Last of the Ninth

Baseball photography and more by James Venes. E-mail: flashfire at speakeasy dot net. Many photos are being transferred to my Flickr gallery. You can also go here to see more: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamesv34/

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4/7/10: Stockton Ports at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 6-0, in a 7-inning exhibition played between two of the affiliates of the Oakland A's.

28 files, last one added on Apr 07, 2010
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4/19/10: Reno Aces at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Aces won, 5-3. Early defensive miscues by the River Cats staked Reno to a 2-0 lead but a double by Matt Carson tied it in the fifth. In the eighth, Reno's Brandon Allen extended a 3-2 lead with a 2-run homer. Sacramento's Jack Cust got a run back with a single but that was it for the scoring. Sacramento's Trevor Cahill pitched into the fourth in his first start following an injury and Graham Godfrey took the loss. Reno's Cesar Valdez earned the win with a solid outing.

52 files, last one added on Apr 20, 2010
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4/21/10: Portland Beavers at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Beavers won, 5-1. Aaron Cunningham hit a solo homer and Craig Cooper drove in two for the Beavers, who won behind a good outing by Will Inman. Mike Affronti had a couple hits for the River Cats while Michael Taylor brought in their only run. Kyle Middleton struggled and took the loss.

50 files, last one added on Apr 21, 2010
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5/4/10: Salt Lake Bees at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 7-3. With scheduled starter Vin Mazzaro called up to the A's, Sacramento used four relievers and Jon Hunton was the best of them, allowing just a walk in 3 innings for the win. The River Cats did their scoring in the middle innings, highlighted by a 2-run double in the 5th by Michael Taylor. Batting in the top two spots, Corey Wimberly and Eric Sogard both had 3 hits apiece while Jack Cust walked 3 times. Michael Ryan had a pair of doubles for Salt Lake.

55 files, last one added on May 04, 2010
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5/24/10: Nashville Sounds at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 8-3. Steve Tolleson went 3-for-4 with two solo homers while Chris Carter also went deep to go along with a double. Matt Carson, Josh Donaldson and Adrian Cardenas also had two hits apiece for Sacramento. Brett Anderson worked 3 innings in an injury rehab appearance (6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 SO before Travis Blackley went 3 more (2 H, 1 BB, 3 SO) for the win. Nashville's Chris Waters didn't make it out of the 4th, giving up 8 R (7 ER) on 8 H and 5 BB.

30 files, last one added on May 26, 2010
Album viewed 8 times

6/2/10: Tacoma Rainiers at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Rainiers won, 9-7. Sacramento blew a 6-3 lead late thanks to home runs by Tacoma's Mike Carp and Jack Hannahan. Carp had 3 RBI while Hannahan and Brad Nelson had 2 each. Chris Carter homered for Sacramento and Matt Watson drove in a pair with a double. Neither Tacoma starter Andrew Baldwin nor Sacramento starter Graham Godfrey factored into the decision. Henry Rodriguez took the loss, allowing Carp's homer.

45 files, last one added on Jun 02, 2010
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6/21/10: Salt Lake Bees at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 4-0. Kyle Middleton pitched 8 shutout innings for Sacramento, allowing 5 hits and a walk along with 6 strikeouts. The River Cats scored 3 in the 1st, including a double by Chris Carter, and coasted to victory. Coco Crisp collected 3 hits while Eric Sogard and Steve Tolleson had 2 each.

30 files, last one added on Jun 22, 2010
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6/28/10: Tacoma Rainiers at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 7-5. Dallas McPherson's 3-run homer in the bottom of the 8th put Sacramento in front and they held on for the win. McPherson, Josh Donaldson, Steve Tolleson & Matt Carson all went deep for the River Cats. Tacoma took an early lead when Matt Tuiasosopo hit a 2-run homer in the 1st off Graham Godfrey, but they didn't get much after that. Godfrey pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 runs, 2 hits, 4 walks and 6 strikeouts. Tacoma's Michael Pineda also went 6, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits, 1 walk, 11 strikeouts and 2 homers.

38 files, last one added on Jun 28, 2010
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7/2/10: Fresno Grizzlies at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 4-3 in 11 innings. Matt Watson had an early 2-run homer and drove in 3 for the River Cats, who rallied late to tie it before winning in extra innings. Matt Downs & Jesus Guzman both homered for the Grizzlies. Fresno's Joe Martinez pitched 5 innings and allowed a couple runs, while Sacramento's John Halama gave up the same in 5.2 innings.

