Bees Drop Series Opener 2-3

The Salt Lake Bees opened up their six game road trip with a tough 3-2 loss to the Sacramento River Cats. Starter Kenny Rosenberg faced the minimum three batters in seven of his eight innings pitched, but he struggled in the second inning, as he fell behind the hitters and gave up two singles and a three run homer by Isan Diaz. Rosenberg (1-1) allowed just those three runs on five hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

Salt Lake would chip away at the 3-0 deficit with David MacKinnon getting them on the board with a solo homer in the fourth. MacKinnon has now homered in five of his last six games and leads the team with ten this season. Jack Mayfield drove in another run in the sixth on an infield single, but that was as close as the Bees would get, as they stranded the tying run at second base in the sixth and seventh innings. Michael Stefanic led the Bees with two hits, as Salt Lake goes to 0-4 on the season when trying to go to five games above the .500 mark.