GAME NOTES Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Game 6 – Home Game 1 Sacramento River Cats (4-1) (AAA-S.F. Giants) vs. Las Vegas Aviators (4-1) (AAA-Oakland Athletics) Wi-Fi available in the Las Vegas Ballpark Press Box Network: #LasVegasBallpark Aviators At A Glance . The Series Overall Record: 4-1 (.800) 0 Home: 0-0 (.000) PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS Road: 4-1 (.800) Day Games: 0-1 (.000) Night Games: 4-0 (1.000) SACRAMENTO LAS VEGAS Follow the Aviators on Facebook/Las Vegas Tues. (7:05) – LHP Andrew Suarez (0-0, 4.50) RHP Chris Bassitt (ML Rehab) Aviators Baseball Team & Twitter/@AviatorsLV *Wed. (7:05) – RHP Tyler Beede (0-0, 0.00) RHP Jake Buchanan (1-0, 3.00) Thurs. (7:05) – RHP Shaun Anderson (1-0, 1.80) RHP Paul Blackburn (1-0, 5.40) Radio: NBC Sports AM 920 ‘The Game’ - Russ Langer Web & TV: www.aviatorslv.com; MiLB.TV *YurView Cox Channel 14 (1014) Aviators vs. River Cats: The Las Vegas Aviators professional baseball team, Triple-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, will face the Sacramento River Cats, Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, tonight in the Grand Opening of the Las Vegas Ballpark (10,000) in Pacific Coast League action...Las Vegas was 4-1 on the just completed five-game road trip to open the 2019 campaign… the three-game series against the River Cats will conclude on Thursday evening…the Aviators will then continue the seven-game homestand and host the Fresno Grizzlies, Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, in a four-game series from April 12-15. Las Vegas defeats El Paso 10-9 in series finale: The Sacramento River Cats Aviators defeated the Chihuahuas 10-9 last night in the All-Time Record vs. River Cats finale of the season opening five-game series before a 131-172 (.432) crowd of 5,589 at Southwest University Park. Home: 67-84 (.444) Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 11 hits and Road: 64-88 (.421) broke the 9-9 tie in the ninth inning on an RBI single by left fielder Tyler Ramirez (2-for-5, 2 RBI, run scored). Right 2018 Season Series (W 10, L 6) fielder Dustin Fowler was 3-for-5, two home runs, 4 RBI, Date Score three runs scored; center fielder Skye Bolt was 2-for -4, April 30 W, 9-5 walk, double, run scored and first baseman Eric Campbell May 1 L, 5-1 was 1-for-3, walk, HBP, three runs scored. May 2 W, 6-5 El Paso offense: The Chihuahuas recorded 15 hits and May 3 L, 5-3 took a 9-7 lead after five innings. Third baseman Jason May 21@ W, 9-1 Vosler was 3-for-5, double, three runs scored left fielder May 22@ W, 10-7 Josh Naylor was 3-for-6, two doubles, 2 RB, run scored May 23@ W, 4-3 and catcher Austin Allen was 3-for-5, double, RBI. May 24@ L, 1-0 (10) Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Tanner Anderson August 24@ L, 4-0 pitched 4.2 innings and allowed 12 hits, 9 runs (7 earned), August 25@ W, 6-0 walked 3 and struck out 1 on 96 pitches (64 strikes). August 26@ L, 5-1 Aviators Bullpen: Left-hander Wei-Chung Wang pitched 3.0 scoreless innings and allowed 2 hits, issued no walks August 27@ W, 4-3 (10) and struck out 3. Right-hander Brian Schlitter pitched 1.1 August 31 W, 11-2 September 1 L, 7-3 scoreless innings and allowed 1 hit, issued no walks and struck out 2. September 2 W, 5-3 September 3 W, 4-3 R H E Las Vegas 230 020 201 10 11 1 Sacramento: In 2018, the River Cats compiled El Paso 241 020 000 9 15 0 a record of 55-85 (.393) and finished in fourth th WP: Schlitter (1-0); LP: Torres (0-1) place in the Pacific Northern Division in their 4 T: 3:19 A: 5,589 season as the affiliate of the S.F. Giants. 