PCL1 Reno Aces

Aces Offense Plagued by Strikeout, Lose 8-4

Published on April 7, 2019 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Reno Aces News Release


Fresno, California - The Reno Aces offense was dealt a bad hand Saturday night in Fresno, California. Reno faced three power arms out of the Nationals farm system; Austin Voth (9), Austin Adams (3), Vidal Nuño III (5) combined to strike out 17 Aces batters en route to an 8-4 victory in game three of the 2019 season. Domingo Leyba and Travis Snider both finished with three hits, but couldn't string enough together to beat the home team in front of 10,047 fans.

Reno got into the scoring column in the top of the first inning thanks to a Travis Snider RBI single in his first at-bat in an Aces uniform. The Grizzlies responded with two in the second and one in the third to take a 3-1 advantage. Again it was Snider to spark the offense, tagging a fastball into right-center field to score Leyba. A grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning off Braden Shipley proved to be the dagger as the Grizzlies never looked back. The loss brings Reno to a record of 1-2 on the season with two games remaining in their first series. Left-hander Anthony Vasquez will take the mound for Reno tomorrow afternoon and square off against right-hander Paolo Espino.

Top Performers - Reno

Travis Snider (3-for-4, 2 RBI, 2B)

Domingo Leyba (3-for-5, 2 R, 2 K)

Yasmany Tomas (2-for-5, HR, RBI)

Top Performers - Fresno

Austin Voth (5.0 IP, 2 ER, 9 K)

Jacob Wilson (2-for-4, RBI)

Jake Noll (3-for-4, 2 R)

Tomorrow's Matchup

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

Sunday April 7 Fresno Grizzlies LHP Anthony Vasquez vs. RHP Paolo Espino 1:05 p.m. KPLY 630 AM

Notes & Information

Record-Tying Night: Reno finished with 18 strikeouts tonight against the Fresno Grizzlies, tying a franchise record set in 2016. The last time the Aces struck out 18 times was on July 20th, 2016 vs. Colorado Springs in an extra-inning win. Six starters finished with multiple strikeouts and Tim Locastro led the way with three over three at-bats.

Back-to-Back: Yasmany Tomas launched his second home run of the 2019 season tonight, making it the second time he has ever hit a home run in back-to-back games with the Aces. Tomas had back-to-back games with a homer on June 26th and 27th last year against Salt Lake. He has homered in three consecutive games twice in his career: August 2/3/5, 2016 and August 15/16/17, 2016.

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