River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Monday, June 25 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (33-43) 4th Pacific Northern Isotopes Park - vs - Albuquerque, NM • 5:35 p.m (PT) ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES (38-37) 3rd Pacific Southern Game 77 • Road Game 37 River Cats: RHP Casey Kelly (6-5, 5.03) • Isotopes: RHP David Holman (2-1, 5.82) Yesterday’s Game: The River Cats dropped their eighth consecutive game by falling to the El Paso AT A GLANCE Chihuahuas 12-6. RHP Taylor Hill managed to pitch four innings and limiting the damage. He escaped OVERALL HOME ROAD some trouble early, as the defense was able to turn inning-ending double plays in the first and second Record: 33-43 16-24 17-19 Day: 9-11 6-5 3-6 innings. Hill finished with two strikeouts, three walks, and three earned runs, and unfortauntely took Night: 24-32 10-19 14-13 the loss. After trailing 9-1, Sacramento began a comeback with an RBI single by INF Kelby Tomlinson vs. RHP: 30-30 15-16 15-14 followed by an RBI double from OF Chris Shaw in the fifth inning. In the sixth,INF Orlando Calixte led off vs. LHP: 3-13 1-7 2-6 with a triple and scored on an RBI single from C Trevor Brown. Brown and Tomlinson both posted multi- One-run games: 7-12 4-4 3-8 Extra-inning games: 2-1 2-0 0-1 hit games going 2-for-4, each with an RBI. Ultimately though, the River Cats fell 12-6 as they head off to Shutouts: 2-4 2-1 0-3 Albuquerque for a four-game series. Cats Score 1st: 25-12 11-4 14-8 Opp. Scores 1st: 8-31 5-20 3-11 Today’s Starter: RHP Casey Kelly is coming off his second straight no-decision after throwing five Leading after 7: 25-2 12-0 13-2 Leading after 8: 25-2 12-0 13-2 innings against New Orleans where he struck out four batters but allowed five earned runs on nine hits. No errors: 16-15 8-10 8-5 Kelly, who has emerged as the River Cats ace, still leads the pitching staff in strikeouts (63), WHIP (1.37), 1 error: 11-14 6-5 5-9 and ERA (5.03). He has struggled on the road with a 7.71 ERA and a .344 opposing batting average, but 2+ errors: 6-14 2-9 4-5 Kelly will go out there looking for his first road win since May 19 at Salt Lake. Series Play (W-L-S): 5-9-4 1-6-2 4-3-2 vs. Pacific Northern: 15-13 8-8 7-5 vs. Pacific Southern: 13-21 5-12 8-9 Kelby: During the first multi-hit game of the season with the River Cats, INF Kelby Tomlinson also vs. American Northern: 3-4 3-4 0-0 recorded his first RBI with a bloop single in the fifth inning of yesterday’s loss. Tomlinson has nine hits in vs. American Southern: 2-5 0-0 2-5 eleven games played this season for Sacramento and is currently riding a five-game hitting streak. 2018 VS. ALBUQUERQUE (2-3) The River Cats suffered their first sweep at Raley Field since June 30-July 3 Unfortunate Sweep: Day Date Site Time/Result of 2017 at the hands of the Fresno Grizzlies. Sacramento has fallen to 16-24 at home this season, com- Friday 5/25 Home L, 2-12 pared to a 17-19 record on the road. Coming off pof the series sweep in New Orleans, the River Cats have Saturday 5/26 Home W, 2-0 Sunday 5/27 Home L, 2-11 now been swept in two straight series and sit at a season worst 10 games under .500. Monday 5/28 Home L, 2-4 Tuesday 5/29 Home W, 8-1 Struggles in the Field: The River Cats recorded two more errors in yesterday’s loss. Sacramento Monday 6/25 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) Tuesday 6/26 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) now has 78 errors this season, eleven more than Nashville, who has the second-most in the Pacific Coast Wednesday 6/27 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) League. The River Cats have played 20 games this season in which they have recorded two or more errors, Thursday 6/28 Road 11:05 a.m. (PT) and are 6-14 in those contests. Thursday 8/16 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) Friday 8/17 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) Saturday 8/18 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) This Day in River Cats History: June 25, 2011: OF Michael Taylor had a big day for the River Sunday 8/19 Road 5:05 p.m. (PT) Cats, going 2-for-3 with a solo home run (8), a double, and a walk as Sacramento beat the visiting Reno Tuesday 8/28 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) Wednesday 8/29 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) Aces 8-3...Taylor also had an outfield assist, throwing out the Aces’ Colin Cowgill at home to keep the score Thursday 8/30 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) tied at 3 in the fifth...3B Kevin Kouzmanoff also homered, his 6th, and drove in 5 in the win. UPCOMING GAMES • PROBABLE STARTERS UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Day/Date Time Opp. Sacramento Probable Starters Opponent Probable Starters Friday, June 29 (7:05 p.m.).......Orange