45 files, last one added on Jul 04, 2010
Album viewed 18 times

7/3/10: Fresno Grizzlies at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Grizzlies won, 5-1. Brett Pill doubled twice and drove in 3 runs to lead Fresno to the victory. Eugenio Velez & Tyler Graham also had a couple hits. Kevin Pucetas couldn't finish the 5th inning and Alex Hinshaw picked up the win. Matt Carson had a double for Sacramento and Michael Taylor drove in their only run with a single. Graham Godfrey took the loss.

35 files, last one added on Jul 04, 2010
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7/21/10: Sacramento River Cats at Colorado Springs Sky Sox


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From Security Service Field in Colorado Springs. The River Cats won, 8-1. Tyson Ross earned his first win for Sacramento with 5 shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and 2 walks to go with 7 strikeouts. Chris Carter & Steve Tolleson homered for the River Cats while Tolleson, Dallas McPherson, Josh Donaldson & Adam Heether all recorded a pair of hits. Eric Sogard, Tolleson & Carter had 2 RBI each. Troy Tulowitzki singled in an injury rehab start for Colorado Springs & Chaz Roe took the loss.

50 files, last one added on Jul 24, 2010
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7/22/10 Sacramento River Cats at Colorado Springs Sky Sox


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From Security Service Field in Colorado Springs. The River Cats won, 14-9. Seven Sacramento players had 2 or more hits, with Jeff Baisley picking up 3, 2 of them doubles while scoring 3 times. Josh Donaldson, Anthony Recker & Dallas McPherson all homered and combined with Baisley for 9 RBI. Chris Carter walked and scored 3 times as well. Boof Bonser picked up his first win for the River Cats. Chris Nelson homered, had 3 hits and scored 3 times for Colorado Springs, and Matt Miller also went deep while driving in 3 runs. Josh Muecke took the loss.

75 files, last one added on Jul 24, 2010
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8/18/10: Iowa Cubs at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 4-2. Jeff Baisley had three hits, including a double, and drove in a run while Adrian Cardenas had a 2-run single to help lead Sacramento to the win. Clayton Motensen pitched 7 effective innings, giving up just a solo homer along with 5 hits and a walk, striking out 7. Dallas McPherson & Matt Carson both had a pair of hits for the River Cats while Iowa's Jonathon Mota homered and singled. Austin Bibens-Dirkx took the loss, working 6 innings and allowing all 4 runs.

38 files, last one added on Aug 19, 2010
Album viewed 29 times

8/31/10: Las Vegas 51s at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The 51s won, 4-2. Scott Richmond threw 6 shutout innings for Las Vegas, allowing 1 hit while walking 4 and striking out 7. Brad Emaus drove in a pair with an early single for the 51s, who beat a wild Bobby Cramer (5.2 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 6 walks, 6 strikeouts). In his first game back in Sacramento after being promoted, Corey Brown homered and made a couple nice defensive plays. Anthony Recker also doubled twice for the River Cats.

30 files, last one added on Sep 01, 2010
Album viewed 11 times

9/8/10: Tacoma Rainiers at Sacramento River Cats (PCL Playoffs)


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Rainiers won, 10-8 and took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-5 series. Greg Halman hit a long 3-run homer as the Rainiers came back from a 7-1 deficit early. Tacoma's Matt Mangini & David Winfree had 3 hits apiece and the team drew 12 walks. Travis Buck homered early for the River Cats & Matt Watson had 2 hits.

45 files, last one added on Sep 09, 2010
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6/30/10: Texas League: North vs. South (Home Run Derby, Pregame)


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From Citibank Ballpark in Midland, TX. Includes ballpark shots, the Home Run Derby (thrown by Roger Clemens, won by San Antonio's Matt Clark), and other pregame events.

