PCL1 Reno Aces

Aces Bring the Brooms in Thursday Victory

Published on July 26, 2019 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Reno Aces News Release


Reno, NV. - Reno waited until the bottom of the eighth inning to turn things on Thursday night against the Tacoma Rainiers. The Aces plated two in the bottom of the eighth to sweep the Rainiers; winning by a score of 4-3. Infielder Domingo Leyba drove in the game-tying run on an RBI-double. A few batters later, Matt Szczur brought in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly scoring Leyba. The win marked the third sweep of the season for Reno. Ildemaro Vargas, Blake Swihart, and Domingo Leyba all recorded two hits in the game. Taylor Widener turned in his third quality start of the year in the contest tossing six innings allowing three earned runs on four hits to go with five strikeouts. However, it would be lefty Robby Scott earning the win in the game throwing a scoreless two innings of relief. Flame-thrower Kevin Ginkel recorded another two strikeouts tonight en route to his fourth save of the season. He now has 32 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched for the Aces this season. A three-game series against Fresno awaits the Aces tomorrow at 7:05 p.m. with a starting pitcher yet to be announced to for the squad.

Top Performers - Reno

Ildemaro Vargas (2-for-4, R)

Blake Swihart (2-for-4, R, RBI)

Domingo Leyba (2-for-4, R, RBI)

Top Performers - Tacoma

Ian Miller (1-for-4, R)

Ryan Court (1-for-4, HR, 2 RBI)

Hunter Strickland (1.0 IP, 0 H, 2 K)

Tomorrow's Matchup

DAY DATE OPPONENT PROBABLE PITCHERS TIME (PT) (PT) RADIO/TV

Friday July 26 Fresno Grizzlies TBD vs. TBD 7:05 p.m. KPLY 630 AM

Notes & Information

Welcome Back: Ildemaro Vargas rejoined the Aces lineup tonight vs. Tacoma. The Reno hit king had recorded 402 hits with the Aces entering tonight's contest. Tonight, Vargas went 2-for-4 with a run scored to improve his hit record to 404. Vargas has appeared in 70 games with the Arizona Diamondbacks this season going 44-for-169 (.260) with seven doubles and five home runs.

Ginkel: Entering tonight's game Kevin Ginkel had struck out the side in four consecutive outings. Tonight, Ginkel earned the save by striking out two and getting one ground out breaking the streak. Prior to the ground out, he recorded 14 straight outs by way of the K.

Series Sweeps: With the win tonight, it marked the third sweep of the season for the Reno Aces. The first sweep came on June 4-6 when the Aces took three from Nashville. The second sweep came in Salt Lake on June 25-28 when the club took four games in a row from the Bees.

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