EL PASO, Tex. – The Sacramento River Cats traded photographs with the El Paso Chihuahuas throughout the finale of their six-game set, however El Paso landed the ultimate blow with an RBI single within the backside of the eighth to take an 8-7 victory on Sunday.
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EL PASO, Tex. – The Sacramento River Cats traded photographs with the El Paso Chihuahuas throughout the finale of their six-game set, however El Paso landed the ultimate blow with an RBI single within the backside of the eighth to take an 8-7 victory on Sunday.
It appeared as if the River Cats (55-70) have been arrange for a giant inning to open the competition, scoring as soon as on a sacrifice fly by Trenton Brooks after a pair of leadoff walks to Bryce Johnson and Mitch Haniger. Sacramento would go on to load the bases, however with two outs have been unable to capitalize.
Immediately the Chihuahuas (55-71) responded, utilizing a pair of hits whereas additionally benefitting from three Sacramento errors to attain a trio of runs. A Ray-Patrick Didder blast put El Paso on the board first, whereas a pair of miscues by Brett Wisely on consecutive performs each got here round to attain later within the inning on a single by Taylor Kohlwey.
After a Max Schrock leadoff triple within the second pushed El Paso edge to 4-2 within the second, each groups traded a run within the third beginning when Brooks doubled with one out and crossed home plate two batters in a while a single up the center from Johan Camargo. The Chihuahuas countered utilizing their very own pair of doubles to remain forward, 5-2.
That scored held till the highest of the fifth, when the newly entered Tyler Fitzgerald stepped into the field with two on and one out. Down within the rely 0-2, Fitzgerald discovered a technique to join and despatched a ball out of the yard for his seventeenth homer of the season, tying the competition at 5-5.
During the sixth the River Cats pulled again in entrance for the primary time because the recreation’s starting, loading the bases with a pair of walks and a success by pitch. While they scored one run on a groundout from Brooks, two extra groundouts helped the Chihuahuas escape additional hazard.
Three batters into the home half of the inning and El Paso reclaimed the lead, as a Schrock leadoff single once more led to a run when Daniel Johnson homered on a 1-0 pitch to make the rating 8-7.
For a second time within the recreation Sacramento leveled the rating, doing so within the eighth when David Villar crushed an opposite-field homer on a full-count pitch. Villar joined Fitzgerald because the second River Cat to return off the bench and hit a home run within the contest, as the previous had entered the sport within the backside of the seventh for Haniger as a defensive alternative.
Unfortunately, the tie was short-lived because the Chihuahuas obtained a 3rd Schrock leadoff knock to place a person aboard and moved his pinch runner, Tim Lopes, into scoring place with a sacrifice bunt. Two batters later and Lopes crossed because the go-ahead run, scoring on a single to left from Didder.
The El Paso bullpen was the distinction within the contest, working 4 innings and permitting simply two runs on two hits. Though he was additionally charged with a blown save, Jared Koenig (4-4) was the successful pitch after he allowed one of many two runs and each hits by El Paso relievers. For a second straight day Ray Kerr was the ultimate Chihuahuas hurler to seem, this time in a save scenario the place he labored a clear ninth with a strikeout for his tenth save of the season.
Charged with the loss was Sean Hjelle (2-6), answerable for three runs on six hits with three walks and punchouts in 3.2 innings of labor. He took the baton from Miguel Yajure, who had additionally gone 3.2 innings and yielded 5 runs (solely three earned) on 5 hits with two strikeouts.
In his first recreation again with the River Cats, Camargo earned a multi-hit evening by going 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Armando Alvarez prolonged his hitting streak to a season-best eight video games with a knock within the prime of the primary earlier than ending 1-for-4 with a run, batting .371 (13-for-35) over that point.
Following a journey day Monday, the River Cats will return home to host the Albuquerque Isotopes of their penultimate homestand of 2023, starting a six-game set from Sutter Health Park on Tuesday at 6:45 p.m.
