GAME NOTES Tuesday, May 11, 2021 2019 PCL Pacific Southern Division Champions Game 6 – Home Game 6 Sacramento River Cats (2-3) (AAA-S.F. Giants) vs. Las Vegas Reyes de Plata (3-2) (AAA-Oakland Athletics) Aviators At A Glance . The Series (L.V. leads 3-2) Overall Record: 3-2 (.600) Home: 3-2 (.600) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Road: 0-0 (.000) Day Games: 1-0 (1.000) SACRAMENTO LAS VEGAS Tues. (7:05) – LHP Anthony Banda (1-0, 0.00) RHP Matt Milburn 0-0, 0.00) Night Games: 2-2 (.500) Wednesday, May 12 OFF DAY Follow the Aviators on Facebook/Las Vegas Aviators Baseball Team & Twitter/@AviatorsLV Probable Starting Pitchers (Las Vegas at Reno, May 13-18) RENO LAS VEGAS Thurs. (6:35) – TBA RHP Parker Dunshee (0-1, 13.50) Radio: KRLV AM 920 - Russ Langer Fri. (6:35) – TBA RHP Grant Holmes (0-0, 15.00) Web & TV: www.aviatorslv.com; MiLB.TV Sat. (4:05) – TBA RHP Paul Blackburn (0-0. 5.40) Aviators vs. River Cats: The Las Vegas Reyes de Plata professional baseball team, Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, will host the Sacramento River Cats, Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, tonight in the finale of the season -opening six-game series in Triple-A West action at Las Vegas Ballpark (8,834)…Las Vegas is 3-2 on the homestand…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, Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a six-game series at Greater Nevada Field from Thursday-Tuesday, May 13-18. Las Vegas defeats Sacramento 9-6 for third straight Sacramento River Cats victory: The Aviators defeated the River Cats 9-6 last night All-Time Record vs. River Cats in game five of the season-opening six-game homestand 145-179 (.448) before a crowd of 4,325 at Las Vegas Ballpark. Home: 75-89 (.457) Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 8 hits and Road: 70-90 (.438) scored four unearned runs in the third inning to break a 2-2 tie. Third baseman Jacob Wilson was 2-for-4, double, 4 2021 Season Series (W 3, L 2) RBI, two runs scored, three-run homer in the third inning. Center fielder Luis Barrera was 2-for-4, walk, three runs Date Score scored and second baseman Pete Kozma was 2-for-4, RBI, May 6 L, 8-1 two runs scored. May 7 L, 6-4 Sacramento offense: The River Cats recorded 13 hits and May 8 W, 11-10 (10) May 9 W, 6-3 center fielder Bryce Johnson was 5-for-5, two doubles, May 10 W, 9-6 RBI, three runs scored and catcher Joey Bart was 2-for-5, May 11 two-run homer in the ninth inning. May 27@ Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Brian Howard pitched 3.2 innings in the no decision. He allowed 8 hits, 4 runs, May 28@ May 29@ walked 1 and struck out 1 on 75 pitches (46 strikes). Aviators Bullpen: Right-hander Argenis Angulo pitched May 30@ May 31@ 1.1 scoreless innings and allowed no hits, walked 1 and struck out 2. Right-hander Cam Bedrosian pitched 2.0 June 1@ scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit and struck out 1. Right- July 1 July 2 handers Tanner Anderson (1.0 IP/0 R) and Ben Bracewell (1.0 IP/2 R) pitched the final 2.0 innings. July 3-6 September 16-21 at Sacramento R H E Sacramento 101 200 002 6 13 4 Sacramento: In 2019, the River Cats compiled Las Vegas 204 030 00X 9 8 0 a record of 73-67 (.521) and finished in first place in the Pacific Northern Division. River WP: Angulo (1-0); LP: Pfeifer (0-1) T: 3:16 A: 4,325 Cats won the PCL & Triple-A championships. 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 Las Vegas rallies to defeat Sacramento 11-10 in 10 innings (Saturday, May 8): The Aviators defeated the River Cats 11-10 in 10 innings in game three of the six-game homestand before a crowd of 5,063 at Las Vegas Ballpark. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 12 hits and 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 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 two-out single up the middle. Designated hitter Frank Schwindel was 2-for-4, walk, solo homer, three runs scored. Sacramento offense: The River Cats recorded 13 hits and led 6-5 after four innings. They scored four runs in the sixth inning on a grand slam by second baseman Mitchell Tolman (2-for-5). Center fielder Bryce Johnson was 2-for-3, three walks, two-run homer in the sixth inning. Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Grant Holmes pitched 3.0 innings in the no decision. He allowed 7 hits, 5 runs, walked 4 and struck out 5 on 86 pitches (52 strikes). Aviators Bullpen: Right-hander Tanner Anderson pitched 2.0 innings and allowed 2 hits and 1 run. Right-hander Brian Schlitter pitched 1.0 inning and allowed 3 hits and 4 runs. Right-handers Cam Bedrosian (1.0 IP/0 R), Matt Blackham (2.0 IP/0); Ben Bracewell pitched the final four innings. R H E Sacramento 131 104 000 0 10 13 1 Las Vegas 301 100 104 1 11 12 1 WP: Bracewell (1-0); LP: Krizan (0-1) T: 4:02 A: 5,063 Las Vegas defeats Sacramento 6-3 on Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 9): The Aviators defeated the River Cats 6-3 in game four of the season-opening six-game homestand before a crowd of 4,488 at Las Vegas Ballpark. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 6 hits and rallied from a 3-1 deficit for the victory. Las Vegas scored four runs in the sixth inning and right fielder Greg Deichmann (1-for-3) recorded an RBI single to break the 3-3 tie.