Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

The River Cats came from behind to beat the 51s 6-5 with three eighth inning runs.  Dan Johnson put the River Cats on the board with three runs in the fifth and then J.J. Furmaniak and Lloyd Turner each drove in runs in the eighth inning.

Erasmio Ramirez gave up the go ahead run to the 51s but he also was the pitcher of record in the win.  Marcus McBeth struck out one and picked up his fifth save with a perfect ninth.

The River Cats scored four late runs to complete a come from behind win over Las Vegas.  Jason Stokes had a nice game and he went two for four with a homerun and two RBIs while Hiram Bocachica went three for four with two runs in the 6-4 win.

Erasmo Ramirez picked up the win with a shutout eighth and he improved to 2-0 on the season.  Shane Kosmine had a decent start and he gave up three runs on eight hits and a walk with five strikeouts in six innings of work.

The River Cats came back from two down to take a three run lead only to see that get blown in the ninth.  Fortunately, Kevin Melillo drew a walk off RBI bases loaded walk to end the game before it went into extra frames.

Melillo had a huge day at the plate.  He went two for three with three walks, three RBIs and a run.  Kurt Suzuki scored three times on two hits and Daric Barton went two for five with a homerun and two RBIs.

The pitching wasn’t as good.  Jason Windsor gave up four runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.  Erasmo Ramirez picked up the win by getting the final two Tacoma batters out and Conner Robertson gave up the three runs in the ninth.