Sacramento 9 El Paso 7 - Thursday
WP: Bivens (5-2)
LP: Wolf (5-6)
S: None
Time: 3:03
Attn: 4,905
The El Paso Chihuahuas scored twice and brought the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning Thursday but lost to the Sacramento River Cats 9-7. The River Cats have won two of the first three games in the series.
El Paso starter Jackson Wolf pitched a season-high six innings and joined Evan Fitterer and JP Sears as Chihuahuas starters to pitch six innings in a game this season. Right fielder Nick Solak went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, his 10th homer of the season.
Third baseman Will Wagner went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in the eighth inning in his first game back after being optioned by San Diego. Mason McCoy also homered for El Paso. Second baseman Luis Rengifo went 1-for-5 with an RBI and has gone 3-for-8 with a walk since joining the Chihuahuas.
Team Records: Sacramento (3-6, 45-36), El Paso (2-7, 37-47)
Next Game: Friday at 6:35 p.m. Mountain Time at Southwest University Park. Sacramento RHP Blade Tidwell (0-3, 4.86) vs. El Paso RHP Evan Fitterer (2-2, 3.59). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.