River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Thursday, August 23 FRESNO GRIZZLIES (74-54) 1st Pacific Northern Raley Field - vs - West Sacramento, CA • 7:05 p.m (PT) SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (50-78) 4th Pacific Northern Game 129 • Home Game 63 Grizzlies: RHP Brady Rodgers (1-3, 7.71) • River Cats: RHP Tyler Herb (1-7, 5.13) Yesterday’s Game: The River Cats saw a game slip away from them despite having a four-run AT A GLANCE lead entering the ninth inning. A grand slam from OF Kyle Tucker, which was his second home run of the OVERALL HOME ROAD game, tied the game before the Grizzlies put two more runs up on the board to make it a 10-8 game — Record: 50-78 23-39 27-39 the eventual final score. With eight runs, though, Sacramento saw a power surge they had been without Day: 13-15 9-7 4-8 Night: 37-63 14-32 23-31 for a while as returned to the lineup to launch his 23rd homer of the year. The River Cats OF Chris Shaw vs. RHP: 44-55 21-27 23-28 also had OF Gregor Blanco and INF Miguel Gomez clear the fence. vs. LHP: 6-23 2-11 4-12 One-run games: 15-18 8-7 7-11 Today’s Starter: RHP Tyler Herb gets the ball for Sacramento in Thursday night’s series finale, Extra-inning games: 4-2 3-0 1-2 Shutouts: 4-9 4-3 0-6 which will wrap up all 16 games with the rival Fresno Grizzlies this season. It will be Herb’s first chance to Cats Score 1st: 39-20 17-6 22-14 face the Grizzlies in 2018. He has a streak going pitching exactly six innings in five consecutive outings. Opp. Scores 1st: 11-58 6-33 5-25 During this run, Herb has a 3.90 ERA with 37 hits allowed to just seven walks in 30 innings to go along Leading after 7: 37-4 17-1 20-3 with 24 strikeouts. He’ll be breaking another streak Thursday night, as he had previously pitched four Leading after 8: 40-3 18-1 22-2 straight games on the road. No errors: 26-30 13-17 13-13 1 error: 16-28 8-11 8-17 2+ errors: 8-20 2-11 6-9 (Shaw)esome Return: In his first game since returning from the disabled list,OF Chris Shaw Series Play (W-L-S): 7-19-7 2-11-3 5-8-4 cleared the fence for the 23rd time this season. He’s trying to become the first River Cats player to club vs. Pacific Northern: 23-24 11-12 12-12 25 dingers in season since Adam Duvall finished the 2015 campaign with 26. Shaw missed six games in vs. Pacific Southern: 20-32 8-16 12-16 his brief DL stint. vs. American Northern: 4-10 4-10 0-0 vs. American Southern: 3-11 0-0 3-11 Gomez Grand-Slammed: Kyle Tucker’s bases-clearing bomb in the ninth inning of last night’s 2018 VS. FRESNO (8-7) game was remarkably the third granny allowed by RHP Roberto Gomez in his career. All totaled, Gomez has faced 20 battered with the bases juiced and has allowed six hits, 20 earned runs, and walked four. Day Date Site Time/Result Friday 5/4 Road L, 2-11 Just last season, Gomez found himself in a similar situation where he was brought in to the ballgame with Saturday 5/5 Road W, 5-2 the bases loaded and served up a grand slam to the first batter he faced. Sunday 5/6 Road W, 6-5 Monday 5/7 Road W, 6-3 Free Passes: The nine walks issued by Sacramento’s pitching staff in Wednesday night’s game Friday 6/29 Home W, 4-0 Saturday 6/30 Home L, 3-4 were the most the River Cats have totaled in a single game since April 15, 2018 when the staff walked Sunday 7/1 Home W, 3-1 11 opposing batters. Monday 7/2 Home W, 4-3 Tuesday 7/3 Home L, 0-5 This Day in River Cats History: August 23, 2011: The River Cats clinched their 10th divi- Monday 7/16 Road W, 4-3 sion title in 12 seasons with a 15-2 victory over the Tucson Padres. They became the first team in major Tuesday 7/17 Road L, 3-8 Wednesday 