PCL1 Reno Aces

Game Notes vs. Iowa

Published on July 30, 2019 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
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Tonight's Game:

It's #DupDay at Greater Nevada Field as the Diamondbacks' top pitching prospect Jon Duplantier will get the ball to start for the Aces. Dup enters the game with an 0-2 record and a 4.43 ERA this season in seven starts with Reno. He made his first start for the Aces on July 23 against Tacoma since May 24 earning a no-decision. On a pitch count as he rehabs from shoulder inflammation, Duplantier went 3.1 innings throwing 55 pitches (35 strikes) allowing one run on three hits to go with three strikeouts. The Aces would go on to win 14-3. Iowa will counter with Tyson Miller. The righty from California Baptist University enters the game with a 1-1 record and 12.00 ERA in four starts for Triple-A Iowa. Prior to his promotion, he was 4-3 with a 2.56 ERA in 15 starts over 88 innings pitched for Double-A Tennessee. Reno took 2-of-3 from the Cubs in 2018 while playing on the road.

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Notes:

Major League Yas: Yasmany Tomas is scheduled to make his first start since 2017 in a big-league game tonight against the New York Yankees. He is currently listed in the D-backs lineup as the designated hitter batting eighth against the Yankees' lefty J.A. Happ. Tomas hit .392 (49-for-125) this season for Reno against lefties with 14 home runs, 34 RBIs, 25 runs scored, with a .442 on-base percentage and .864 slugging percentage. As an Ace, he hit .403 (25-for-62) as a designated hitter in 2019 with eight home runs, 21 RBIs, 14 runs scored to go with an .871 slugging percentage.

Keep it Rollin': The Aces come into tonight's contest riding a six-game win streak, the longest of the season. Reno swept consecutive series last week when they took three from Tacoma then three for from Fresno. It is the first time the team swept consecutive series since 2012 when the Aces took eight games in a row against Tacoma and Memphis from May 4-11. The team is averaging 9.5 runs per game on offense and allowing an average of 5.3 runs on defense. Domingo Leyba and Ben DeLuzio are the only players to appear in all six games. Leyba is batting .300 over the period with two home runs, five RBIs, and six runs scored. DeLuzio has a compiled a .316 average to go with four RBIs, five runs scored, two doubles and a .381 on-base percentage. Bradin Hagens has picked up two wins in relief during the streak. He's allowed two runs in 7.1 innings pitched with batters hitting .214 off the righty.

Vargy: Infielder Ildemaro Vargas recorded the third five-hit game of the season for Reno Sunday versus Fresno with a 5-for-6 performance. Yasmany Tomas on May 20 against Tacoma and Domingo Leyba against Las Vegas on June 29 were the other two Aces to accomplish the feat for Reno this season. Vargas did it once in 2018 for the Aces coming on July 19 against Tacoma going 5-for-5 on the day.

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