51s win rain-shortened game with Sacramento, 13-4
WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: 51s, Sean Henn (2-4); River Cats, Sonny Gray (9-6)
■ HIGHLIGHTS: At Cashman Field, in the completion of a game suspended by rain May 6 at Sacramento, Wilmer Flores homered twice, doubled and had three RBIs, and Zach Lutz homered and had three RBIs for the 51s (58-48). … The game was called Sunday in the middle of the seventh inning because of unsafe conditions caused by wind gusts of up to 60 mph. … The weather led to postponement of the regularly scheduled game, which will be made up today as part of a doubleheader at Cashman Field, starting at 5:05 p.m. Both games will be seven innings. … Las Vegas leads Sacramento (57-51) by two games in the Pacific Southern Division. … The 51s scored five runs in the first inning. Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Collin Cowgill walked to lead off May 6 at Sacramento, so Las Vegas began Sunday’s completion with runners on first and second and no outs. Ruben Tejada (4-for-4) singled to load the bases, Lutz hit a sacrifice fly and Flores hit an RBI double. Jordany Valdespin hit a two-run single — his eighth straight hit in real time after going 4-for-4 on Friday and 3-for-3 on Saturday — for a 4-0 lead, and Jamie Hoffmann capped the surge with an RBI double. … The River Cats scored three in the first on Daric Barton’s bases-loaded double, but got no closer. Las Vegas added a run in the third on Flores’ leadoff homer, four in the fourth when Lutz and Flores hit back-to-back homers and three in the seventh. After that, play was halted for 56 minutes before the game was called.
■ NEXT: River Cats (RHP Darren Byrd, 1-0, 4.06 ERA; RHP Sonny Gray, 9-5, 2.85) at 51s (RHP D.J. Mitchell, 5-4, 7.52; RHP Matt Fox, 4-3, 4.79), 2, 5:05 p.m. today, KBAD-AM (920)