PCL Reno Aces

Aces Game Notes

July 18, 2021 - Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Reno Aces News Release


Hot in Herre:

- Henry Ramos has been on fire since the start of July, boasting a .487/.574/.590 slash line while going 19-for-39 at the dish in 11 games. Of his 19 base knocks, 17 have been singles and all of them have been sandwiched between his two extra-base hits.

- The 29-year-old has also posted six multi-hit contests in his last seven games and eight in his previous 11 matches.

- With his single in the second inning against the Dodgers on Saturday, Ramos extended his hitting streak to seven. Over his seven-game stretch, the 29-year-old has gone 15-for-23 (.652) with six runs scored, four RBIs and five walks. Ramos has only struck out once in his last 28 plate appearances.

- In games Ramos registers at least two hits, the Aces hold a 10-7 record.

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot:

- Miguel Aguilar has been lights out in July, converting on all seven of his save opportunities and allowing just one earned run on four hits for a 1.13 ERA in eight innings of work. The Aces' closer has also struck out nine batters and the opposition is hitting a measly .154 against him.

- Aguilar has yet to allow a hit with the bases loaded and has held his opponents to a .203 batting average with runners on base.

- In his first appearance against the Dodgers this season, Aguilar tossed a perfect ninth with a pair of strikeouts to pick up his 12th save of the season.

- The Aces' closer tied Matt Stites (2014) and Jimmie Sherfy twice (2016, 19) for eighth place in franchise history for the single-season saves record with 12. Aguilar is one save away from tying Bobby Korecky (2009) and Carlos Rosa for fifth all-time in a single campaign.

I Wanna Feel the Heat with Somebody:

- Aside from Ramos' six hits through the first three games against Oklahoma City Dodgers, Drew Ellis, Ildemaro Vargas and Jose Herrera have racked up three hits apiece and combined for five RBIs.

- Five of the Dodgers' top 30 prospects have been featured in the week's matchup, including No. 1 Keibert Ruiz and No. 2 Josiah Gray. In 44 contests, the Dodgers' catcher is batting .282 with 32 runs scored and 34 RBIs to go along with 25 extra-base hits.

- Gray has put forth a 1-1 record with a 2.87 ERA and 22 strikeouts in four appearances. Gray picked up the win in the series opener, going 4.2 innings out of the bullpen in relief of Justin Bruihl. and striking out seven batters.

- The Dodgers' pitching staff has boasted a third-best ERA of 5.08 in Triple-A West while opponents are hitting just .263 against them.

- Mitch White enters Sunday's contest with a 1-0 record to go along with a 1.29 ERA and 13 strikeouts in six appearances this year. The right-hander will make his first appearance against Reno.

- Despite giving up his first earned run of the season on Friday, Kevin Quackenbush leads the MiLB with 14 saves this season and boasts a 0.36 ERA, 27 strikeouts and a .193 opposing batting average in 25 appearances.

Hot Stuff:

- The Aces continue to assert their dominance late in games, extending their Triple-A leads with a .314 batting average, 174 runs, 231 hits, 38 home runs and 43 doubles in the seventh inning or later.

- With its Minor League-leading 174 tallies and .314 batting average after the sixth frame, the Biggest Little City's team has 36 more runs than second-best Carolina with 146 and 29 points better than Quad City with a .285 mark.

- Reno paces all of Minor League Baseball when trailing with a .311 batting average, 185 runs scored and 271 hits.

- In the eighth inning alone, the Aces are batting .325 with a MiLB-leading 68 runs scored, 86 hits and 15 home runs.

- Lalli's squad reclaimed its spot atop professional baseball alongside the Houston Astros with 47 runs scored in the ninth inning. Reno boasts a second-best .325 batting average, trailing only Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (.331).

- Ellis' 19 doubles rank just behind his fellow corner infielder and league leader, Beer (23), good for third in Triple-A. The Aces' cornermen slid into a four-way tie for fifth in Triple-A West with 31 extra-base hits. In games that Ellis hits a home run, Reno holds a 6-4 record.

- Jamie Ritchie continues to rake at the plate, ranking second in Triple-A West with a .356 batting average and a division-leading .476 on-base percentage.

- The Aces have been dominant in the second half of contests, boasting a 10-4 record in games they come back to tie the game by a deficit of three or more runs.

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