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Sacramento River Cats

Turley Blanks Bees, Strikes out Season High 8

July 1, 2015 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Sacramento River Cats News Release


SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Playing in a record-setting 105-degree temperature this season at Raley Field, the River Cats sweated out game one of the series against the Salt Lake Bees by a score of 4-0. Starter Nik Turley extended a streak of solid starts as he led the River Cats to their third shutout of the season and second in less than a week.

Turley pitched six dominant innings for the third consecutive time en route to Sacramento's third shutout win of the season. The southpaw scattered just 3 hits and 1 walk across 6 innings while striking out a season-high eight. He threw 84 pitches, 55 of them for strikes. This marks Turley's first win of the season at Raley Field, improving his home record to 1-2 in four home starts.

After this performance, Turley has now allowed only two runs in his last 18.1 innings, good for a 0.98 ERA. He has struck out 18 and walked 3 during that time. More impressively, Turley's last two starts have led to River Cats' shutout wins. They have just three on the season. Overall, Turley is now 3-2 with a 5.45 ERA for the season.

Ryan Lollis continued his torrid streak at the plate, reaching base three times and driving in a run. The left-hander extended his hitting streak to six games with a first-inning single and is now hitting .364. He notched an RBI for the third consecutive game with a run-scoring single to right in the seventh. Over his last ten games, Lollis is hitting .415 (17-for-41) with five doubles, a triple, a home run, and five RBIs.

The River Cats first got on the board in the bottom of the third inning when Adam Duvall doubled on a line drive to left field. He scored two batters later on a Darren Ford single. Mac Williamson scored later in the inning on a Brett Jackson groundout.

Sacramento added another in the seventh on Lollis' single and their fourth run of the night came on Trevor Brown's RBI-single in the eighth.

The Bees' right-hander Corey Rasmus took the loss (0-1, 4.50) in what was his fifth rehab start for Salt Lake. He went 2 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 run, 1 walk, and 1 strikeout. Sacramento's Cody Hall picked up the three-inning save, his second of the season, with Turley (3-2, 5.45) getting the win.

Game two of the series is set for tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. PT. Jack Snodgrass (1-1, 4.22) will make his first start since joining the River Cats from the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels on June 6. Snodgrass will be facing the Bees starter Drew Rucinski (3-4, 5.43).

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The Sacramento River Cats are the Triple-A affiliate of the 2014 World Champion San Francisco Giants. The team plays at Raley Field in West Sacramento, consistently voted one of the top ballparks in America. River Cats Season Tickets, Mini-Plans, and Flex Plans can be purchased for the 2015 season by calling the River Cats Ticket Hotline at (916) 371-HITS (4487). For more information about the River Cats, visit www.rivercats.com. For information on other events at Raley Field, visit www.raleyfield.com.

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