River Cats Media Relations • 400 Ballpark Drive • West Sacramento, CA 95691 • P: (916) 376-4751 • F: (916) 376-4710 • @RiverCats Wednesday, June 27 SACRAMENTO RIVER CATS (34-44) 4th Pacific Northern Isotopes Park - vs - Albuquerque, NM • 5:35 p.m (PT) ALBUQUERQUE ISOTOPES (39-38) 3rd Pacific Southern Game 79 • Road Game 39 River Cats: LHP Matt Gage (3-6, 5.89) • Isotopes: LHP Sam Howard (3-4, 5.47) Yesterday’s Game: The River Cats used the longball once again, but fell to the Albuquerque AT A GLANCE Isotopes by a score of 13-8 on Tuesday night. RHP Jeff Samardzija made his third rehab appearance, OVERALL HOME ROAD but got roughed up early, allowing five runs in the opening frame. The River Cats kept it close with Record: 34-43 16-24 18-19 homers from OF Mac Williamson and INF Chase d’Arnaud, but the ‘Topes scored seven more times in Day: 9-11 6-5 3-6 Night: 25-32 10-19 15-13 the seventh inning to put the game out of reach. C Ronnie Freeman added a two-run blast in the eighth vs. RHP: 30-30 15-16 15-14 inning. vs. LHP: 4-13 1-7 3-6 One-run games: 7-12 4-4 3-8 Today’s Starter: LHP Matt Gage (3-6, 5.89) will lead the River Cats in game three of this four game Extra-inning games: 2-1 2-0 0-1 set in Albuquerque. The lefty is still trying to recapture the magic he had early when he allowed just one Shutouts: 2-4 2-1 0-3 Cats Score 1st: 25-12 11-4 14-8 total run in his first two starts on the road against Las Vegas and Fresno. He has showed improvement Opp. Scores 1st: 9-31 5-20 4-11 as of late, however, giving up just three runs over his last 10.2 innings and lowering his season ERA to Leading after 7: 26-2 12-0 14-2 5.89. Gage has struggled all year at missing bats with a strikeout percentage of just 12.4% and 5.3 SO/9. Leading after 8: 26-2 12-0 14-2 No errors: 17-15 8-10 9-5 Road Okert: Going into last night, LHP Steven Okert had not allowed an earned run on the road this 1 error: 11-14 6-5 5-9 2+ errors: 6-14 2-9 4-5 season in four appearances, though he had been tagged with two unearned runs. Last night was a rough Series Play (W-L-S): 5-9-4 1-6-2 4-3-2 one for the left-hander, as he gave up seven runs (six earned) on six hits while striking out none. Right- vs. Pacific Northern: 15-13 8-8 7-5 handed hitters have been particularly tough for Okert, hitting .469 against him. vs. Pacific Southern: 14-21 5-12 9-9 vs. American Northern: 3-4 3-4 0-0 Mac Up and Down: OF Mac Williamson has had three seperate stints with the River Cats this vs. American Southern: 2-5 0-0 2-5 season, and has crushed PCL pitching during each one. To begin the season, he spent 11 games in Sacramento and compiled a .487/.600/1.026 slash line (Average/On-Base/Slugging) with six home runs 2018 VS. ALBUQUERQUE (3-4) and 16 RBI. His second stint was just five games on rehab for concussion symptoms, but he slashed Day Date Site Time/Result .353/.400/.882 with two home runs and seven RBI. Since being optioned by the Giants on June 24, Mac Friday 5/25 Home L, 2-12 has gone 2-for-8 with two bombs and three RBI. The powerful left fielder has slashed .213/.295/.383 with Saturday 5/26 Home W, 2-0 Sunday 5/27 Home L, 2-11 four HR and 11 RBI in 28 games with San Francisco. Monday 5/28 Home L, 2-4 Tuesday 5/29 Home W, 8-1 Jones/d’Arnaud All-Star Case: INFs Ryder Jones and Chase d’Arnaud have quietly made a Monday 6/25 Road W, 9-4 case for the Triple-A All-Star team this season. They are currently tied for second on the team with 37 RBI, Tuesday 6/26 Road L, 8-13 Wednesday 6/27 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) and are hitting .297 and .300 respectively. In June they have been especially good, as Jones has slashed Thursday 6/28 Road 11:05 a.m. (PT) .308/.353/.500 and d’Arnaud has compiled a .355/.500/.532 line. d’Arnaud is currently second in fan vot- Thursday 8/16 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) ing among second basemen. Friday 8/17 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) Saturday 8/18 Road 5:35 p.m. (PT) Sunday 8/19 Road 5:05 p.m. (PT) This Day in River Cats History: June 27, 2007: The River Cats ran away with one against Tuesday 8/28 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) the Grizzlies, taking a 10-3 win behind the efforts of INF Daric Barton and INF Kevin Melilo...Barton was Wednesday 8/29 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) 2-for-3 with a two-run home run (his sixth) and 2 runs scored...he extended his hitting streak to 22 games Thursday 8/30 Home 7:05 p.m. (PT) with the two hits...Melilo was 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs...Melilo also hit a two-run home run in the contest. 