Reynolds Blazes Path To 51s Victory In Sacramento

Las Vegas 51s @ Sacramento River Cats

April 20, 2016

Duane Below @ Matt Lujan

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0		9	12	0
Sacramento	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	10	1

W: Below (1-0, 4.50 ERA); L: Lujan (0-2, 4.85 ERA)

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Duane Below (4.50 ERA) – 6 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 5 K, HR, 90 Pitches (59 Strikes), 10 GO: 2 FO

Chase Bradford (1.00 ERA) – 2 IP, 3 H, 2 K, 1 GO: 2 FO

Dario Alvarez (9.53 ERA) – 1 IP, 2 K, 1 GO

Batters

2B – Dilson Herrera – 2-6, 2B (4), 2 RBI (5)

3B – Matt Reynolds – 3-5, 2 R, HR (2), RBI (4), SB (3)

1B – T.J. Rivera –1-2, 2B (4), RBI (8), SAC, HBP

PR/1B – Marc Krauss – R, SF, RBI (4)

C – Rene Rivera – 2-5, R, 2B (1), 3 RBI (5)

LF – Ty Kelly – 3-4, R, 2B (3), RBI (5), BB, K

SP – Duane Below – 1-3, BB, 2 K

Recapish

            Duane Below finally got his 2016 season started Wednesday night in Sacramento, and provided the 51s with just what they needed: depth. The 51s had a great turn through the rotation end Tuesday night behind Seth Lugo, who couldn’t get out of the 3^rd inning, so Below’s quality start was huge for the team. More importantly though, the team finally started hitting with runners in scoring position Wednesday night, and they scored more runs behind Below than they had the previous three games combined. Matt Reynolds and Ty Kelly led the way on offense, with 3 hits and an extra base hit apiece, including a long bomb for Reynolds. Chase Bradford and Dario Alvarez combined for 4 K’s over the final 3 frames, easily holding on to what became a 6-run lead.

51s Hold On For A Win After Near Collapse In Fresno

Las Vegas 51s @ Fresno Grizzlies

April 16, 2016

Gabriel Ynoa @ Asher Wojciechowski

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		R	H	E
Las Vegas	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		7	10	1
Fresno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		5	8	3

W: Sewald (1-0, 1.69 ERA); L: Hoyt (0-1, 3.38 ERA); Save: Walters (1, 3.38 ERA)

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The Highlights:

Pitchers

Gabriel Ynoa (2.38 ERA) – 6.1 IP, 3 H, R, 3 BB, 2 K, 93 Pitches (55 Strikes), 7 GO: 6 FO

Zach Thornton (8.31 ERA) – 1.1 IP, H, BB, 2 GO: 2 FO, 1 IR – 0 S

Josh Smoker (9.00 ERA) – 0.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, BB, 2 K, 1 IR – 0 S

Paul Sewald (BS, 1) – 1.2 IP, H, BB, 3 K, 1 GO: 1 FO, 2 IR – 2 S

Jeff Walters – 1 IP, 2 K, 1 FO

Batters

CF – Brandon Nimmo – 2-7, SO, CS, GIDP

2B – Dilson Herrera – 2-5, 2 R, 2B (2), BB, 2 SB (2), SO

DH – Matt Reynolds – 1-5, R, BB, SB (2), SO

RF – Roger Bernadina – 2-3, 3 R, 3 BB, 2 SB (3), SO

3B – T.J. Rivera – 1-5, RBI (7), SAC, 2 SO

C – Rene Rivera – 1-4, 2 RBI (2), 2 BB, SO

LF – Ty Kelly – 1-4, RBI (4), 2 BB, 2 SO

Recapish

            The Las Vegas 51s cruised for almost all of this game, but a big 9^th inning rally by the Grizzlies made this one exciting late. Gabriel Ynoa started for the 51s, and while he didn’t have his customary command (he rarely walks 3 batters in a start), he got outstanding results. The 51s offense patiently worked their way to 14 walks, but they left so many runners on base that this game stayed PCL close – they left 8 runners on base in just the first 3 innings. Still, it took a weird set of events for the Grizzlies to even earn a chance for the tie in the 9^th. Las Vegas would use those walks to their advantage in the 11^th, when they scored their first run on 4 walks. Ty Kelly would add an RBI single in the frame for insurance, and then Jeff Walters worked a perfect bottom half for the save.