River Cats rally from 6-0 hole, top Isotopes 12-10 on Basabe grand slam

Down 6-0 before the second inning had fully unraveled, the River Cats still found a way to turn Sutter Health Park into a wild shootout and walk away with a 12-10 win over the Isotopes.

The comeback began with Sacramento absorbing a rough start from Carson Seymour, who faced eight batters in the second inning and endured a sequence that included a two-run single by Cole Carrigg, an RBI single by Drew Avans and a two-run homer from Adael Amador. By the time the River Cats changed pitchers, Albuquerque had sent 11 men to the plate and looked set to run away with the game. Instead, Sacramento kept punching back.

The key swing came in the third, when the River Cats scored eight runs, their biggest inning of the season. It was also the third time in 2026 they sent 11 batters to the plate in an inning, a sign of how quickly the order lengthened once the offense got rolling. Jesús Rodríguez, on his 24th birthday, singled in Turner Hill as the rally gathered force. Victor Bericoto followed with a two-run single, Thomas Gavello broke out of an 0-for-11 skid with a hit, and then Osleivis Basabe delivered the blow that changed the game, a 393-foot grand slam, his first home run of the season.

The grand slam was Sacramento’s first since Logan Porter hit one against Sugar Land on August 5, 2025, but Basabe’s night went beyond one swing. He added a two-run ground-rule double later and finished with six RBIs, his first six-plus-RBI game since an eight-RBI effort on September 18, 2025. That production was the sharp edge of a broader lineup response that mattered just as much: all nine River Cats batters recorded a hit for the first time this season, a clear marker of depth after the early collapse.

Seymour’s outing ended at 1 2/3 innings, his shortest since August 26, 2023, when he also lasted just 1.2 innings with Double-A Richmond. But the River Cats never let the night become only about the starter’s trouble or Basabe’s grand slam. Sacramento kept stacking at-bats, kept forcing Albuquerque to react, and turned a 6-0 hole into a 12-10 victory in front of 6,215 at Sutter Health Park. It was the kind of Triple-A game that showed how thin the line is between disaster and comeback, and how little a lead means when every lineup spot can make noise.