Solo Homers Help River Cats Beat Beavers

Published on April 22, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Portland Beavers News Release


PORTLAND, Ore. - Eric Patterson had an RBI triple and was one of three Sacramento batters to hit a solo home run as the River Cats defeated the Portland Beavers 4-2 Tuesday night at PGE Park.

Will Venable clubbed two solo homers to lead the Beavers (8-5), who had a four-game winning streak come to an end.

James Simmons (1-0) gave up two runs and six hits across six innings to get the win for the River Cats (7-6), who are 4-1 against Portland this season. Chris Schroder retired the side in order in the ninth for the save, his first of the year.

Solo home runs by Sean Doolittle, Eric Munson and Patterson had the River Cats up 3-1 after three innings.

Venable got Portland to within 3-2 by hitting his second home run of the game in the fourth, but Gregorio Petit doubled and scored on Patterson's triple in the seventh to up Sacramento's lead to two runs.

Matt Buschmann (1-1) struck out six over four innings in his first home start for the Beavers, but he allowed the three solo home runs while taking his first loss at the Triple-A level.

The Beavers will once again entertain the River Cats Wednesday night at PGE Park. First pitch is 7:05 p.m.

NOTES: Venable's two-homer effort was Portland's first since Peter Ciofrone belted two Aug. 22, 2008, vs. Tacoma. It was the Beavers' 72nd multi-homer effort since the 2001 season ... Kyle Blanks extended his hitting streak to eight games with a sixth-inning single ... Josh Banks, who was reinstated from the disabled list before the game, struck out four and retired all six batters he faced in two innings of relief for Portland ... Venable narrowly missed hitting a third home run when he drove one deep to the track in the eighth ... the loss was Portland's first at PGE Park this season ... Sacramento's Cliff Pennington was 1-for-4 and has reached base in all 12 games he has played this season.

Beavers Game File

TUESDAY'S GAME: Sacramento 4, Beavers 2

WINNING PITCHER: Simmons (1-0)

LOSING PITCHER: Buschmann (1-1)

SAVE: Schroder (1)

HOME RUNS: Venable 2 (3), Doolittle (2), Munson (1), Patterson (2)

WEDNESDAY'S GAME: Sacramento (Edgar Gonzalez: 0-1, 6.75) at Portland (Wade LeBlanc: 0-1, 5.23), 7:05 p.m.; live audio broadcast on KKAD AM-1550 and www.portlandbeavers.com. Follow the Beavers on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PortlandBeavers.

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