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Rivero, Aces 'Koch' River Cats in Opener

August 29, 2016 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Carlos Rivero (@Carlos_Rivero3) belted his career-high 17th home run, and Matt Koch (@mattykoch20) tossed six shutout innings as the Reno Aces beat the Sacramento River Cats, 6-1, on Monday night at Raley Field. Rivero totaled four RBI in the victory to set a season high, marking the 11th four-plus RBI game of his career and first since June 17, 2014.

Rivero's line-drive blast to left field staked the Aces (74-63) and Koch to a 2-0 lead in the second. Two innings later, three consecutive singles by Chris Herrmann, Zach Borenstein and Rivero made it 3-0. Jack Reinheimer (@Reinheimer_08) then added a run-scoring fielder's choice, pushing Reno's advantage to four.

A pair of walks issued by rehabbing right-hander Chris Heston set up the Aces for another two runs in the fifth. With two down, Rivero dumped a single into left to score Mitch Haniger (@M_Hanny19), and Reinheimer followed with a single up the middle, bringing home Kyle Jensen (@TheKJensen42) from third.

Sacramento (65-72) put runners on in five of their six innings against Koch, but the 25-year-old prevented damage with a season-high seven strikeouts.

The River Cats broke through against Aces reliever Drew Muren in the eighth, plating their lone run on a groundout off the bat of Travis Ishikawa.

Koch (4-2) won his fourth straight decision after scattering six singles and one walk over six frames. He improved to 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in three road starts. Heston (2-9) dropped to 0-4 all-time against Reno in six starts, yielding six earned runs on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings.

Ildemaro Vargas (@ildemaro_tigre) walked in the fourth and sixth innings from the leadoff spot, and he's now reached base safely in 38 of 41 games for the Aces. Borenstein, Rivero and Reinheimer all collected multiple hits as Reno guaranteed - at the minimum - a season-series split with the River Cats, having won eight of their 13 matchups this year.

The Aces and River Cats continue their four-game set with game two on Tuesday night. First pitch from Raley Field is set for 7:05 p.m. PT. Reno has not yet named a starter, while Sacramento will send righty Chris Stratton (11-6, 4.27) to the mound.

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