Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

The River Cats came back from a 2-0 deficit in their series with Salt Lake but they won their last three games to pull off a dramatic come behind series win to move on to the PCL championship.  Daric Barton had the big hit of the game with a huge three run homer in the fifth inning that turned out to be the winning runs.

Shawn Kohn got it done after a shaky start by Bobby Cramer.  Kohn gave up just three hits in four shutout innings to pick up the win.

Next up for the River Cats is a five game series with the New Orleans Zephyrs.  The Zephyrs beat Nashville three games to one to move into the championship series.

Steve Kleen led the way at the plate in the Ports 10-7 win over High Desert.  He went four for five with a double, a triple, three RBIs and two runs.  Jose Pineda went two for four with a double, a homerun and three RBIs.

Bobby Cramer improved to 2-0 on the season with a decent start.  He gave up four runs (three earned) on five hits and a walk with six strikeouts in five innings.

Anthony Recker doubled and drove in the only run of the game for the Ports in their 2-1 loss to San Jose.  Jose Pineda was the only Port to reach base twice and he singled and drew a walk.

A really good start by Bobby Cramer went to waste.  He gave up one run on six hits and a walk with seven strikeouts in eight innings of work.

Javier Herrera had a big day at the plate in the Ports 9-2 win over Visalia.  He went two for five with a homerun and he scored four runs in the game.  Raul Padron went two for four with a double, a homerun and two RBIs and in total, the Ports went yard four times in the game.

Bobby Cramer improved to 1-0 on the season with a nice start.  He gave up two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks with a strikeout in six innings.