By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Saturday, May 30, 2015

San Jose struggled early, then righted the ship in the second quarter at Portland on Saturday, as the SaberCats extended their Arena Football League winning streak to 10 games without a loss by holding off the Portland Timber 61-42.

The SaberCats improved to 10-0, while Portland slipped to 3-6.

San Jose’s defense held the Portland offense to 28 points – the Thunder had two TD’s on special teams. The SaberCats lead the AFL with an average of 37.4 points against.

Leading the defensive charge for the SaberCats was Ken Fontenette, who snagged two end zone interceptions, giving him a league-leading nine on the season.

SaberCats quarterback Erik Meyer, last week’s AFL Player of the Week, completed 31-of-40 passes for 264 yards and seven touchdowns. Reggie Gray caught 15 passes for 137 yards and five touchdowns, matching his mark of five TDs last week against Cleveland.

San Jose receiver Adron Tennell had his third straight multi-touchdown game, hauling in eight passes for 57 yards and two scores. Making his first appearance of the season, SaberCats receiver Jeremy Kelley added eight receptions for 70 yards.

Odie Armstrong ran for the first and last touchdowns of the game for San Jose, giving him 96 career TDs – third most in AFL history.

The SaberCats pulled away with 20 unanswered points in the second quarter, taking a 33-15 halftime lead in the process. Portland pulled to within 40-29 in the third quarter on a 39-yard TD pass from Alex Carder to Jared Perry, but the SaberCats outscored the Thunder 21-13 thereafter.

The SaberCats return home to the SAP Center on Friday, June 5 to face their other Pacific Division foe, the Spokane Shock. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

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