7/18 Road W, 12-2 American professional sports (MLB, NHL, NBA, and NFL) to clinch 10 division titles in this century with the Thursday 7/19 Road L, 7-8 win. Sacramento recorded 17 hits in the win, including eight extra-base hits. RHP Travis Banwart pitched Tuesday 8/21 Home L, 2-9 a beauty for the River Cats, tossing seven solid innings of two-run ball with four hits, two runs, a walk, and Wednesday 8/22 Home L, 8-10 four strikeouts. Thursday 8/23 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) UPCOMING GAMES • PROBABLE STARTERS UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Day/Date Time Opp. Sacramento Probable Starters Opponent Probable Starters Friday, August 24 (7:05 p.m. PT) ...Orange Friday Fireworks + Star Wars Night Friday, August 24 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. LV RHP Shaun Anderson (1-2, 4.33) LHP P.J. Conlon (3-8, 6.87) Saturday, August 25 (7:05 p.m. PT) .......Sutter Health Fireworks + 916 Night Saturday, August 25 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. LV RHP Mike Connolly (0-2, 4.97) TBA Sunday, August 26 (1:05 p.m. PT) ........................K-LOVE Sunday Funday Sunday, August 26 1:05 p.m. (PT) vs. LV TBA TBA Monday, August 27 (7:05 p.m. PT).................Cache Creek Baseball Bingo Monday, August 27 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. LV RHP Jordan Johnson (1-6, 5.36) RHP Scott Copeland (2-2, 3.41) Tuesday, August 28 (7:05 p.m. PT) ................Toyota Family Value Tuesday 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 9 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 08/13/2018 1 RNO R L 5.03 1 1 6.0 7 2 2 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 0.86 1 .309 23 24 96-60 08/18/2018 1 ABQ R L 5.13 1 1 6.0 8 6 4 1 1 1 0 3 0 1 1.02 1 .311 24 27 74-47 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 1-7-0 5.13 10 10 54.1 66 34 31 5 2 20 1 43 0 3 1.02 9 .311 212 236 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1-6-0 5.53 8 8 42.1 56 29 26 4 2 16 1 33 0 2 1.16 9 .329 170 189 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0-6-0 4.61 7 7 41.0 47 24 21 3 2 12 1 35 0 2 1.03 6 .299 157 173 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .377 77 9 29 7 1 3 9 10 0 16 0 1 .455 .610 1.065 0 0 1 5 vs Right .274 135 25 37 10 2 2 25 10 1 27 3 2 .327 .422 .749 1 1 1 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Leading Off .412 51 2 21 4 1 2 2 3 0 8 0 0 .455 .647 1.102 0 0 1 0 Bases Empty .306 111 2 34 11 1 2 2 9 0 22 0 0 .364 .477 .841 0 0 1 0 Runners On .317 101 32 32 6 2 3 32 11 1 21 3 3 .386 .505 .891 1 1 1 9 Runners On w/ 2 Outs .233 30 10 7 1 1 1 10 5 1 6 1 1 .343 .433 .776 0 0 0 0 Scoring Position .265 68 27 18 5 2 1 27 8 1 12 1 1 .346 .441 .787 1 0 1 5 RISP w/ 2 Outs .240 25 10 6 1 1 1 10 4 1 3 0 0 .345 .480 .825 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 .171 70 13 12 2 1 2 13 0 0 25 1 1 .171 .314 .486 0 0 0 2 Behind in Count .431 72 10 31 9 0 2 10 20 1 8 0 0 .548 .639 1.187 1 0 0 2 RHP Shaun Anderson (1-2, 4.33) • Acquired on July 26, 2017 in the deal that sent INF the University of Florida Eduardo Nunez from the Giants to the Red Sox • Assigned to Double-A to begin the season, where he • Taken by Boston in the 3rd round of the 2016 draft out of struck out hitters at a 23.7% clip in nearly 100 innings 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 1-2-0 4.33 6 6 35.1 34 22 17 5 1 11 0 24 0 2 1.27 2 .245 154 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .306 62 7 19 5 0 0 5 5 0 9 0 2 .358 .387 .745 0 1 0 1 vs Right .195 77 15 15 1 1 5 12 6 0 15 0 0 .259 .429 .687 1 1 1 1 CAT TRACKS 2018 SEASON HIGHS & LOWS MISC.