River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Thursday, June 21 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (33-39) T-3rd Pacific Northern Raley Field - vs - West Sacramento, CA • 7:05 p.m (PT) EL PASO CHIHUAHUAS (35-37) 3rd Pacific Southern Game 73 • Road Game 37 River Cats: RHP Jeff Samardzija (0-0, 0.00) • Chihuahuas: LHP Dillon Overton (3-2, 2.96) Tuesday’s Game: The River Cats fell to the New Orleans Baby Cakes in a wild game by the final AT A GLANCE score of 9-8. Down 5-0 in the sixth inning, Sacramento got on the board after back-to-back home runs OVERALL HOME ROAD by INF Chase d’Arnaud and INF Ryder Jones. Trailing 5-3 heading into the eighth inning, the River Cats Record: 33-39 16-20 17-19 Day: 9-10 6-4 3-6 tied the game at 5-5 after an RBI double by C Trevor Brown. New Orleans scored two more runs in the Night: 24-29 10-16 14-13 bottom of the eighth to take a 7-5 lead, but the River Cats scored three more runs to take an 8-7 lead vs. RHP: 30-27 15-13 15-14 in the top of the ninth inning thanks to another RBI from d’Arnaud. However, the Baby Cakes ultimately vs. LHP: 3-12 1-6 2-6 scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to walkoff 9-8. The loss was the River Cats’ fifth walkoff lost of One-run games: 7-12 4-4 3-8 Extra-inning games: 2-1 2-0 0-1 the season. Shutouts: 2-3 2-0 0-3 Cats Score 1st: 25-11 11-3 14-8 Today’s Starter: RHP Jeff Samardzija makes his second rehab start with Sacramento tonight. He Opp. Scores 1st: 8-28 5-17 3-11 Leading after 7: 25-2 12-0 13-2 last pitched on June 15 against Round Rock and struck out four batters in three innings while allowing just Leading after 8: 25-2 12-0 13-2 one hit. Samardzija threw 26 strikes out of 43 total pitches in that outing. Before heading to the disabled No errors: 16-13 8-8 8-5 list with shoulder tightness, Samardzija had a 1-4 record with a 6.56 ERA in eight starts this season for 1 error: 11-14 6-5 5-9 San Francisco. This is his first start at Raley Field as a member of the River Cats. 2+ errors: 6-12 2-7 4-5 Series Play (W-L-S): 5-8-4 1-5-2 4-3-2 vs. Pacific Northern: 15-13 8-8 7-5 Top Heavy: The first five batters in the River Cats starting lineup all had two hits in the 9-8 loss in the vs. Pacific Southern: 13-17 5-8 8-9 series finale against New Orleans. They combined to score all eight of Sacramento’s runs and 10 of the vs. American Northern: 3-4 3-4 0-0 vs. American Southern: 2-5 0-0 2-5 team’s 12 hits in the ballgame. Those five batters struck out just twice in a total of 21 at bats on Tuesday. Rare for Rogers: After picking up his first loss of the season, RHP Tyler Rogers is now 3-1 with 2018 VS. EL PASO (3-2) a 2.10 ERA. Rogers has been the backbone of this River Cats bullpen with 31 strikeouts in 34.1 innings Day Date Site Time/Result Wednesday 5/30 Road L, 3-4 pitched. Rogers allowed two earned runs in the ninth inning last night, his first earned runs allowed since Thursday 5/31 Road W, 7-3 May 9 when he allowed one earned run at home against Salt Lake. Rogers has also moved into the top Friday 6/1 Road W, 8-1 five vote-getters for relief pitchers for the Triple-A All-Star Game. Saturday 6/2 Road W, 8-4 Sunday 6/3 Road L, 0-5 Thursday 6/21 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) Cueto Ramping Up: RHP Johnny Cueto is creating some hype after pitching in a simulated game Friday 6/22 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) on Monday at AT&T Park. Cueto has been on the 60-day Disabled List with an inflamed right elbow and is Saturday 6/23 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) eligible to return on June 30th. Sunday 6/24 Home 1:05 p.m. (PT) Friday 7/20 Road 6:05 p.m. (PT) Saturday 7/21 Road 6:05 p.m. (PT) This Day in River Cats History: June 21, 2010: RHP Kyle Middleton threw 8 shutout innings Sunday 7/22 Road 6:05 p.m. (PT) as the River Cats defeated the visiting Salt Lake Bees 4-0. OF Coco Crisp, making a start as a part of his Thursday 8/9 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) Friday 8/10 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) rehab assignment, went 3-for-5 in the leadoff spot. INF Eric Sogard went 2-for-5 with an RBI and a run Saturday 8/11 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) scored as the River Cats put up 3 runs in the first, with the big blow coming off an RBI double from INF Sunday 8/12 Home 1:05 p.m. (PT) Chris Carter. UPCOMING GAMES • PROBABLE STARTERS UPCOMING PROMOTIONS Day/Date Time Opp. Sacramento Probable Starters Opponent Probable Starters Friday, June 22 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Orange Friday & Fireworks Friday, June 22 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. ELP LHP Matt Gage (3-5, 6.10) RHP Luis Perdomo (4-2, 3.34) ...................................................................