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 RIVER CATS EDGE ZEPHRYS 3 TO 2
Series concludes on Sunday at 5:05 PM
METAIRIE— Chad Harville pitched two innings in relief striking out five to lead the Sacramento River Cats (60-37) over the New Orleans Zephyrs (52-44) 3 to2 on Saturday Night at Zephyr Field.
The Zephyrs scored first with a run in the second as Jason Alfaro led off with a double. After Eric Cole fouled out, Alfaro stole third and scored on a groundout from Kyle Logan. The River Cats tied the game with a run in the fourth off Z’s starter Bob Scanlan. Bobby Crosby walked with one out. Crosby stole second which was followed by a w2alk to Luis Lopez and Jose Flores to load the bases. Crosby scored on a fly out by Michael Lockwood.
Sacramento took the lead for good with a run in the seventh as former Zephyr Chris Prieto scored on a single from Lopez. Harville picked up his 16th save of the season striking out five in two innings of work. Frank Castillo (4-4) picked up the win pitching seven innings allowing one run on three hits. Mike Venafro (0-1) suffered the loss pitching 2/3 innings allowing one run on two hits.
The series with the River Cats concludes on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. Sunday is Hibernia Kids Day and Fuji Film Fest. Fans can go field from 4:00 PM. to 4:30 PM. and take pictures with Zephyrs players. Jared Fernandez (6-8, 3.89) is scheduled to start for the Zephyrs and Erik Hiljus (9-6, 5.20) for the River Cats. The game can be heard on WTIX-AM 690 and at www.zephyrsbaseball.com with Tim Grubbs and Ron Swoboda calling the action. For more information call the Zephyrs office at (504) 734-5155.
SACRAMENTO (3) AT NEW ORLEANS (2)
SACRAMENTO AB R H BI NEW ORLEANS AB R H BI
E German 2B 2 0 0 1 H Stanley LF 4 1 1 0
C Prieto CF 4 1 1 0 R Huffman 1B 2 0 0 0
M Edwards DH 5 0 0 0 R Chavez C 3 0 0 0
G Koonce 1B 4 0 0 0 T Cromer DH 3 0 0 0
B Crosby SS 4 1 2 0 A Zinter PH 1 0 0 0
L M Lopez 3B 3 0 2 1 J Alfaro SS 4 1 2 0
J Flores LF 3 0 1 0 E Cole RF 3 0 0 0
M Lockwood RF 3 1 1 1 C Porter PH 1 0 1 0
M Johnson C 3 0 0 0 M Moriarty 3B 3 0 1 0
K Logan CF 4 0 0 1
C Hernandez 2B 4 0 1 0
TOTALS 31 3 7 3 TOTALS 32 2 6 1
SACRAMENTO 000 100 110 -- 3
NEW ORLEANS 010 000 010 -- 2
DP--NEW ORLEANS 1. LOB--SACRAMENTO 12, NEW
ORLEANS 8. 2B--J Alfaro, H Stanley. 3B--M
Lockwood, B Crosby. SB--M Moriarty 1 (1), J Alfaro
1 (2), C Prieto 1 (5), B Crosby 1 (13), E German 1
(20), M Lockwood 1 (1). S--R Chavez. SF--M
Lockwood, E German.
IP H R ER BB SO HR
SACRAMENTO
F Castillo (W,4-4) 7 3 1 1 3 2 0
C Harville (S,16) 2 3 1 0 1 5 0
NEW ORLEANS
B Scanlan 5 1 1 1 6 3 0
M Saladin 1 2 0 0 1 0 0
M Venafro (L,0-1) 2-3 2 1 1 1 1 0
B Puffer 1 1-3 1 1 1 0 1 0
R Stanifer 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
WP--M Venafro. HBP--L M Lopez by B Scanlan.
SO--SAC: M Edwards 2, B Crosby 2, E German, M
Johnson. NRL: H Stanley 2, A Zinter, J Alfaro, C
Hernandez, T Cromer, K Logan. BB--SAC: E German 2,
J Flores, C Prieto, L M Lopez, B Crosby, M
Johnson, G Koonce. NRL: R Huffman 2, M Moriarty, H
Stanley. T--3:05. A--7,168.
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