GAME NOTES Sunday, May 9, 2021
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GAME NOTES Sunday, May 9, 2021 2019 PCL Pacific Southern Division Champions Game 4 – Home Game 4 Sacramento River Cats (2-1) (AAA-S.F. Giants) vs. Las Vegas Aviators (1-2) (AAA-Oakland Athletics) Aviators At A Glance . The Series (River Cats lead 2-1) Overall Record: 1-2 (.333) Home: 1-2 (.333) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Road: 0-0 (.000) Day Games: 0-0 (.000) SACRAMENTO LAS VEGAS Night Games: 1-2 (.333) Sun. (12:05) – RHP Shun Yamaguchi RHP Paul Blackburn Mon. (7:05) – LHP Phil Pfeifer RHP Brian Howard Follow the Aviators on Facebook/Las Vegas Tues. (7:05) – TBA RHP James Kaprielian (0-1, 3.86) Aviators Baseball Team & Twitter/@AviatorsLV Radio: KRLV AM 920 - Russ Langer Wednesday, May 12 OFF DAY Web & TV: www.aviatorslv.com; MiLB.TV Aviators vs. River Cats (Mother’s Day): The Las Vegas Aviators professional baseball team, Triple -A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, will host the Sacramento River Cats, Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, this afternoon in game four of the season-opening six -game series in Triple-A West action at Las Vegas Ballpark (8,834)…Las Vegas is 1-2 on the six-game homestand…the series against the River Cats will conclude on Tuesday, May 11…following an off day on Wednesday, May 12, Las Vegas will embark on its first road trip of the season to Northern Nevada to face intrastate rival, the Reno Aces, in a six-game series from May 13-18. Las Vegas rallies to defeat Sacramento 11-10 in 10 Sacramento River Cats innings: The Aviators defeated the River Cats 11-10 in 10 All-Time Record vs. River Cats innings last night in game three of the six-game homestand 143-179 (.444) before a crowd of 5,063 at Las Vegas Ballpark. Home: 73-89 (.451) Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 12 hits and Road: 70-90 (.438) rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to tie the game at 10- 10. Center fielder Buddy Reed (1-for-5, walk) delivered a 2021 Season Series (W 1, L 2) walk-off RBI single to right field with one out. Right fielder Greg Deichmann (3-for-4) tied the game at 10-10 with a Date Score May 6 L, 8-1 two-out single up the middle. Designated hitter Frank Schwindel was 2-for-4, walk, solo homer, three runs scored. May 7 L, 6-4 Sacramento offense: The River Cats recorded 13 hits and May 8 W, 11-10 (10) May 9 led 6-5 after four innings. They scored four runs in the sixth May 10 inning on a grand slam by second baseman Mitchell May 11 Tolman (2-for-5). Center fielder Bryce Johnson was 2 - for - 3, three walks, two-run homer in the sixth inning. May 27@ Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Grant Holmes pitched May 28@ May 29@ 3.0 innings in the no decision. He allowed 7 hits, 5 runs, walked 4 and struck out 5 on 86 pitches (52 strikes). May 30@ May 31@ Aviators Bullpen: Right-hander Tanner Anderson pitched 2.0 innings and allowed 2 hits and 1 run. Right-hander Brian June 1@ Schlitter pitched 1.0 inning and allowed 3 hits and 4 runs. July 1 July 2 Right-handers Cam Bedrosian (1.0 IP/0 R), Matt Blackham (2.0 IP/0); Ben Bracewell pitched the final four July 3-6 September 16-21 at Sacramento innings. R H E Sacramento 131 104 000 0 10 13 1 Sacramento: In 2019, the River Cats compiled Las Vegas 301 100 104 1 11 12 1 a record of 73-67 (.521) and finished in first place in the Pacific Northern Division. River WP: Bracewell (1-0); LP: Krizan (0-1) T: 4:02 A: 5,063 Cats won the PCL & Triple-A championships. LAS VEGAS ALL-TIME HOME & SEASON OPENERS HOME OPENERS - *Denotes both season & home openers 1983* W 11-8 Salt Lake 1984* W 15-8 Edmonton 1985* W 4-3 Edmonton 1986* L 9-4 Portland 1987* L 9-7 Calgary 1988* W 10-9 Tacoma 1989* W 11-5 Portland 1990* L 4-3 Vancouver 1991* L 12-8 Edmonton 1992 L 5-4 Tucson 1993* L 5-3 Edmonton 1994* L 5-4 Tacoma 1995 W 11-6 C. Springs 1996 L 9-7 Tacoma 1997* L 4-2 Edmonton 1998* L 9-4 Edmonton 1999* W 3-2 (11) Omaha 2000 L 4-1 New Orleans 2001* W 5-4 Tacoma 2002* W 17-6 Calgary 2003* W 8-4 Salt Lake 2004* W 7-2 Portland 2005 W 6-4 C. Springs 2006* W 7-2 Fresno 2007 W 5-1 Salt Lake 2008* L 6-3 Salt Lake 2009 W 3-2 C. Springs 2010* W 2-0 Salt Lake 2011 L 11-7 Fresno 2012* L 11-6 Sacramento 2013 L 6-1 C. Springs 2014* W 9-2 Fresno 2015 L 11-10 Fresno 2016* W 