& Dave Dravecky Appearance Saturday, June 23 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. ELP LHP Daniel Camarena (0-1, 1.93) RHP Seth Simmons (0-0, 2.57) Saturday, June 23 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Sutter Health Fireworks Sunday, June 24 1:05 p.m. (PT) vs. ELP RHP Taylor Hill (1-2, 8.38) RHP Walker Lockett (2-6, 4.66) Sunday, June 24 (1:05 p.m.).................................K-LOVE Sunday Funday Monday, June 25 5:35 p.m. (PT) @ ABQ RHP Casey Kelly (6-5, 5.03) TBA Friday, June 29 (7:05 p.m.).......Orange Friday, Fireworks, & Equality Night RIVERCATS.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/RIVERCATSBASEBALL | @RIVERCATS | @RALEYFIELD TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER SEASON HIGHS/LOWS* JEFF SAMARDZIJA STAT HIGH LOW IP 6.2 1.0 RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER H 8 2 R 6 0 Born: 1/23/85 Bats/Throws: R/R ER 6 0 Resides: Merrillville, IN Height/Weight: 6-5 / 240 BB 5 0 Age: 33 MLB Debut: 7/25/08 SO 5 1 Originally Drafted: 5th round (2006) by the Chicago Cubs HR 2 0 12/9/15 Obtained by San Francisco: *MLB appearances only 2018 WITH ML SAN FRANCISCO 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 04/20/2018 1 LAA R W 0.00 1 1 5.0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0.22 0 .118 17 21 80-47 04/25/2018 1 WSH H L 6.23 1 1 3.2 8 6 6 1 0 3 1 3 0 1 0.36 0 .278 19 22 86-51 04/30/2018 1 SD H 5.27 1 1 5.0 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0.56 1 .273 19 22 89-53 05/07/2018 1 PHI R L 6.62 1 1 4.0 4 5 5 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0.52 0 .264 17 20 90-57 05/12/2018 1 PIT R 6.94 1 1 5.2 6 5 5 2 1 2 0 5 0 0 0.58 0 .272 20 25 101-63 05/17/2018 1 COL H 6.30 1 1 6.2 5 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0.61 0 .256 25 28 103-62 05/23/2018 1 HOU R L 6.23 1 1 4.2 4 4 3 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 0.64 0 .254 17 22 97-51 05/29/2018 1 COL R L 6.56 1 1 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.68 0 .264 6 6 23-15 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 1-4-0 6.56 8 8 35.2 37 27 26 6 1 23 1 26 0 1 0.68 1 .264 140 166 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6.46 3 3 15.1 18 11 11 1 0 9 1 11 0 1 0.79 1 .286 63 72 Away Games 1-3-0 6.64 5 5 20.1 19 16 15 5 1 14 0 15 0 0 0.61 0 .247 77 94 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0-2-0 9.72 2 2 8.1 12 10 9 2 0 8 1 5 0 1 0.73 0 .333 36 44 Night Games 1-2-0 5.60 6 6 27.1 25 17 17 4 1 15 0 21 0 0 0.67 1 .240 104 122 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .311 61 14 19 4 0 4 14 12 1 13 5 1 .419 .574 .993 1 0 0 0 vs Right .228 79 13 18 1 1 2 12 11 0 13 3 2 .330 .342 .671 0 1 1 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Leading Off .088 34 0 3 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 .162 .147 .309 0 0 0 0 Bases Empty .231 78 1 18 2 0 1 1 12 0 10 0 0 .341 .295 .636 0 0 1 0 Runners On .306 62 26 19 3 1 5 25 11 1 16 8 3 .405 .629 1.034 1 1 0 1 Runners On w/ 2 Outs .375 32 18 12 2 1 3 17 5 1 6 3 0 .459 .781 1.241 0 0 0 0 Scoring Position .308 39 21 12 2 1 3 21 7 1 11 2 1 .404 .641 1.045 1 0 0 0 RISP w/ 2 Outs .455 22 15 10 2 1 2 15 3 1 5 1 0 .520 .909 1.429 0 0 0 0 Bases Loaded .000 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 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 .182 44 4 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 14 1 1 .200 .341 .541 0 1 1 1 Behind in Count .220 41 6 9 1 0 1 5 23 1 7 3 2 .500 .317 .817 0 0 0 0 Tomorrow’s Starting Pitcher LHP Matt Gage (3-5, 6.10) • Drafted in the 10th round in 2014 out of Siena College • Made 12 starts for the River Cats in 2017, giving up 99 • Finished fifth in Eastern League during the 2016 season hits in 67.1 innings with a 5.75 ERA with a 3.38 ERA, and fourth in WHIP at 1.21 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 3-5-0 6.10 8 7 38.1 61 33 26 2 1 10 0 22 0 1 0.91 5 .361 184 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .412 51 20 21 0 0 1 18 4 0 3 0 1 .464 .471 .935 0 1 1 1 vs Right .339 118 13 40 10 1 1 13 6 0 19 1 1 .371 .466 .837 0 3 0 4 CAT TRACKS 2018 SEASON HIGHS & LOWS MISC.