The Sacramento River Cats’ six-game winning streak came to an end Monday night as they fell to the Nashville Sounds 5-3 at Raley Field. Sacramento looked to be on their way to another win when they scored the first two runs of the game in the bottom of the second inning. With runners on second and third base and two outs, left fielder Shane Peterson hit one up the middle to give the Cats an early 2-0 lead. The lead wouldn’t hold up as the Sounds were able to get to River Cats starting pitcher Graham Godfrey in the fourth inning. The Sounds were able to put up two runs in the fourth to tie the game at 2-2. Sacramento was opportunistic in the sixth inning, capitalizing on a couple of walk

The Sacramento River Cats had a strong performance at home in an 11:35 a.m. start at Raley Field today, defeating the Nashville Sounds 8-1. The children participating in U.S. Bank AAA School Day, as well as the rest of the 8,846 fans in attendance, were in for a treat as the home team took on the PCL American North Division leader. The Cats (20-27) scored six runs on five hits in the bottom of the third inning, putting the game out of reach for the Sounds (26-19) early in the game. The Cats’ Michael Affronti started the inning off with a home run to left field for the first run of the game. Eric Sogard followed up with an RBI triple driving left fielder Corey Wimberley home, extending t

 A shot at revenge and a match-up against a first place team is all the excitement needed to make the next Sacramento River Cats homestand a must see event.   The Cats will host two teams from the American Northern Division, starting with a rematch of last year’s PCL championship with the Memphis Redbirds, and four games against the Nashville Sounds, who come into the series first in their division with a 23-15 record. Memphis will be the first series from May 20-23, and Nashville will be the second series from May 24-27.   With a record of 17-23, the River Cats are facing an uphill battle in the Pacific Southern Division, tied for third with the Las Vegas 51s. Their second homestand a