45 files, last one added on Jul 01, 2010
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6/30/10: Texas League: North vs. South (All-Star Game)


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From Citibank Ballpark in Midland, TX. The South Division won, 5-4. Luis Martinez of San Antonio singled in the go-ahead run in the 4th and the South held the lead, aided by a diving catch by Top Star J.B. Shuck of Corpus Christi to save a run in the 6th. Shuck did it again to end it, throwing out a runner at the plate after a base hit. Clint Robinson of Northwest Arkansas homered for the North and Alex Valdez of Midland tripled for the South. Jordan Lyles of Corpus Christi was credited with the win, Blake King of Springfield took the loss, and Jared Lansford of Midland got the save in spite of allowing singles to all three hitters he faced.

105 files, last one added on Jul 02, 2010
Album viewed 14 times

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4/29/10: Bakersfield Blaze at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Blaze won, 12-5. Stockton led 3-1 going to the 7th but Bakersfield scored 8 times to put the game out of reach, in spite of striking out 17 times overall while also drawing 10 walks. Ports starter Shawn Haviland only allowed a run on a homer in 5.1 innings, striking out 9, but the bullpen fell apart. Stephen Parker homered for Stockton while Chris Gradoville went deep for Bakersfield.

25 files, last one added on Apr 30, 2010
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5/5/10: San Jose Giants at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Giants won, 4-3. San Jose's Charles Culberson hit two solo homers early in the game en route to a 3-for-4 night. After the Ports took the lead in the 6th on a homer by Michael Spina and a double by Josh Horton, Francisco Peguero's 2-run single in the 8th led the Giants to victory. Ports starter Shawn Haviland allowed just the two homers as he worked into the 7th while San Jose's Craig Westcott gave up his first runs of the season before being removed in the 6th.

33 files, last one added on May 06, 2010
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5/22/10: Stockton Honors Dallas Braden


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. Before the game, the Ports and the City of Stockton celebrated homegrown pitcher Dallas Braden with a ceremony in recognition of the perfect game he threw for the Oakland A's on 5/9/10.

25 files, last one added on May 23, 2010
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6/7/10: Bakersfield Blaze at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 9-8. Tyler Ladendorf capped a 4-for-4 night with a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth after the Ports blew a 3-0 lead but came back from 6-3 and 8-5 deficits late. Grant Green and Stephen Parker homered on consecutive pitches in the first and Ryan Ortiz also went deep in the seventh. Mike Bianucci and John Whittleman homered for the Blaze. Neither Paul Oseguera nor Michael Schlact figured in the decision. Schlact made his first start since coming back from shoulder surgery and rehab.

45 files, last one added on Jun 08, 2010
Album viewed 12 times

6/29/10: Bakersfield Blaze at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 8-6. David Thomas, Grant Green & Jeremy Barfield homered for Stockton as they came back from an early 3-0 deficit to win, Green's breaking a 5-5 tie in the 7th. The Blaze also showed the power with homers by Chris Gradoville, Mike Bianucci & Johnny Whittleman. David Paisano doubled and tripled for Bakersfield while Stephen Parker and Ryan Ortiz both had a single and a double for Stockton. Neither starter, Ben Hornbeck of the Ports & Carlos Pimentel of the Blaze, figured in the decision.

55 files, last one added on Jun 29, 2010
Album viewed 10 times

7/4/10: Modesto Nuts at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 7-5 in 12 innings. Stephen Parker's walkoff home run gave Stockton the win after they came back from a 4-0 deficit only to see Modesto tie it on a single by Jordan Pacheco with 2 outs and 2 strikes in the 9th. Brandon Pinckney, who replaced Grant Green after an 8th inning ejection, singled with 1 out in the 12th before Parker ended it with a blast that was gone the moment it left his bat. Todd Johnson, who had 3 hits for the Ports, drove in 3 with a bases-clearing triple in the 7th. Modesto's Scott Robinson had 3 hits, 3 runs and 2 stolen bases.

50 files, last one added on Jul 05, 2010
Album viewed 9 times

7/15/10: Visalia Rawhide at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 10-9. Mike Spina's 3-run walkoff homer capped a wild game that featured hometown hero Dallas Braden making an injury rehab start. He pitched 4+ innings, allowing 7 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K and 2 HR on about a 75-pitch limit. Jermaine Mitchell led off the 1st with a homer & Yusuf Carter hit a 3-run homer in the 4th for Stockton. Marc Krauss, Paul Goldschmidt & Josh Ford all homered in the 5th for Visalia (the first two were back-to-back against Braden).

30 files, last one added on Jul 16, 2010
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