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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Triple-A
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4/5/11: Stockton Ports at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Ports won, 7-2, in an exhibition played between two of the affiliates of the Oakland A's.

32 files, last one added on Apr 06, 2011
Album viewed 39 times

4/7/11: Tacoma Rainiers at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 6-2, in the season opener. Jemile Weeks tripled in three runs in the second and Matt Carson hit a solo homer in the third to help lead Sacramento to the win. Adrian Cardenas also had three hits and scored twice. Josh Outman and three relievers limited Tacoma to just three hits.

35 files, last one added on Apr 08, 2011
Album viewed 32 times

4/13/11: Las Vegas 51s at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The 51s won, 6-5. David Cooper's first Triple-A homer helped give Las Vegas an early 4-0 lead but the River Cats chipped away and led 5-4 before the 51s benefited from a 9th-inning error and a 2-run double by Brett Lawrie to go ahead for good. Adrian Cardenas & Jai Miller both had two hits, a double and two runs for Sacramento while Miller & Jemile Weeks stole two bases each. Josh Outman only lasted 2 innings for the River Cats.

40 files, last one added on Apr 13, 2011
Album viewed 31 times

4/25/11: Tucson Padres at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The Padres won, 7-5. Tucson was led by Anthony Rizzo's 2-run homer to go with a pair of singles, while Matt Clark added a double and two singles of his own to back 5 shaky innings by pitcher Simon Castro. Sacramento's Guillermo Moscoso had his first poor outing of the season, failing to get through the 5th. Matt Carson doubled and was the only River Cat with two hits.

35 files, last one added on Apr 27, 2011
Album viewed 21 times

4/26/11: Tucson Padres at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 3-2. Josh Horton's single up the middle in the bottom of the 9th scored the winning run. He had 2 RBI on the night while Eric Sogard & Shane Peterson both had three hits to back solid pitching by Yadel Marti, Willie Eyre & Joey Devine. Aaron Cunningham was responsible for Tucson's only runs with a 2-run homer. Jeremy Hefner tossed 5 shutout innings for the Padres.

38 files, last one added on Apr 27, 2011
Album viewed 15 times

5/3/11: Salt Lake Bees at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 2-0. Bobby Cramer and four relief pitchers combined for a 3-hit shutout of the Bees and Sacramento scored twice in the 8th on a single by Anthony Recker and a bunt by Adam Heether. Salt Lake's Ryan Ketchner flirted with danger in each of his 3+ innings, allowing 4 hits and walking 6 without anyone scoring as the River Cats left 8 on base in the first 3 innings.

25 files, last one added on May 04, 2011
Album viewed 55 times

5/9/11: Colorado Springs Sky Sox at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 9-0. Travis Banwart allowed just 3 hits and a walk over 7 innings and also struck out 7. Wes Timmons had 3 hits, 2 of them doubles, while Jemile Weeks also had 3 hits along with scoring twice and driving in a pair. He swiped home as well as part of a delayed steal. Eric Sogard and Steve Tolleson also had a couple hits apiece for the River Cats. Mike Paulk picked up 2 of the 3 Colorado Springs hits on the day.

35 files, last one added on May 09, 2011
Album viewed 18 times

5/25/11: New Orleans Zephyrs at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 10-4. In a game that was delayed by rain for 3 hours and 20 minutes in the 1st inning, Sacramento prevailed with a balanced offensive attack. Steve Tolleson homered, Jemile Weeks, Michael Taylor, Josh Donaldson & Wes Timmons had 2 hits apiece while Donaldson, Tolleson, Timmons & Matt Carson each had 2 RBI. Bryan Petersen collected 3 hits for the Zephyrs while Ruben Gotay homered and drove in a pair. It was a game for the bullpens and Trystan Magnuson picked up the win for the River Cats. Andrew Bailey made an injury rehab appearance as well.

50 files, last one added on May 26, 2011
Album viewed 21 times

6/20/11: Fresno Grizzlies at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. The River Cats won, 3-2. Matt Carson's single in the bottom of the 9th scored the winning run. Rich Harden, making an injury rehab start, worked 3 innings and struck out 6, walking 1 and allowing no hits. Travis Banwart went the final 6 and got the win, striking out 11 of his own to go with 2 hits, runs and walks. Mark Ellis, also in an injury rehab appearance, had 2 hits and doubled in the tying run in the 8th while Chris Carter had 2 hits including a triple. Tyler LaTorre accounted for Fresno's runs with a 2-run homer and Shane Loux pitched 8 strong innings in a no decision.