6-4 Fresno 2017 W 21-6 Fresno 2018* L 4-2 El Paso 2019 W 10-2 Sacramento 2020 MiLB season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021* L 8-1 Sacramento SEASON OPENERS ON ROAD (W 3, L, 9) 1992 L 5-2 @Albuquerque 1995 L 4-3 @Phoenix 1996 L 5-1 @Vancouver 2000 L 7-3 @Calgary 2005 W 8-3 @C. Springs 2007 L 4-3 @Salt Lake 2009 L 9-6 @C. Springs 2011 L 11-1 @Fresno 2013 W 10-5 @Sacramento 2015 L 2-1 @Fresno 2017 L 8-1 @El Paso 2019 W 9-8 @El Paso Season Openers: 17-21 (.447); Home Openers: 20-18 (.526); 1-1 at Las Vegas Ballpark Game Recaps: Sacramento defeats Las Vegas 8-1 in season opener (Thursday, May 6): The River Cats defeated the Aviators 8-1 in the 2021 season opener and six-game homestand before a crowd of 5,002 at Las Vegas Ballpark. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded four hits and scored their lone run in the sixth inning on an RBI single by center fielder Skye Bolt (1-fo-r-3, walk). Shortstop Pete Kozma was 1-for-3, two walks and left fielder Luis Barrera was 1-for-4, walk. Sacramento offense: The River Cats recorded 16 hits and scored two runs in the fifth and seventh innings and three runs in the eighth on a three-run homer by shortstop Thairo Estrada (4-for-5, 4 RBI). Second baseman Jason Krizan was 3-for-5, with two doubles and third baseman Mitchell Tolman was 2-for-4, triple, two runs scored. Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander James Kaprielian suffered the loss. He pitched 4.2 innings and allowed 8 hits, 2 runs, walked 1 and struck out 5 on 76 pitches (47 strikes). Aviators Bullpen: Right-hander Matt Blackham pitched 0.1 and allowed 1 hit, 1 run and walked 2. Right-hander Burch Smith pitched 1.1 innings and allowed 2 hits, 1 run and struck out 2. Right-hander James Naile pitched 1.2 innings and allowed 5 hits, 4 runs and struck out 3. Right-hander Matt Milburn pitched 1 scoreless inning. R H E Sacramento 001 020 230 8 16 2 Las Vegas 000 001 000 1 4 1 WP: Banda (1-0); LP: Kaprielian (0-1) T: 3:30 A: 5,002 Sacramento defeats Las Vegas 6-4 for second straight victory (Friday, May 7): The River Cats defeated the Aviators 6-4 in game two of the season-opening six-game homestand before a FIREWORKS night crowd of 4,891 at Las Vegas Ballpark. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 10 hits and scored solo runs in each of the first three innings and led 3-2. Center fielder Luis Barrera was 3-for-5, stolen base, 2 RBI, run scored. Third baseman Jacob Wilson was 2-for-4, walk, solo homer in the third inning and first baseman Frank Schwindel was 2-for-5. Sacramento offense: The River Cats recorded 7 hits and rallied for four runs in the fourth inning highlighted by a grand slam by shortstop Thairo Estrada (2-for-4, walk, double). Center fielder Bryce Johnson was 2-for-4, double, two-run homer in the second inning. Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Parker Dunshee suffered the loss. He pitched 4.0 innings and allowed 3 hits, 6 runs, walked 6 and struck out 5 on 80 pitches (44 strikes). Aviators Bullpen: Right-hander Domingo Acevedo pitched 1.0 scoreless inning and struck out 1. Right-hander Argenis Angulo pitched 1.2 scoreless innings and struck out 3. Right-hander Brian Schlitter pitched 1.1 scoreless innings and struck out 3 and right-hander Ben Bracewell pitched a scoreless ninth inning (1 SO). R H E Sacramento 020 400 000 6 7 3 Las Vegas 111 000 010 4 10 0 WP: Cyr (1-0); LP: Dunshee (0-1); SV: Leone (1) T: 3:27 A: 4,891 AVIATORS INFLIGHT NEWS – Las Vegas is 1-2 on the season-opening six game homestand…the series against the River Cats, Tripe-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, will conclude on Tuesday, May 11…Las Vegas and Sacramento will play each other a total of 24 times during the season…the River Cats captured both the 2019 Pacific Coast League and Triple-A championships…the River Cats defeated Las Vegas 3-games-to-2 in the ’19 PCL playoffs…following an off day on Tuesday, May 12, the Aviators will travel to Northern Nevada and face intrastate rival, the Reno Aces, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a six-game series at Greater Nevada Field from Thursday-Tuesday, May 13- 18…the 2021 season will feature six-game series against opponents from Thursday-Tuesday and off days on Wednesday…the 2021 season will also feature 120 games (60-home; 60-away).