PCL Reno Aces

Aces Notes and Roster

Published on June 19, 2021 under Pacific Coast League (PCL)
Reno Aces News Release


Go Your Own Way:

Since its June 13 game against Las Vegas, the Biggest Little City's team is on its longest winning streak of the season, emerging victorious in five straight. Reno is slashing .427/.510/.801 through the five-game stretch with 90 hits, 42 of which have gone for extra bases.

Reno has outscored its opponents, 71-33, while on its five-game winning streak.

Of the 11 Aces to record a batting average of .333 or over, Camden Duzenack (.615), Matt Lipka (.609) and Josh VanMeter (.500) are the only three with marks exceeding .499. Lipka leads all Aces with 14 hits while Varsho paces the lineup with five home runs and 13 RBIs.

With 10 or more runs in tonight's contest, the Aces could become just the second team in Triple-A since 2005 (Tigres De La Angelopolis, Mexican League) to score double-digit runs in six straight games.

Since 1900, only seven teams in MLB history have recorded 10 or more runs in five or more consecutive games with the most recent coming in 2006 with the Atlanta Braves.

Reno is assumed to be the 21st team in professional baseball to reach the five-game plateau with 10-plus tallies. If the Aces score 10 or more runs tonight, they will become just the seventh team to hit the sixth-consecutive game mark.

The Aces are assumed to be the only team in baseball history to record 14 or more runs in at least four straight contests, currently riding a streak of five.

More Than A Feeling:

Through 15 games in June, Reno is the hottest team in all of baseball. Blake Lalli's team is leading all squads with a .339 batting average at the dish, 147 runs scored and 190 hits.

The Aces' batting average is 31 points ahead of the second-place Sacramento River Cats with a .307 average.

The team's 147 runs are also 33 tallies ahead of the second-best mark set by the Omaha Storm Chasers (114).

Among players who have appeared in at least 10 games this month, Jamie Ritchie leads all of Triple-A West with a slash line of .471/.654/.588.

Drew Ellis and VanMeter have each scored 17 runs apiece to sit atop the Triple-A West Leaderboard while teammates Andrew Young and Varsho are tied for third with 16.

Varsho is assumed to be the first player in franchise history to smack two home runs in the same inning after taking Isotopes' pitchers deep for a solo shot and his first career grand slam on June 18. The Aces' catcher has knocked in a minor-league third-best 23 RBIs in June.

Young hit a grand slam in the series opener on Thursday before Varsho roped his in Friday night's game, becoming the first pair since Oswaldo Arcia and Ildemaro Vargas on July 5-6, 2017, to take the opposition deep for a grand slam in back-to-back games.

Don't Stop Believin':

The Aces are the scariest squad after the sixth frame, leading all of Triple-A with a .352 batting average, 161 hits and 30 doubles in the seventh inning or later. The team's batting average sits 82 points ahead of Durham's second-place mark of .270.

With its Minor League-leading 133 runs scored in the seventh inning or later, the Biggest Little City's team has 42 more runs than second-place Lake Elsinore Storm with 91.

Reno holds the top spot in Minor League Baseball when trailing with a .311 batting average and 110 runs scored, while also being one of two teams (Lake Elsinore Storm) to score 100 or more runs when behind.

In the eighth inning alone, the Aces lead the Minors with a .367 batting average, 62 hits, 17 doubles, 11 home runs and 54 runs scored.

Lalli's squad has crossed the plate 36 times and is hitting .360 in the ninth inning alone, the highest marks in all of professional baseball.

Takin' Care of Business:

The Aces' bats have been stellar to start the 2021 campaign, serving as the only team in professional baseball with a team batting average of over .300 with a .310 mark at the dish. The team's average at the dish sits 26 points ahead of second-place Sacramento (.284).

Reno ranks atop the Triple-A leaderboard with 290 runs scored, 50 tallies ahead of the Aviators' second-place mark of 240.

Seth Beer has hit a Triple-A West-leading 17 doubles this season while Jamie Ritchie continues to sit atop the standings with a .415 batting average and a .560 on-base percentage.

The Aces have been dominant in the second half of contests, either tying the game or taking a commanding lead on 11 occasions this season.

Reno boasts an 8-2 record when they come back to tie the game by a deficit of three or more runs. The Aces also scored six runs in the top of the ninth to put the contest against Salt Lake well out of reach, 12-5, on May 11.

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