The Sacramento River Cats (28-16) defeated Oklahoma City (20-23) 11-2 on Sunday afternoon at Raley Field to earn a series split after dropping the first two games to the RedHawks. After RedHawks starting LHP Ryan Rowland-Smith (2-3, 5.23) issued consecutive walks to Jemile Weeks and Aaron Sogard in the bottom of the first, the River Cats offense set the tone when Michael Taylor tied the game at 1-1 with an RBI single to center field that scored Weeks. After advancing to third base on Taylor’s single, Aaron Sogard scored on the next at bat when Josh Donaldson hit a sacrifice ground-out to put Sacramento up 2-1. Rowland-Smith then walked DH Anthony Recker and Taylor swiped his third steal o

The Sacramento Rivercats (27-16) defeated the Oklahoma City RedHawks (19-23) 3-2 on Saturday night at Raley Field in what was the longest game in team history. Rivercats shortstop Eric Sogard ended the 5-hour, 4-minute bout in the wee morning hours of his 25th birthday with an RBI single in the bottom of the 16th inning. The game lasted just one minute longer than what is now Sacramento’s second longest game. The 16 inning contest also tied the team’s record for the most innings played in a single game. In the bottom of the second, Sacramento catcher Anthony Recker hit a towering solo home run that bounced off the club house wall in left field to notch the only run the Rivercats would sc

August is the month where they separate the men from the boys. The Sacramento River Cats look to be one of the upper-tier teams in the Pacific Coast League. Tickets for the first round of the playoffs went on sale Wednesday at Raley Field. Even though Tony DeFrancesco’s club has a 7.5 game lead over their rival the Fresno Grizzlies in the Pacific South Division, Sacramento still feels they must always look in the rear-view mirror to see which team is creeping up behind them. The River Cats begin an eight-game home stand tonight that will go a long ways in deciding who they might face down the road in the playoffs. Sacramento begins its home stand against the Oklahoma City RedHawks. As of