Athletics Minor League Baseball Blog

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.