Las Vegas 51s @ Reno Aces
April 21, 2015
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W: Marks (2-1, 6.61
ERA); L: Gorski (2-1, 6.43 ERA)
The Highlights:
Pitchers
Darin Gorski – 4 IP,
11 H, 8 R, 3 BB, 4 SO, 3 HR, 91 Pitches (55 Strikes), 4 GO: 1 FO
Duane Below (2.45
ERA) – 3 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 SO, 3 GO: 2 FO
Jack Leathersich
(3.00 ERA) – 1 IP, H, 2 BB, SO, 1 GO: 1 FO
Batters
Dilson Herrera – 3-4, RBI (7), CS
Matt Reynolds – 2-4, 2B (7), SB (4)
Alex Castellanos – 1-4, R, HR (4), RBI (13), 2 SO
Travis Taijeron – 2-4, R, HR (4), RBI (9)
Nelfi Zapata – 1-4, R, 2B (1)
Recap
Justin
Marks kept Las Vegas batters stumped Tuesday night, and the Aces jumped all
over 51s starter Darin Gorski for an easy Reno win in game one of this
four-game set. Darin Gorski was hit hard in the 2nd, 3rd
and 4th innings before being replaced by Duane Below, who appears to
be taking over the long man role in the 51s pen. Below was very good over his
three innings of work, allowing only two singles and a walk. Dilson Herrera,
Matt Reynolds, and Travis Taijeron had big nights, again, but the rest of the
51s lineup was mostly quiet throughout – check out the highlights below. Jack
Leathersich came in for the 8th and worked around his first two
walks allowed of the year for a scoreless inning.
Gorski came in with a 1.80 ERA and
a 5.56 FIP, so one of them was in for some sort of correction. Gorski worked
around a leadoff walk in the 1st with the help of a nifty double
play started by Matt Reynolds. But it was all down hill after that for Gorski,
who quickly gave up the two-run lead handed to him in the 2nd
inning. He allowed a homerun to the first batter of the 2nd, Peter
O’Brien, and then a two-run homerun to Matt Pagnozzi three batters later. Reno
would tack on a run in the 3rd inning on a double from Pagnozzi with
two outs, and then three more in the 4th. Gorski allowed three
homeruns on the night, which is not atypical for him. He walks a fine line, and
hitters punish Gorski pitches that miss their spots.
Leathersich came in looking very
sharp, striking out the first batter with a nice fastball on the outside corner
before getting a fly out to RF. But then he lost control to the next batter,
which quickly snowballed into two straight walks from Leathersich. He can be
moving along smoothly, but once he has a hiccup it’s hard for him to regain his
control. The aces would load the bases with an infield single that Matt
Reynolds couldn’t handle, but Leathersich recovered to get a weak groundout to
Dilson to end the frame.
Las Vegas gives the ball to Tyler
Pill for an afternoon start against Reno Wednesday afternoon at 4:05 PM,
looking to even the series and get back to .500. Rain is predicted to be in the
area, but the game should be far enough along to count by then. Tyler Pill has
run into some big innings during his first two starts, so he’ll be looking for
his first good AAA start, and facing a lineup he should have success against.
The
51s struck first, hitting back-to-back solo blasts to right-center field
leading off the 2nd.
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| Castellanos has been beasting early |
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| If Taijeron cuts down on those K's... |
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| He's got some nice power |
Dilson
Herrera led off the 3rd with this single to LF. He’d be caught
trying to steal 2B just one pitch before Matt Reynolds hit his 7th
double of the year.
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| Dilson riding a 7-game multi-hit streak |
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| Reynolds hitting a lot of doubles early |
Dilson
hit this two-out single in the 5th, but would be stranded at 1B.
Taijeron
makes a lot of hard contact, when he’s able to make contact, and is off to a
hot start for Las Vegas. Here is his second hit of the night, he also lined out
to the RF warning track.
Nelfi Zapata led off the 7th
with his first extra base hit of the year, and then came around to score on
Dilson’s third hit of the night.
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| Dilson's third hit of the night |
Matt
Reynolds picked up his second hit of the night leading off the 8th,
and then stole 2B later in the inning, but he’d get thrown out trying to
advance when the ball got away from the catcher.
BONUS
Reynolds made a couple of nice
defensive plays to help Gorski out in the 1st.
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| Nice glove toss to start the twin killing |
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| Matt 'Derek Jeter' Reynolds? |
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