Friday, Fireworks, & Equality Night Tuesday, June 26 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ ABQ RHP Mike Connolly (0-0, 0.00) LHP Brett Oberholtzer (3-5, 5.86) Saturday, June 30 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Sutter Health Fireworks Wednesday, June 27 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ ABQ LHP Matt Gage 3-6, 5.89) LHP Sam Howard (3-4, 5.47) Sunday, July 1 (1:05 p.m. (PT)......Community Night & K-LOVE Sunday Funday Thursday, June 28 11:05 a.m. (PT) @ ABQ LHP Daniel Camarena (0-2, 2.59) RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-1, 2.70) Monday, July 2 (7:05 p.m. PT)........................Cache Creek Baseball Bingo Friday, June 29 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. FRE RHP Taylor Hill (1-3, 8.10) TBA Tuesday, July 3 (7:05 p.m. (PT)......................Independence Eve Fireworks RIVERCATS.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/RIVERCATSBASEBALL | @RIVERCATS | @RALEYFIELD TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER SEASON HIGHS/LOWS* CASEY KELLY STAT HIGH LOW IP 8.0 0.2 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER H 11 1 R 9 0 Born: 10/4/1989 Bats/Throws: R/R ER 9 0 Resides: Sarasota, FL Height/Weight: 6-3 / 215 BB 5 0 Age: 27 MLB Debut: 8/27/12 SO 9 0 Originally Drafted: 1st round (2008) by the Boston Red Sox HR 3 0 7/27/17 Obtained by San Francisco: *Triple-A appearances only 2018 WITH SAN FRANCISCO (NL) 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 04/06/2018 1 TAC R 0.00 1 1 4.0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 1 2.00 0 .214 14 17 75-43 04/11/2018 1 RNO H W 1.00 1 1 5.0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 0 2 1.00 1 .194 17 19 88-57 04/17/2018 1 SL R L 7.11 1 1 3.2 11 9 9 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.10 1 .327 21 22 83-49 04/22/2018 1 TAC R L 10.80 1 1 0.2 2 6 6 0 0 5 0 0 0 1 0.92 0 .339 4 9 37-12 04/28/2018 1 RNO H L 11.29 1 1 5.0 9 7 7 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 1.06 0 .359 22 27 91-53 05/03/2018 1 LV R W 9.25 1 1 6.0 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0.96 1 .337 23 24 86-63 05/08/2018 1 SL H W 7.24 1 1 8.0 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0.91 1 .310 28 29 101-69 05/13/2018 1 TAC H L 6.81 1 1 6.0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0.90 0 .301 24 25 99-68 05/19/2018 1 SL R W 7.27 1 1 5.0 10 6 6 3 1 2 0 3 0 0 0.90 0 .318 23 27 97-62 05/24/2018 1 LV H 6.26 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.82 0 .288 22 23 91-58 05/29/2018 1 ABQ H W 5.65 1 1 7.0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0.78 1 .279 24 24 95-71 06/03/2018 1 ELP R L 5.54 1 1 6.0 9 5 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.82 2 .286 26 26 92-66 06/08/2018 1 COS H W 5.12 1 1 7.0 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 0 0 0.85 0 .277 26 28 107-70 06/14/2018 1 RR R 4.77 1 1 7.0 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 0 0 0.92 0 .270 26 28 104-74 06/19/2018 1 NO R 5.03 1 1 5.0 9 5 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0.98 0 .279 23 25 80-61 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 6-5-0 5.03 15 15 82.1 90 48 46 12 3 23 0 63 0 4 0.98 7 .279 323 353 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 4-2-0 2.80 7 7 45.0 35 14 14 5 1 9 0 34 0 2 0.78 3 .215 163 175 Away Games 2-3-0 7.71 8 8 37.1 55 34 32 7 2 14 0 29 0 2 1.29 4 .344 160 178 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2-2-0 6.08 5 5 23.2 25 16 16 3 1 8 0 24 0 3 0.83 2 .272 92 102 Night Games 4-3-0 4.60 10 10 58.2 65 32 30 9 2 15 0 39 0 1 1.03 5 .281 231 251 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .305 151 28 46 6 1 6 25 9 0 27 1 0 .350 .477 .827 1 2 2 4 vs Right .256 172 20 44 10 1 6 20 14 0 36 1 0 .314 .430 .744 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 .250 80 3 20 4 1 3 3 3 0 21 0 0 .277 .438 .715 0 0 0 0 Bases Empty .263 194 4 51 13 1 4 4 13 0 47 0 0 .319 .402 .721 0 0 3 0 Runners On .302 129 44 39 3 1 8 41 10 0 16 2 0 .348 .527 .875 2 2 0 7 Runners On w/ 2 Outs .267 60 18 16 1 1 3 18 6 0 9 1 0 .333 .467 .800 0 0 0 0 Scoring Position .302 63 37 19 0 1 5 34 8 0 10 0 0 .370 .571 .941 2 2 0 1 RISP w/ 2 Outs .212 33 14 7 0 1 1 14 5 0 7 0 0 .316 .364 .679 0 0 0 0 Bases Loaded .333 3 6 1 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .333 .833 0 0 0 0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Ahead in Count .192 125 15 24 4 1 4 15 0 0 40 0 0 .197 .336 .533 1 1 1 2 Behind in Count .342 76 16 26 4 1 4 16 23 0 6 0 0 .500 .579 1.079 0 0 1 2 Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher RHP Mike Connolly (0-0, 0.00) • Drafted in 2013 (27th round) by the San Francisco Giants • Before joining the River Cats, was 3-2 with a 3.99 ERA out of the University of Maine at Orono with Double-A Richmond in 15 appearances (2 starts).