Bryce Eldridge goes 9-for-18 as the River Cats sweep the Las Vegas Aviators in a rain-shortened four-game series

The Sacramento River Cats faced the Aviators last week, sweeping them 4-0 in a rain-shortened four-game series.

On Tuesday, the Cats defeated the Aviators 5-3. They committed no errors for their fifth consecutive game, their longest streak since June 4-8, 2025 (also 5). Their longest consecutive error-less streak in team history is seven, done twice before (2021 and 2009). John Michael Bertrand was the starter but did not factor into the decision. He pitched 4.2 scoreless innings before allowing a three-run homer to Colby Thomas and being replaced by reliever Braxton Roxby. Bertrand gave up four hits, four walks, and fanned one batter. Nate Furman and Jesús Rodríguez each recorded their first home runs of the season; Furman had a solo shot to right in the third, followed by a Drew Gilbert single, and then Rodríguez’s 389-foot shot to left.

The River Cats won Wednesday’s game, 8-7, in walkoff fashion. They are now 3-0 in extras, and 3-1 in walkoff situations this season; their only loss coming in the seven-inning Game 1 of their doubleheader at Salt Lake on April 4. Trevor McDonald made his second start and third appearance of the season but did not factor into the decision of Sacramento’s victory. He allowed two runs on zero hits, walking four batters and striking out two. He also recorded his first wild pitch of the season.

Bryce Eldridge recorded his first knock of the season, a 399-foot, two-run homer to right field in the first inning. This marked his fourth first-inning home run at the Triple-A level, and 12th first-inning homer of his career. Eldridge played 11 games without homering this season. Last season, he homered in his first game on April 22.

Victor Bericoto also hit a longball, his second of the season, making him the first River Cat with multiple home runs on the year.

Thursday, Sacramento shut out the Aviators 9-0. It was their first shutout of the season. The Cats had seven shutouts in 2025, their largest also being 9-0 on July 1. Carson Whisenhunt was the starter and did not factor into the decision. He allowed a base hit on the first pitch of the game for the third time in his career, and second of the season, a double to Michael Stefanic. It was the fourth time he has allowed an extra-base hit to the first batter of the game. Whisenhunt threw three innings, allowing four hits and four walks, and fanning four batters. It marked the third-consecutive game of a River Cats starter allowing four walks, the first time starters have allowed four-or-more walks in three-straight games since September 3-5, 2024 at Salt Lake.

It was a multi-hitting frenzy for three River Cats batters. Jesús Rodríguez went 4-for-5, including his second homer of the season, a 376-foot solo-shot that bounced off the left field foul pole. It was the fourth four-hit game of his career, and second at the Triple-A level (also, August 24, 2025 vs. El Paso). Through his three games in the homestand, he batted .571 with eight hits, two doubles, two home runs, five RBI, a 1.143 slugging percentage and a 1.768 OPS. Will Brennan also went 4-for-5, the fifth four-plus-hit game of his career, and first since April 11, 2025. Bryce Eldridge went 3-for-4 with a double, his second three-hit game in Triple-A, the other being August 5, 2025 vs. Sugarland.

Thomas Gavello launched his second home run of the season, the ball traveled 420 feet, the longest homer by a River Cat so far this season. This marked Sacramento’s fourth-consecutive multi-home run game. Their first since August 24-28, 2025.

On Friday, the Cats won again in shutout fashion, this time 11-0. It marked their first back-to-back shutout victories since July 31-August 1, 2017 vs. the New Orleans Baby Cakes. It was also their largest margin of victory in a shutout since September 3, 2024, when they won 13-0 at Salt Lake. It was their sixth-consecutive victory, tying the longest win streak in the PCL so far this season (Sugarland, 6-game streak, March 28-April 3). With Reno losing to Salt Lake, Sacramento held sole position of first place in the PCL (as of April 10). It was another hitting phenom, with four separate Sacramento batters having multi-hit games. 16 total hits was their most so far this year.

Carson Seymour was the starter but did not factor into the decision. River Cats starters are just 0-1 on the season so far. Seymour threw 4.2 innings, allowing two hits and one walk and fanning two batters. 4.2 innings tied the most by a River Cats starter this season (also, Whisenhunt and Bertrand).

Eric Haase had his first knock of the season, scoring Thomas Gavello and Grant McCray, and becoming the eighth individual River Cat to hit a longball in 2026. Haase had three home runs in 2025, two at the major league level. Sac has now homered in five-consecutive games. They had a five-plus home run streak on four separate occasions in 2025.

Bryce Eldridge went 4-for-5 with an RBI double, marking the first four-hit game of his career. It was also the first time he has had back-to-back three-plus-hit games in his career, and he is the first River Cat to record multiple three-plus-hit games on the season. Over his last three games, Eldridge is batting .643 (9-for-14) with two doubles. One home run, five RBI and a 1.667 OPS. He is the only River Cat to play in all 13 games this season.

Will Brennan went 3-for-5, giving him back-to-back multi-hit games for the first time since August 8-9, 2024, with the Columbus Clippers and Cleveland Guardians. He had four three-plus-hit games in 2025. He leads the team with six multi-hit games. He is batting .533 (8-for-15) with one double, four RBI and a 1.133 OPS over his last three games.

Brennan has hit safely in all 11 of his games so far this season, the longest streak in Triple-A. He leads the team in batting average (.392), at-bats (51), hits (20), total bases (28); is T-1st in RBI (10); and has one of the Cats’ three triples this season. His 20 hits are also tied for fourth-most in the PCL.

Saturday and Sunday’s games were cancelled due to inclement weather and will not be rescheduled as this was the last time Sacramento faces Las Vegas in the first half of the season.

Despite their two-game deficit, Sacramento leads the PCL in win percentage at .692. They have also managed to score first in every game this season.