River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Tuesday, April 10 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (3-2, T-1st Pacific Northern) Raley Field - vs - West Sacramento, CA • 7:05 p.m (PT) RENO ACES (2-3, T-3rd Pacific Northern) Game 6 • Home Game 1 River Cats: RHP Jose Flores (0-0, No ERA) • Aces: RHP Braden Shipley (1-0, 1.69 ERA) Yesterday’s Doubleheader: The Sacramento River Cats secured two nail-biting victories on AT A GLANCE Monday evening, defeating the Tacoma Rainiers by final scores of 3-2 and 6-5. The Cats got the offense OVERALL HOME ROAD going the same way during both halves of the doubleheader. The starting catcher singled to score two runs, Record: 3-2 0-0 3-2 though in game one it was Trevor Brown behind the dish and in game two, Hector Sanchez. For Sanchez, Day: 0-1 0-0 0-1 Night: 3-1 0-0 3-1 his base hit was the third of six hits in the inning as the team batted around and totaled 12 plate appearances vs. RHP: 3-2 0-0 3-2 in the frame. vs. LHP: 0-0 0-0 0-0 One-run games: 2-1 0-0 2-1 Tonight’s Starter: RHP Jose Flores is tasked with leading the River Cats in their home opener. The Extra-inning games: 0-0 0-0 0-0 native of Venezuela was called up from Double-A Richmond midway through the 2017 season and made 12 Shutouts: 0-1 0-0 0-1 starts for the River Cats, culminating in a 4.04 ERA, .260 opposing batting average, and a 23.3% strikeout Cats Score 1st: 2-1 0-0 2-1 rate. Flores was stellar while with the Flying Squirrels, posting a 2.09 ERA and allowing just 33 hits in 47.1 Opp. Scores 1st: 1-1 0-0 1-1 innings — good enough for a .194 opposing average. Leading after 7: 1-0 0-0 1-0 Leading after 8: 1-0 0-0 1-0 No errors: 1-0 0-0 1-0 Two for One: During game two’s six-run second inning, the River Cats batted around allowing three 1 error: 1-2 0-0 1-2 hitters to bat twice in the same frame. OF Mac Williamson took advantage of the opportunity, leading 2+ errors: 1-0 0-0 1-0 off the inning with his second double of the year, and followed it up with a single next time around. The Series Play (W-L-S): 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 last time a River Cats player recorded two hits in the same inning happened back on May 11, 2017 when vs. Pacific Northern: 3-2 0-0 3-2 Sacramento scored an incredible 13 runs in the seventh inning at Colorado Springs. OF Austin Slater tallied vs. Pacific Southern: 0-0 0-0 0-0 two doubles while INF Orlando Calixte doubled and singled. vs. American Northern: 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. American Southern: 0-0 0-0 0-0 Stay Hot, Mac: Williamson has nine hits, including three doubles, in his first 17 plate appearances. He’s also drawn a walk and been hit by two pitches. He has a hit in all four of the games he has appeared 2018 VS. RENO (0-0) in, and owns two three-hit games thus far. Day Date Site Time/Result Tuesday 4/10 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) Wednesday 4/11 Home 12:05 p.m. (PT) In the sixth inning of game one, the River Cats managed to score what ended One Run, Zero Hits: Thursday 4/12 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) up being the game-winning run despite not recording a hit. Rainiers starter Max Povse walked INF Chase Wednesday 4/25 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) d’Arnaud before being pulled for lefty Dario Alvarez. Alvarez preceeded to walk OF Chris Shaw and plunk Thursday 4/26 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) 3B Ryder Jones, but not before balking during Jones’s plate appearance. INF Miguel Gomez grounded Friday 4/27 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) out to third to score d’Arnaud, followed by Alvarez’s second hit-by-pitch of the inning, this time affecting Saturday 4/28 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) Sunday 4/29 Home 1:05 p.m. (PT) OF Orlando Calixte. The River Cats were held to just the one run, however, as Alvarez finished off the wild Wednesday 7/4 Road 6:35 p.m. (PT) inning with a strikeout and a line out. Thursday 7/5 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) Friday 7/6 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) This Day in River Cats History: April 10, 2014: The River Cats rocked the Tuscon Padres 18- Saturday 7/7 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) Sunday 7/8 Road 1:05 p.m. (PT) 6, tallying 22 hits in the win...every River Cats starter had a hit, while eight of nine had at least two...INF Monday 8/13 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) Grant Green had a monster day at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a grand slam, 6 RBI, two runs scored, and a Tuesday 8/14 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) walk...OF Jermaine Mitchell recorded four hits, driving in three while also scoring three times...RHP Travis Wednesday 8/15 Road 7:05 p.m. (PT) Banwart tossed six innings and struck out five in the victory. UPCOMING GAMES • PROBABLE STARTERS UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Day/Date Time Opp. Sacramento Probable Starters Opponent Probable Starters Wednesday, April 11 (12:05 p.m.)