Las Vegas 51s 9, Sacramento River Cats 3
■ WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Chris Schwinden (1-0); River Cats, Jesse Chavez (0-1)
■ HIGHLIGHTS: At West Sacramento, Calif., the 51s took advantage of two errors to score five unearned runs in the third inning and beat the River Cats for the second straight game. ... With two out and the bases loaded, a throwing error by Sacramento shortstop Andy Parrino plated the first run, with the second run coming on a single by the 51s’ Josh Satin. With the bases still loaded, River Cats center fielder Michael Choice dropped a fly ball off the bat of Las Vegas’ Zach Lutz, scoring all three runners. ... The 51s’ Wilmer Flores had a sacrifice fly in the sixth. ... Las Vegas added three runs in the eighth, highlighted by Andrew Brown’s two-run double. ... Chris Schwinden worked 5 2/3 innings for the 51s, allowing five hits and two earned runs.
■ NEXT: 51s (RHP Collin McHugh) at River Cats (LHP Justin Thomas), 7:05 p.m. today, KBAD-AM (920)