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 Thursday, June 28 11:05 a.m. (PT) @ ABQ LHP Daniel Camarena (0-2, 2.59) RHP Antonio Senzatela (2-1, 2.70) Saturday, June 30 (7:05 p.m.)...............................Sutter Health Fireworks Friday, June 29 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. FRE RHP Johnny Cueto (0-0, 0.00) RHP Trent Thornton (5-5, 3.01) Sunday, July 1 (1:05 p.m. (PT)........Community Day & K-LOVE Sunday Funday Saturday, June 30 7:05 p.m. (PT) vs. FRE RHP Casey Kelly (7-5, 5.09) RHP Rogelio Armenteros (5-0, 3.29) Monday, July 2 (7:05 p.m. PT)........................Cache Creek Baseball Bingo Sunday, July 1 1:05 p.m. (PT) vs. FRE TBA RHP Josh James (2-3, 3.20) Tuesday, July 3 (7:05 p.m. (PT)...........Independence Eve Fireworks & BBQ RIVERCATS.COM | FACEBOOK.COM/RIVERCATSBASEBALL | @RIVERCATS | @RALEYFIELD TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER SEASON HIGHS/LOWS* MATT GAGE STAT HIGH LOW IP 6.0 3.1 LEFT-HANDED PITCHER H 12 2 R 9 0 February 11, 1993 R/L Born: Bats/Throws: ER 9 0 Resides: Niskayuna, NY Height/Weight: 6-4 / 240 BB 2 0 Age: 25 MLB Debut: N/A Originally Drafted: 2014 (10th round) by the San Francisco Giants SO 8 1 Obtained by San Francisco: Same HR 1 0 *MLB 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 05/01/2018 1 LV R W 0.00 1 1 5.1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.88 1 .333 24 24 100-66 05/06/2018 1 FRE R W 0.82 1 1 5.2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0.59 1 .295 20 22 85-57 05/11/2018 1 SL H L 3.86 1 1 5.1 9 6 6 1 0 2 0 8 0 1 0.84 0 .324 24 27 98-66 05/17/2018 1 SL R L 5.03 1 1 3.1 10 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.76 1 .360 21 21 71-43 05/22/2018 1 LV H L 7.30 1 1 5.0 12 9 9 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0.78 0 .383 26 30 94-58 05/27/2018 1 ABQ H L 6.91 1 1 4.0 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0.83 1 .382 16 19 75-46 06/09/2018 1 COS H L 6.95 1 1 5.0 9 5 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0.90 0 .383 23 25 85-55 06/15/2018 1 RR R W 6.10 1 4.2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.91 1 .361 15 16 56-34 06/22/2018 1 ELP H L 5.89 1 1 6.0 6 3 3 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0.79 0 .347 24 26 100-62 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 3-6-0 5.89 9 8 44.1 67 36 29 2 1 12 0 26 0 1 0.79 5 .347 193 210 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 0-5-0 8.53 5 5 25.1 42 27 24 2 1 9 0 19 0 1 0.93 1 .372 113 127 Away Games 3-1-0 2.37 4 3 19.0 25 9 5 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 0.66 4 .313 80 83 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2-0-0 0.82 2 2 11.0 13 2 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0.59 2 .295 44 46 Night Games 1-6-0 7.56 7 6 33.1 54 34 28 2 1 10 0 22 0 1 0.88 3 .362 149 164 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .404 57 21 23 0 0 1 19 4 0 5 0 1 .452 .456 .908 0 1 1 1 vs Right .324 136 15 44 11 1 1 15 8 0 21 1 1 .361 .441 .802 0 3 0 4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Leading Off .318 44 0 14 2 1 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 .375 .409 .784 0 0 0 0 Bases Empty .315 92 1 29 3 1 1 1 5 0 14 0 0 .351 .402 .753 0 0 0 0 Runners On .376 101 35 38 8 0 1 33 7 0 12 1 2 .422 .485 .907 0 4 1 5 Runners On w/ 2 Outs .294 34 9 10 3 0 0 9 0 0 3 0 2 .294 .382 .676 0 0 0 0 Scoring Position .413 63 32 26 4 0 1 30 3 0 7 0 0 .439 .524 .963 0 2 0 2 RISP w/ 2 Outs .273 22 8 6 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 0 0 .273 .364 .636 0 0 0 0 Bases Loaded .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP Ahead in Count .234 64 9 15 1 0 0 7 0 0 13 0 0 .246 .250 .496 0 1 1 1 Behind in Count .390 59 13 23 3 0 1 13 12 0 8 1 0 .493 .492 .984 0 1 0 1 LHP Daniel Camarena (0-2, 2.59) • Drafted in 2011 (20th round) by the New York Yankees out • Made his Triple-A debut for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre of Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego RailRiders in 2016, and pitched 86.2 innings for them • Signed by the Giants to a minor-league deal on 5/24/18 over three years before beng released 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 0-2-0 2.59 6 5 31.1 28 9 9 1 0 13 2 25 1 1 0.69 2 .237 132 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO SB CS OBP SLG OPS SF SAC HBP GIDP vs Left .318 44 3 14 2 1 1 3 3 0 9 1 0 .362 .477 .839 0 0 0 0 vs Right .189 74 6 14 5 0 0 6 10 2 16 1 0 .286 .257 .542 0 1 0 2 CAT TRACKS 2018 SEASON HIGHS & LOWS MISC.