............................Wet Nose Wednesday Wednesday, April 11 12:05 p.m. (PT) vs. RNO RHP Casey Kelly (0-0, 0.00) RHP Taylor Clarke (1-0, 0.00) Thursday, April 12 (7:05 p.m.) .........................................Thirsty Thursday Thursday, April 12 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. RNO TBA RHP Kris Medlen (0-1, 9.00) Friday, April 13 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Orange Friday & Fireworks Friday, April 13 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. TAC RHP Tyler Herb (0-0, 15.00) TBA ....................................................Madison Bumgarner Jersey T Giveaway Saturday, April 14 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. TAC RHP Dereck Rodriguez (0-0, No ERA) TBA Saturday, April 14 (7:05 p.m.) ..............................Sutter Health Fireworks RIVERCATS.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/RIVERCATSBASEBALL | @RIVERCATS | @RALEYFIELD TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER SEASON HIGHS/LOWS* JOSE FLORES STAT HIGH LOW IP 0.0 0.0 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER H 0 0 R 0 0 Born: 6/4/1989 Bats/Throws: R/R ER 0 0 Resides: Bolivar, VZ Height/Weight: 6-3 / 250 BB 0 0 Age: 28 MLB Debut: N/A SO 0 0 Originally Signed: 2007 (International Free Agent) by the Cleveland Indians HR 0 0 12/9/16 Obtained by San Francisco: *Triple-A appearances only *2017 WITH TRIPLE-A 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 IR-IRS 07/04/2017 1 ABQ R 0.00 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0 1.50 0 .048 21 22 86-61 0-0 07/09/2017 1 TAC H L 2.25 1 1 5.0 4 3 3 1 0 3 0 5 0 0 0.90 0 .128 18 21 86-52 0-0 07/16/2017 1 SL R 3.94 1 1 4.0 6 4 4 0 1 2 0 4 0 0 1.25 0 .196 17 21 85-56 0-0 07/21/2017 1 TAC R 3.68 1 1 6.0 7 2 2 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 1.29 1 .228 23 24 92-65 0-0 07/26/2017 1 RR H 4.03 1 1 7.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 1.26 2 .238 26 26 91-63 0-0 07/31/2017 1 NO H W 3.28 1 1 6.2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0 0 1.13 1 .227 23 25 98-63 0-0 08/06/2017 1 OMA R L 3.27 1 1 5.2 6 3 2 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 1.14 0 .233 22 26 101-63 0-0 08/11/2017 1 SL H 3.09 1 1 5.1 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 1.20 0 .228 21 22 96-60 0-0 08/16/2017 1 RNO R L 2.96 1 1 5.0 5 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 0 1 1.23 0 .230 20 23 93-59 0-0 08/21/2017 1 ABQ H W 2.97 1 1 6.0 5 2 2 0 1 3 0 7 0 0 1.18 0 .230 22 27 98-62 0-0 08/27/2017 1 ELP R 3.47 1 1 2.0 6 4 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1.24 0 .246 11 14 59-33 0-0 09/02/2017 1 ELP H L 4.04 1 1 5.0 9 7 6 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 1.18 0 .260 22 27 97-68 0-0 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 NP-S IR-IRS Total 2-4-0 4.04 12 12 64.2 64 31 29 4 3 24 1 65 0 2 1.18 4 .260 246 278 0-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 NP-S IR-IRS Home Games 2-2-0 4.11 6 6 35.0 33 17 16 2 2 11 0 36 0 0 0.89 3 .250 132 148 0-0 Away Games 0-2-0 3.94 6 6 29.2 31 14 13 2 1 13 1 29 0 2 1.67 1 .272 114 130 0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 NP-S IR-IRS July 1-1-0 3.28 6 6 35.2 29 13 13 3 1 9 0 36 0 0 1.13 4 .227 128 139 0-0 August 1-2-0 3.75 5 5 24.0 26 11 10 1 1 13 1 24 0 2 1.40 0 .271 96 112 0-0 September 0-1-0 10.80 1 1 5.0 9 7 6 0 1 2 0 5 0 0 0.67 0 .409 22 27 0-0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP NP-S vs Left .295 112 19 33 8 0 3 18 17 1 25 8 2 .389 .446 .836 1 2 1 2 vs Right .231 134 12 31 5 0 1 10 7 0 40 9 0 .276 .291 .567 2 0 2 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP NP-S Leading Off .345 58 2 20 4 0 2 2 8 0 10 0 0 .424 .517 .941 0 0 0 0 Bases Empty .276 134 3 37 6 0 3 3 12 0 32 0 0 .340 .388 .728 0 0 1 0 Runners On .241 112 28 27 7 0 1 25 12 1 33 17 2 .318 .330 .648 3 2 2 4 R.O.