP Tyler Herb will get the nod for Monday night’s series opener in Reno. Herb One-run games: 15-17 8-7 7-10 has pitched six innings in each of his last three starts with a combined ERA of 3.50. Though he’s made Extra-inning games: 3-2 3-0 0-2 eight appearances this season as a River Cat, split up by an 80-game stint on the disabled list, he has yet Shutouts: 4-8 4-3 0-5 to face the Pacific Northern division rival Aces. Cats Score 1st: 36-18 17-6 19-12 Opp. Scores 1st: 11-54 6-31 5-23 Leading after 7: 36-3 17-0 19-3 Stassi’s Debut: Yuba City native INF Brock Stassi, who was signed by the Giants to a minor-league Leading after 8: 38-2 18-0 20-2 deal on Saturday, debuted in a River Cats uniform on Sunday in front of family and friends and impressed No errors: 25-28 13-17 12-11 with a 3-for-4 showing that included a ninth-inning double. Stassi had been playing independent ball for 1 error: 15-24 8-9 7-15 the New Britain Bees in the Atlantic League before returning to the MiLB. There, he slashed .361/.458/.592 2+ errors: 7-20 2-11 5-9 with 11 doubles, four triples, and five home runs in 40 games. Stassi was orginially a 33rd-round pick by Series Play (W-L-S): 6-17-7 2-10-3 4-7-4 vs. Pacific Northern: 21-21 11-10 10-11 the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2011 draft out of the University of Nevada-Reno. vs. Pacific Southern: 19-29 8-16 11-13 vs. American Northern: 4-10 4-10 0-0 Funky Ruling: In the first inning of Sunday afternoon’s game, OF Chris Shaw was not awarded a vs. American Southern: 3-11 0-0 3-11 hit despite hitting a line drive into the outfield that fell. Since INF Kelby Tomlinson, who was at first base during the at-bat, rounded second base and thought the line drive had been caught, he retreated back 2018 VS. RENO (6-7) past second base to head back to first in order to not be doubled off. But once he realized the ball had in fact not been caught, he turned around again to head to second but was forced out before he could make Day Date Site Time/Result Tuesday 4/10 Home L, 2-7 that happen. By rule, since Tomlinson was forced out, Shaw could not be given a hit and instead the play Wednesday 4/11 Home W, 18-4 was deemed a fielder’s choice. Thursday 4/12 Home L, 4-5 Wednesday 4/25 Home W, 5-3 Thursday 4/26 Home W, 8-3 Starting on the Right Foot: In 11 straight games, a River Cats starter has pitched at least five Friday 4/27 Home W, 6-4 innings, including four in which the starter has entered the seventh. As a team, they’re allowing an average Saturday 4/28 Home L, 7-10 of 4.27 runs during this stretch. Sunday 4/29 Home W, 7-6 Wednesday 7/4 Road L, 5-10 Thursday 7/5 Road L, 9-10 This Day in River Cats History: August 13, 2008: For the second consecutive night, the River Friday 7/6 Road W, 8-7 Cats put up 10 runs on the Salt Lake Bees as they cruised to a 10-4 victory at Raley Field. Leadoff hitter, Saturday 7/7 Road L, 1-8 OF Chris Denorfia, goes 3-for-5 with two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored while OF Matt Murton went Sunday 7/8 Road L, 2-8 3-for-5, scoring and driving in a run. INF Donnie Murphy went 1-for-4 with a 2-run homer in the first. Monday 8/13 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) LHP Dana Eveland pitched 7 innings, allowing 4 runs on 12 hits with 8 strikeouts in route to his second Tuesday 8/14 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) Wednesday 8/15 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) win of the year. UPCOMING GAMES • PROBABLE STARTERS UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Day/Date Time Opp. Sacramento Probable Starters Opponent Probable Starters Tuesday, August 21 (7:05 p.m. PT)......Dorados + Toyota Family Value Tuesday Tuesday, August 14 7:05 p.m. (PT) @ RNO RHP Chris Stratton (2-0, 3.50) RHP Matt Koch (1-3, 5.75) Wednesday, August 22 (7:05 p.m. PT) .....................Wet Nose Wednesday Wednesday, August 15 7:05 p.m. (PT) @ RNO LHP Daniel Camarena (0-7, 5.02) RHP Jake Buchanan (9-8, 4.81) Thursday, August 23 (7:05 p.m. PT).................................Thirsty Thursday Thursday, August 16 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ ABQ RHP Jordan Johnson (0-6, 6.21) LHP Sam Howard (3-6, 5.21) Friday, August 24 (7:05 p.m. PT) ...Orange Friday Fireworks + Star Wars Night Friday, August 17 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ ABQ RHP Shaun Anderson (1-2, 4.30) RHP Peter Lambert (2-3, 4.71) Saturday, August 25 (7:05 p.m. PT) .......Sutter Health Fireworks + 916 Night RIVERCATS.