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 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: 17-20 (.459); Home Openers: 19-17 (.528) Game Recaps: Las Vegas defeats El Paso 12-4 for second straight victory (Friday, April 5): The Aviators defeated the Chihuahuas 12-4 in game two of the season opening five-game series before a crowd of 8,002 at Southwest University Park. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 12 hits and broke the scoreless tie with eight runs in the third inning. Left fielder Mark Payton was 2-for-3, two walks, two runs scored, three-run homer in the ninth inning; right fielder Dustin Fowler was 2-for-5, 2 RBI, stolen base, run scored; shortstop Jorge Mateo was 2-for-6, stolen base, RBI, run scored and first baseman Eric Campbell was 2-for-4, RBI, run scored. El Paso offense: The Chihuahuas recorded 12 hits and stranded 11 runners on base. Second baseman Esteban Quiroz was 2-for-4, two-run homer in the fifth inning, two runs scored and first baseman Ty France was 2-for-4, double, RBI. Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Jake Buchanan recorded the victory with 6.0 solid innings. He allowed 4 hits, 2 runs, walked 3 and struck out 2 on 89 pitches (51 strikes). Aviators Bullpen: Left-hander Wei-Chung Wang pitched 1.2 innings and allowed 4 hits, 1 run and struck out 2. Left- hander Dean Kiekhefer faced two batters (0.1 IP/0 R) and RH Miguel Romero pitched 1 inning (1 run). R H E Las Vegas 008 000 004 12 12 0 El Paso 000 020 101 4 12 3 WP: Buchanan (1-0); LP: Allen (0-1) T: 3:08 A: 8,002 Las Vegas defeats El Paso 12-5 for third straight victory (Saturday, April 6): The Aviators defeated the Chihuahuas 12-5 in game three of the season opening five-game series before a crowd of 8,917 at Southwest University Park. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 17 hits and six players recorded multiple-hit games. Designated hitter Dustin Fowler was 3-for-5, two doubles, RBI; left fielder Mark Payton was 3-for-5, two doubles, HR, 4 RBI; shortstop Jorge Mateo was 2-for-6, RBI, two runs scored; catcher Beau Taylor was 2-for-5, double; second baseman Corban Joseph was 2-for-5, RBI and right fielder Tyler Ramirez was 2-for-4, walk, double, RBI. El Paso offense: The Chihuahuas recorded 6 hits and stranded five runners on base. Third baseman Ty France was 1-for-4, double, two runs scored and shortstop Luis Urias (1-for-5) hit a solo homer in the first inning. Las Vegas pitching: Right-hander Paul Blackburn recorded the victory. He pitched 5.0 innings and allowed 4 hits, 5 runs (three earned), walked 1 and struck out 8 on 98 pitches (60 strikes). Aviators Bullpen: Right-hander Andrew Triggs pitched 1 scoreless inning and allowed 1 hit, walked 1 and struck out 2. Right-hander Ryan Dull pitched 2 scoreless innings and struck out 2 and left-hander Jerry Blevins pitched a scoreless ninth inning. R H E Las Vegas 120 503 001 12 17 2 El Paso 200 012 000 5 6 2 WP: Blackburn (1-0); LP: Quantrill (0-1) T: 3:27 A: 8,917 El Paso defeats Las Vegas 10-6 in game four of the series (Sunday, April 7): The Chihuahuas defeated the Aviators 10-6 in game four of the season opening five-game series before a crowd of 7,049 at Southwest University Park. Las Vegas offense: The Aviators recorded 13 hits and scored three runs in the seventh inning to take a 5-2 lead. Shortstop Franklin Barreto was 3-for-5, two doubles, run scored; left fielder Mark Payton was 2-for-4, solo homer, two runs scored; center fielder Dustin Fowler was 2-for-3, two walks, RBI, run scored and third baseman Eric Campbell was 2-for-5, double, 2 RBI.