By Daniel Dullum
Sports Radio Service
Sunday, June 21, 2015

San Jose returned to the Arena Football League win column Sunday in Las Vegas, using a big second half to rout the Outlaws 63-31 at Thomas & Mack Center.

The victory gives the SaberCats a 12-1 record and a chance to host the ArenaBowl. San Jose, which has already clinched the Pacific Division title, has a one-game lead over the Philadelphia Soul (11-2) for the league’s best overall mark.

Reggie Gay hauled in eight passes for 67 yards, and Adron Tennell snagged five passes for 66 yards and a touchdown. SaberCats’ quarterback Erik Meyer completed 20 of 28 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns.

The SaberCats scored 35 unanswered points in the second half after taking a 21-17 lead into the locker room.

Meyer started the second-half rally, scoring on a quarterback sneak, extending San Jose’s lead to 28-17. Rookie defensive back Fred Obi intercepted a J.J. Raterink pass, returning it to the Outlaw 2-yard-line where Darius Reynolds scored from on the next play.

Reynolds caught four passes for 56 yards and scored three touchdowns – two of them on the ground.

San Jose native Francis Maka came up with two sacks for the SaberCats. Obi came up with his second interception at the 9:02 mark of the fourth quarter, returning it for a 20-yard touchdown that gave San Jose a commanding 56-17 lead.

Obi finished with eight tackles. His two picks were the first of his Arena League career.

The SaberCats have little time to savor this win, as they travel to Spokane Friday to face the Shock in a 7 p.m. contest.