PCL1 Reno Aces

6.4 Reno Aces Game Notes

Published on June 4, 2017 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Today's Game: The Reno Aces will square off against the Las Vegas 51s for the final game of the four-game set at Greater Nevada Field after taking game one Thursday night and dropping games two and three. The Aces will be facing 51s righty Ricky Knapp who is seeking a third victory. Right- hander Frank Duncan will take on Las Vegas in his 11th start of the season while looking for his fourth consecutive victory. MARTE'S HOME RUN NOT ENOUGH VS. 51'S: The Aces squared off against in-state rival Las Vegas 51's on Saturday night from Greater Nevada Field. Left-hander Eric Jokisch got the nod for interim manager Greg Gross. Jokisch allowed six hits and six earned runs in four innings of work. The Reno offense was stagnant for most of the evening, tallying just 12 hits. Ketel Marte (.379) launched a two-run home run in the bottom of the third inning, his third of the season. Las Vegas would get on the board twice in the top of the first inning. Brandon Nimmo led off the ballgame with a sharp line drive off of the Aces southpaw. Mets farmhand Amed Rosario followed with a RBI triple off of the center field wall. After the triple, first baseman Dominic Smith hit a slow roller to second base, scoring Rosario and extending the Vegas lead to two. Again, the 51's would turn in two runs, this time in the top of the third inning. Reno would respond to the Vegas two with two runs of their own.

Ildemaro Vargas laced a two-out single passed Rosario to set up smoking-hot Ketel Marte. The Pa- cific Coast League hits leader crushed his third home run of the season over the left-center field wall to narrow the score at 4-2. Vegas would score four in the fourth and another in the top of the fifth for a final total of nine. A three-run fifth inning from Reno would be their final of the evening. Each side was blanked over the last four innings of play. The 9-4 loss brings Reno to a record of 34-21, still two games up on the Tacoma Rainiers for first place in the Pacific Coast League Northern Division.

Out-Hit Tallies: The Aces have lost just six games this season when out-hitting their opponent. Last night, the Aces finished with 12 hits to the 51s eight total hits. Brandon Nimmo went 2-for-4 and added four runs on his fourth-inning grand slam. Arcia, Shipley Earn D-Backs Monthly Honors: The Arizona Diamondbacks named Reno OF Oswal- do Arcia the organization's Minor League Player-of-the-Month for May. Arcia, 26, hit .367 (29-for-79) with 12 doubles, 6 home runs and 29 RBI in 22 games in May for the Aces. He ranked among Pacific Coast League leaders in May in slugging pct. (1st, .747), OPS (1st, 1.166), extra-base hits (1st, 18), RBI (1st), doubles (T-2nd) and average (6th). A native of Anaco, Venezuela, he signed with the D-backs as a Minor League free agent on Dec. 23, 2016. Shipley, 25, finished the month of May 2-0 with a 3.67 ERA in four starts. The University of Nevada product tossed Reno's first complete game of the season on May, 21st against the Omaha Storm Chasers. In the month of May, Shipley threw 27.0 innings, striking out 17 batters. A native of Medford, Oregon, he was drafted with the 15th overall pick of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft.

Hey, Now, You're An All-Star: Coming off a record-breaking 2016 voting campaign, Triple-A Base- ball® and MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) have again teamed up to provide fans across the country the opportunity to send their favorite players to the Triple-A All-Star Game. 22 Aces players have been named All-Stars in franchise history. Catcher Tuffy Gosewisch is the only Aces player to be named a PCL All-Star twice (2013 and 2016). Gosewisch did not play in '16 as he was called up. 2016 Reno Aces All-Stars were C Tuffy Gosewisch, OF Kyle Jensen, INF Jack Reinheimer, and RHP Braden Shipley. MiLB Leaderboard: Ketel Marte continues to be on top of the best on the leaderboards with his .379 average and 86 total hits, which still leads all of MiLB and MLB. Marte is joined on these leaderboards with Oswaldo Arcia (.366) and Christian Walker, who is tied for the PCL lead in homers (15). Arcia, who also leads the PCL in extra-base hits (33), is on top of the RBI category in all of MiLB with Walker at 55. Anthony Banda holds the third place spot for most strikeouts in the PCL with 63 and second in innings pitched (61.1). The Aces also hold four of the top five spots in the runs scored category in the league (1st, Walker-48; 2nd, Marte-47; 3rd, Vargas-45; Arcia, 5th-38). STREAKS This Date in Aces History The Aces are 4-3 all-time in games on June 4, with wins coming from 2010-12, and last season. The Aces scored a season-high 14 runs and tied their season highs with three home runs and 17 hits as they defeated the Salt Lake Bees 14-13 at Greater Nevada Field. Peter O'Brien set the tone with a first-inning grand slam, and Zach Borenstein continued a torrid stretch with a 4-for-5 night to notch his fourth multi-hit game in his last eight contests.

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