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/RIVERCATSBASEBALL | @RIVERCATS | @RALEYFIELD TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER SEASON HIGHS/LOWS* TYLER HERB STAT HIGH LOW IP 6.0 3.0 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER H 8 4 R 6 2 Born: 4/28/1992 Bats/Throws: R/R ER 6 2 Resides: Harrisburg, PA Height/Weight: 6-3 / 200 BB 4 1 Age: 25 MLB Debut: N/A SO 6 1 Originally Drafted: 2014 (29th Round) by the Seattle Mariners HR 1 0 Obtained by San Francisco: Traded to San Francisco on 7/3/17 *Triple-A appearances only 2018 WITH AAA SACRAMENTO DATE G# OPP H/R DEC ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF NP-S 04/08/2018 1 TAC R 15.00 1 1 3.0 8 5 5 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0.17 1 .500 16 20 74-40 04/13/2018 1 TAC H 7.00 1 1 6.0 4 2 2 0 0 3 0 6 0 1 0.64 0 .324 21 24 86-56 04/18/2018 1 SL R W 5.65 1 1 5.1 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0.88 1 .298 20 23 91-51 04/23/2018 1 TAC R L 5.59 1 1 5.0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 1.05 1 .303 19 20 80-51 07/21/2018 1 ELP R L 6.66 1 1 5.0 6 6 6 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 0.96 0 .299 21 23 76-47 07/27/2018 1 IOW H L 6.23 1 1 6.0 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0.79 0 .297 21 23 87-48 08/02/2018 1 MEM R L 5.70 1 1 6.0 8 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 0.80 1 .301 25 27 92-61 08/07/2018 1 NAS R L 5.31 1 1 6.0 8 3 2 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 0.87 3 .309 22 25 104-61 W-L-S ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF Total 1-5-0 5.31 8 8 42.1 51 26 25 4 1 18 1 31 0 2 0.87 7 .309 165 185 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W-L-S ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF Home Games 0-1-0 3.75 2 2 12.0 10 5 5 1 0 4 0 10 0 1 0.64 0 .238 42 47 Away Games 1-4-0 5.93 6 6 30.1 41 21 20 3 1 14 1 21 0 1 0.97 7 .333 123 138 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W-L-S ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG AB TBF Day Games 1-1-0 6.75 3 3 13.1 19 10 10 2 0 8 0 8 0 1 1.00 3 .345 55 63 Night Games 0-4-0 4.66 5 5 29.0 32 16 15 2 1 10 1 23 0 1 0.81 4 .291 110 122 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .362 58 6 21 5 0 2 6 9 0 10 0 0 .448 .552 .999 0 0 0 4 vs Right .280 107 20 30 7 1 2 20 9 1 21 2 1 .339 .421 .760 1 0 1 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Leading Off .325 40 2 13 1 0 2 2 3 0 7 0 0 .372 .500 .872 0 0 0 0 Bases Empty .284 88 2 25 8 0 2 2 9 0 17 0 0 .351 .443 .794 0 0 0 0 Runners On .338 77 24 26 4 1 2 24 9 1 14 2 1 .409 .494 .903 1 0 1 7 Runners On w/ 2 Outs .250 24 8 6 1 1 0 8 4 1 4 1 1 .357 .375 .732 0 0 0 0 Scoring Position .260 50 20 13 4 1 0 20 6 1 6 0 0 .345 .380 .725 1 0 1 5 RISP w/ 2 Outs .250 20 8 5 1 1 0 8 3 1 2 0 0 .348 .400 .748 0 0 0 0 Bases Loaded .333 6 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 0 0 0 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Ahead in Count .145 55 9 8 2 0 1 9 0 0 19 0 1 .145 .236 .382 0 0 0 1 Behind in Count .455 55 7 25 6 0 2 7 18 1 5 0 0 .581 .673 1.254 1 0 0 1 Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher RHP Chris Stratton (2-0, 3.50) • First-round selection (20th overall) in the 2012 draft out the Atlanta Braves with a perfect inning out of the pen of Mississippi State • Started 18 games with the Giants before being optioned • Made his major-league debut on May 30, 2016 against to Sacramento on July 7 W-L-S ERA G GS CG SHO SVO IP H R ER HR HB BB IBB SO BK WP GO/AO GIDP AVG TBF Total 2-0-0 3.50 3 3 18.0 20 8 7 2 0 6 0 22 0 2 1.82 2 .274 79 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .283 46 5 13 2 0 0 4 3 0 15 0 0 .327 .326 .653 0 0 0 1 vs Right .259 27 3 7 0 0 2 3 3 0 7 1 0 .333 .481 .815 0 0 0 1 CAT TRACKS 2018 SEASON HIGHS & LOWS MISC.