63 files, last one added on Jun 21, 2011
Album viewed 43 times

7/23/11: Reno Aces at Sacramento River Cats


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From Raley Field in Sacramento. In a doubleheader, the Aces won Game 1, 3-2 and the River Cats took Game 2, 5-4. Colin Cowgill drove in the winning run for Reno in Game 1 with a 2-out single in the top of the 7th, while Kevin Kouzmanoff's walkoff homer in the bottom of the 7th in Game 2 gave Sacramento the split. For the River Cats, Andy LaRoche combined for 3 hits, Adrian Cardenas was a homer short of the cycle in Game 2, Jai Miller homered in Game 2 & Josh Donaldson doubled twice in Game 1. Robby Hammock hit a home run in Game 2, combining for 3 hits and 4 RBI in both games for Reno while Wade Miley struck out 12 in 5.1 innings in Game 1. Sacramento wore pink jerseys in Game 2 for Susan G. Komen Swing for the Cure Night.

88 files, last one added on Jul 25, 2011
Album viewed 99 times

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Single-A
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4/6/11: Sacramento River Cats at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 3-1, in an exhibition played between two of the affiliates of the Oakland A's.

37 files, last one added on Apr 06, 2011
Album viewed 12 times

4/27/11: Lake Elsinore Storm at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Storm won, 8-4. Jedd Gyorko homered and had 4 RBI for Lake Elsinore and Edinson Rincon added three hits to help Jerry Sullivan, who threw 6 effective innings, earn the win. Anthony Aliotti went 4-for-4 and drove in a pair for the Ports while Rashun Dixon homered and singled. Murphy Smith only lasted into the 5th, allowing 6 runs (5 earned).

15 files, last one added on Apr 27, 2011
Album viewed 37 times

5/11/11: Modesto Nuts at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Nuts won, 4-3. In a game that had a combined 16 walks and 16 strikeouts, Modesto's Mike Zuanich led the way with 3 hits and came a double away from hitting for the cycle, scoring twice and driving in a pair of runs as well. Angelys Nina had the other two RBI for the Nuts. Michael Gilmartin homered for Stockton and Myrio Richard doubled in a run. Robert Gilliam took the loss for the Ports, allowing 3 unearned runs, while Alan DeRatt got the win for Modesto in relief of Tyler Matzek.

44 files, last one added on May 11, 2011
Album viewed 29 times

5/23/11: San Jose Giants at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Giants won, 12-9. Hector Sanchez led the way for San Jose with 3 homers & 6 RBI. Gary Brown added 4 hits, 2 of which were doubles, to go with 2 stolen bases. Anthony Aliotti hit a grand slam for the Ports while Michael Gilmartin & Myrio Richard had 3 hits each.

57 files, last one added on May 24, 2011
Album viewed 21 times

6/29/11: Bakersfield Blaze at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 4-3. Brandon McCarthy made an injury rehab start and worked 6 strong innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 unearned run while striking out 4 and walking none. Michael Choice had 3 hits for the Ports, including a home run, and both Mitch LeVier & Dusty Coleman homered & doubled. Curtis Partch took the loss for Bakersfield, going 7 innings while giving up 9 hits, 4 runs, walking 1 and striking out 5. It was Stockton's 15th straight win.

38 files, last one added on Jun 30, 2011
Album viewed 62 times

7/3/11: San Jose Giants at Stockton Ports


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From Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton. The Ports won, 5-3. Michael Choice & Mitch LeVier homered for the Ports while Dusty Coleman had a pair of hits, one a triple, and 2 RBI. Dan Straily went 6 innings for the win with 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB and 7 SO. San Jose's Gary Brown picked up 3 hits, including a double and a triple, while Ehire Adrianza also tripled. Brandon Belt singled and walked in an injury rehab appearance for the Giants. Zack Wheeler took the loss, going 6 innings with 5 H, 4 ER, 4 BB and 8 SO.

60 files, last one added on Jul 04, 2011
Album viewed 67 times

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Kevin Kouzmanoff is carried around by Josh Donaldson40 viewsJul 25, 2011
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Kevin Kouzmanoff walkoff celebration 1121 viewsJul 25, 2011
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