Sacramento Bullpen Shuts Down New Orleans
May 25, 2011 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Sacramento River Cats News Release
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento's bullpen pitched 4.0 scoreless innings as the River Cats held on for a 3-2 victory against New Orleans on Tuesday night at Raley Field. Jerry Blevins pitched a hitless sixth inning, Fautino De Los Santos struck out the side in the seventh and Willie Eyre pitched the eighth and ninth for his first save of the season. Anthony Recker and Matt Carson hit solo home runs in the second inning to tie the game, 2-2. Carson's was his team-leading eighth of the season and landed on the field house beyond the center-field wall. Josh Donaldson, who finished 3-for-4, hit an RBI single to score Mitch Canham in the third inning for a 3-2 lead.
NEXT GAME'S STARTING PITCHERS
Wednesday, 12:05 p.m. - Sacramento RHP Travis Banwart (4-1, 2.70) vs. New Orleans RHP Todd Doolittle (2-0, 2.70)
NEXT HOME GAME AND PROMOTIONS Wednesday, May 25, 12:05 p.m. - Nine Innings @ Noon (Spend your lunch break at Raley Field, because business is always better with baseball); Social Network Day (Live tweets and Facebook posts will be shown on the Matrix Board; tag yourself in a postgame photo with Dinger behind the dugout)
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