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/


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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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