Juarez City.- Colombian pitcher Julio Teherán threw a five-hit ball in six complete innings, while the Chihuahuas attacked early in the game, and this Sunday they defeated the Sacramento River Cats 8-2 to end the series tied at three wins apiece. at Sutter Health Park.
Tehran allowed only one run, which came on a full-round stick from Riva in the third roll, in addition to giving away two bases, prescribing eight strikeouts and adding his first win of the year.
Dominican Fernando Tatis Jr., who covered the right field, finished with one hit in four turns, a run scored and two walks.
The ninth from El Paso added three runs in the top of the first inning. An RBI double by Tim Lopes drove Tatis and Matthew Batten home, then Pedro Severino lined a single to right field and sent Lopes to the register.
The Chihuahuas did damage again in the second inning with Taylor Kohlwey’s RBI single to make it 4-0. And in the third episode, Alfonso Rivas sent Doña Blanca to the other side of the fence, taking Pedro Severino ahead, to give the canines a comfortable 6-0 lead.
The River Cats responded tepidly in the bottom of the fifth inning with Armando Álvarez’s solo homer, his first of the year, but the Chihuahuas added two more runs in the sixth to extend the lead to seven.
Sacramento wanted to react in the ninth roll by placing men in the corners with no out, but Armando Álvarez grounded into the painted box for the double play, Will Wilson scored on an occupied ball, but Shane Matheny immediately struck out without throwing for the out to be declared. 27.
This Tuesday, the El Paso Chihuahuas return to their home, Southwest University Park, to face the Albuquerque Isotopes in a six-game series. The El Pasoans will have Fernando Tatis in their ranks before he returns to the Major Leagues.
