TUCK RULE: Kyle Tucker's grand slam anchors a 6-run 9th inning, as Grizz shock SAC 10-8
The Fresno Grizzlies (74-54) stunned the Sacramento River Cats (50-78) on Wednesday night at Raley Field with a six-run top of the ninth; their eighth victory this season when trailing after the sixth inning, and the sixth win of 2018 when trailing during the seventh, eighth or ninth. The 10-8
The Fresno Grizzlies (74-54) stunned the Sacramento River Cats (50-78) on Wednesday night at Raley Field with a six-run top of the ninth; their eighth victory this season when trailing after the sixth inning, and the sixth win of 2018 when trailing during the seventh, eighth or ninth. The 10-8 win coupled with Reno's 11-1 loss at Tacoma lowered Fresno's magic number to clinch the Pacific Northern Division to four. The earliest the Grizzlies can clinch is Friday, August 24 at home when they open a series against Salt Lake, as their lead over Reno jumped to eight games with 12 to play.
Fresno took a quick 1-0 lead in the first, after
Sacramento took a 2-1 lead in the second, on a two-run homer by
The Grizzlies re-took the lead in the third. Tucker led off with a walk, and stole his 18th base of the season. He scored from second on a
With the River Cats leading 5-3 in the in the fifth, Sacramento smashed their third two-run homer of the game, when Gomez lifted his second of the season to right field. It was 8-3 after an
Fresno starter
With 1,221 strikeouts as a team on the season, the Grizzlies broke the club record of 1,213 set in 2016. There are still 12 regular season games remaining, as Fresno pursues the PCL modern-era record for team strikeouts in a season (since 1958), chasing last year's Oklahoma City Dodgers (1,277). The Grizzlies are on pace for 1,335 punchouts this year.
Tucker smacked his 18th homer (solo) in the seventh, reducing the River Cat lead to 8-4. Trailing by the same score in the ninth, the Grizzlies loaded the bases with nobody out: A
Sacramento used three pitchers in the ninth, all to no avail, as Fresno re-loaded the bases with nobody out (Mayfield single,
The series finale will be Thursday evening at Sacramento's Raley Field. Probable starters are RHP