Minor League Baseball
Rainiers zap River Cats

By The Associated Press

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A.J. Zapp homered and later drove in the winning run with a double as the Tacoma Rainiers beat the Sacramento River Cats 3-2 yesterday.

With the score tied 2-2, Zapp knocked in the winner when he doubled to right-center field in the seventh inning, driving in Justin Leone. Leone had led off the inning with a double.

Leone also doubled to lead off the fifth and scored on Zapp's two-run home run.

Starter Matt Thornton (6-4) picked up the win for Tacoma (38-29). Thornton gave up seven hits and two runs in six innings, striking out 11.

Rainiers 3, RiverCats 2

Tacoma	AB	R	H	BI
Strong, cf	4	0	1	0
Ugueto, 2b	4	0	0	0
Dobbs, 3b	4	0	0	0
Jacobsen, dh	3	0	1	0
Davis, c	4	0	0	0
Leone, ss	4	2	2	0
Zapp, 1b	4	1	3	3
Jacobs, lf	4	0	0	0
Guzman, rf	4	0	1	0
Totals	35	3	8	3

Sacramento	AB	R	H	BI
Morrissey, 2b	4	1	2	0
Watson, rf	4	0	3	0
Swisher, cf	3	0	1	1
Koonce, dh	4	0	1	0
Stanley, pr/dh	0	0	0	0
Edwards, lf	2	1	1	1
Johnson, 1b	4	0	0	0
Teahen, 3b	4	0	0	0
Rivera, c	4	0	1	0
Castro, ss	3	0	0	0
Rose, ph	1	0	0	0
Totals	33	2	9	2

Tacoma	000 020 100	—	3	8	0
Sacramento	001 001 000	—	2	9	0

Rainiers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Thornton, W 6-4	6.0	7	2	2	2	11
Atchison	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Sherrill, S, 7	2.0	2	0	0	0	2

RiverCats	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Woodard, L 6-4	6.0	7	3	3	0	4
Ramos	1.1	1	0	0	0	2
Gomes	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
Flores	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

Time: 2:45, Att: 11,863

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