Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

Lou Merloni and Brant Colamarino combined to drive in all seven runs for the River Cats as they dispatched the PCL champion Richmond Braves to win the Bricktown Showdown.  Merloni went two for five with a homerun and four RBIs while Colamarino went three for five with a homerun and three RBIs.

Shane Komine didn’t finish the second inning and he came out after an injury and Kazuhito Tadano took over from there to pick up the win.  He gave up one run on three hits with four strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.

The River Cats needed a win and that’s what they got although they still have a tough road to climb.  Brad Knox got it done on the mound and he gave up four runs on seven hits and four walks with four strikeouts in 7 1/3 innings.  Julio Manon struck out four batters in 1 2/3 innings as he closed out the game.

Gregorio Petit went three for four with two runs in the win.  Lou Merloni went two for four with a double, a solo homer and two runs.

Lou Merloni had a nice day at the plate in the River Cats 9-7 win over Las Vegas.  He went two for five with a homerun, three RBIs and two runs.  Dee Brown went two for three with a double, a walk and three RBIs.

Brad Knox improved to 9-5 despite a pretty poor start.  He gave up six runs on nine hits in five innings.

Jeffrey Gray had a pretty tough outing.  He took a two run lead into the ninth and gave up two runs to send the game into extra frames.  Then he gave up a two run homer in the bottom of the tenth as he took the loss in the 6-4 game. 

Lou Merloni had a nice game for the River Cats. He went three for four with a run and an RBI.  Jason Perry and Nicholas Blasi each had three hits in the game.