Lloyd Turner's Back

Last night the Rivercats started the second half of the season.   It was a good game.  The Cats went out early with a 5 run fourth inning. They added one in the seventh.  But then in the seventh and eighth the Portland Beavers added three each so that we went to the ninth tied.

The team has had a lot of mobility this season.  There have been 128 roster moves.  Last night two of those were important to the game.  Ron Flores, who is back from a couple of months with the As had a pretty rough outing in the seventh inning.  Flores, who holds the record for the team of the most appearances for the franchise, got his ERA beaten up a bit.  The pitching staff had a total of 17 strikeouts over the game.  Those three runs moved Ron's ERA up to 2.38.

But the real fun in the game came in the bottom of the ninth.  Daric Barton got up in the ninth and hit a double.  They then brought in Lloyd Turner to run for Barton. Turner has bounced between Stockton and Sacramento this season.   He has brought his hitting up a bit during the season to .203.   But what he has lacked in hitting, he makes up for in base speed.   Jeremy Brown, whose base speed is not legendary, came up to bat and hit a long single.  That was enough for Turner to race around home and we won the game.  It made for an exciting finish.