River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Sunday, April 15 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (5-5, 2nd Pacific Northern) Raley Field - vs - West Sacramento, CA • 1:05 p.m (PT) TACOMA RAINIERS (4-6, T-3rd Pacific Northern) Game 11 • Home Game 6 River Cats: RHP Jose Flores (0-0, 1.80) • Rainiers: RHP Christian Bergman (1-0, 0.00) Last Night’s Game: The River Cats got back to .500 with a 12-7 victory over the Rainiers. Starting AT A GLANCE pitcher RHP Dereck Rodriguez allowed just three baserunners in innings two through four after giving up two OVERALL HOME ROAD Record: 5-5 2-3 3-2 runs on two walks and a single in the first frame. Due to a pair of errors, all of Rodriguez’s three runs went Day: 1-1 1-0 0-1 unearned. Meanwhile, the offense combined for 12 runs on 13 hits, clubbing two home runs and four total Night: 4-4 1-3 3-1 extra-base hits. The River Cats have now homered in five consecutive games. vs. RHP: 5-5 2-3 3-2 vs. LHP: 0-0 0-0 0-0 One-run games: 2-3 0-2 2-1 RHP Jose Flores will make his second start at Raley Field during this seven- Tonight’s Starter: Extra-inning games: 0-0 0-0 0-0 game homestand. He was handed the ball for the home opener on Tuesday and struck out seven in five Shutouts: 0-1 0-0 0-1 innings with no walks. Flores came to Sacramento in July of 2017 after pitching well with the Flying Cats Score 1st: 3-1 1-0 2-1 Squirrels, posting a 2.09 ERA and allowing just 33 hits in 47.1 innings — good enough for a .194 opposing Opp. Scores 1st: 2-4 1-3 1-1 Leading after 7: 3-0 2-0 1-0 average. As a River Cat, Flores made 12 starts, culminating in a 4.04 ERA, .260 opposing batting average, Leading after 8: 3-0 2-0 1-0 and a 23.3% strikeout rate. No errors: 2-2 1-2 1-0 1 error: 1-2 0-0 1-2 2+ errors: 2-1 1-1 1-0 OF Mac Williamson’s fourth-inning solo shot was his fifth of the year, putting him atop the Big Mac: Series Play (W-L-S): 1-1-0 0-1-0 1-0-0 Pacific Coast League. He’s homered now in four consecutive games and is batting a clean .500 on the vs. Pacific Northern: 5-5 2-3 3-2 season with a .611 on-base percentage. At 434 feet, it’s the longest of the four home runs Williamson has vs. Pacific Southern: 0-0 0-0 0-0 hit this season at Raley Field. vs. American Northern: 0-0 0-0 0-0 vs. American Southern: 0-0 0-0 0-0 Earning Time: OF Myles Schroder made the most of his first start of the season, playing first base 2018 VS. TACOMA (4-3) while going 2-for-3 with a crucial three-run home run in the third inning. The 398-foot homer to right-center field broke the 3-3 tie. Schroder also singled, drew a walk, and knocked in another run with a sacrifice fly. Day Date Site Time/Result Thursday 4/5 Road L, 0-5 Friday 4/6 Road W, 8-2 Quietly Raking: Lost beneath the hype of Mac Williamson’s torrid hot start, INF Chase d’Arnaud is Sunday 4/8 Road L, 6-7 Monday 4/9 - GM1 Road W, 3-2 putting up quality numbers through his first 33 plate appearances. Half of his ten hits have gone for extra Monday 4/9 - GM2 Road W, 6-5 bases, including last night’s double and triple, and he’s also drawn three walks. It all gives him a slash line Friday 4/13 Home L, 2-3 of .345/.424/.690 to begin 2018. Saturday 4/14 Home W, 12-7 Sunday 4/15 Home 1:05 p.m. (PT) Monday 4/16 Home 12:05 p.m. (PT) This Day in River Cats History: April 15, 2011: INF Chris Carter picked the River Cats up and Saturday 4/21 Road 5:05 p.m. (PT) carried them to a 6-5 win over the Rainiers in Tacoma. Carter went 3-for-5 with a home run, a double, and five Sunday 4/22 Road 1:05 p.m. (PT) Monday 4/23 Road 11:35 a.m. (PT) of the team’s six RBI. The home run was his first of the season (he would hit 21 that year).OF Matt Carson Saturday 5/12 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) (2-for-4) contributed an RBI single to round out the scoring for Sacramento. RHP Yadel Marti pitched five Sunday 5/13 Home 1:05 p.m. (PT) Monday 5/14 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) innings for the River Cats, allowing two runs and three hits with four walks and two strikeouts. Tuesday 5/15 Home 12:05 p.m. (PT) UPCOMING GAMES • PROBABLE STARTERS UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Day/Date Time Opp. Sacramento Probable Starters Opponent Probable Starters Monday, April 16 (12:05 p.m.) .......................Cache Creek Baseball Bingo Monday, April 16 12:05 p.m. (PT) vs. TAC LHP Andrew Suarez (0-0, 0.00) RHP Ariel Miranda (0-0, 6.75) Wednesday, April 25 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Wet Nose Wednesday Tuesday, April 17 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ SLC RHP Casey Kelly (1-0, 1.00) RHP Jaime Barria (0-0, 4.50) Thursday, April 26 (7:05 p.m.)..........................................Thirsty Thursday Wednesday, April 18 11:05 a.m. (PT) @ SLC RHP Tyler Herb (0-0, 7.00) RHP Alex Klonowski (1-1, 5.79) Friday, April 27 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Orange Friday & Fireworks Thursday, April 19 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ SLC RHP Dereck Rodriguez (0-0, 4.70) RHP Osmer Morales (1-0, 5.59) Saturday, April 28 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Sutter Health Fireworks RIVERCATS.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/RIVERCATSBASEBALL | @RIVERCATS | @RALEYFIELD TONIGHT’S STARTING PITCHER SEASON HIGHS/LOWS* JOSE FLORES STAT HIGH LOW IP 5.0 5.0 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER H 4 4 R 2 2 Born: 6/4/1989 Bats/Throws: R/R ER 1 1 Resides: Bolivar, VZ Height/Weight: 6-3 / 250 BB 0 0 Age: 29 MLB Debut: N/A SO 7 7 Originally Signed: 2007 (International Free Agent) by the Cleveland Indians HR 0 0 Obtained by San Francisco: 12/9/16 *Triple-A appearances only *2017 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 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.