The Sacramento River Cats (79-69, 35-38) snagged the early lead and never looked back as they handed the Sugar Land Space Cowboys (92-55, 43-29) their second-consecutive loss on Saturday night at Sutter Health Park with a score of 3-1.
After the first out, Sacramento started off the opening frame with back-to-back singles and a hit-by-pitch from LHP Colton Gordon (L, 8-2). During the next at-bat with Andrew Knapp, Gordon balked to allow the baserunners to advance and force in the first run of the night. However, Gordon recovered to get a strikeout of Knapp and a groundout to escape the jam.
In the third, Thairo Estrada hit a groundball to third base and beat out the throw for an infield single and stole second base in the next at-bat. With two outs, Luis Matos drove in Sacramento’s second run on an RBI base hit to left field and advanced to second on a fielding error. Two pitches later, Gordon induced a groundout to end the inning…