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Aces thump River Cats to pull even

Two teams now tied atop the Pacific Northern Division
By Chad Seely
August 29, 2014

For Immediate Release
Thursday, August 28, 2014

SACRAMENTO, Calif.- The Reno Aces jumped out to a second-inning 8-0 lead and went on to a 9-4 win over the Sacramento River Cats Thursday night at Raley Field. The win gave the two team's identical 78-62 records with four games remaining in the 2014 regular season.

Mike Jacobs' big night at the plate paced the Aces. A double down the left-field line scored Nick Ahmed and Chris Owings who started the game with back-to-back singles. Two batters later, Danny Dorn plated Jacobs with a base hit up the middle to give Reno a 3-0 lead in the first.

With one out in the second inning, Blake Lalli sent a single through the right side of the infield and Ahmed followed with a two-run blast to left-field, his fourth homer of the season. After Owings singled and Andy Marte worked a walk, Jacobs blasted his 16th home run of the year, an opposite-field three-run shot to open an 8-0 lead in the second.

Jacobs finished the night 3-for-5 with 5 RBI and 2 runs scored. The slugger has 94 RBI on the season, a new Aces single-season high.

The early offense was more than enough for left-hander Clayton Richard who was making his Aces debut. The southpaw allowed three runs over 6 1/3 innings to grab the win. Richard was signed by the Diamondbacks on August 1 and sent to Double-A Mobile where he made three starts.

Sacramento's Daric Barton launched a two-run home run off Reno reliever Zeke Spruill in the bottom of the seventh inning to cut the lead to 9-4. It was Barton's second home run of the game.

Spruill worked a scoreless eighth inning before handing over to Joe Paterson who followed suit in the ninth. Ahmed, Owings, Jacobs, Dorn and Garrett Weber all had multi-hit games for the Aces in a 12-hit attack.

The Aces need to win three of the final four games to win the Pacific Northern Division title. Right-hander Daniel Hudson (0-0, 0.00) makes his second rehab start for Reno in game two of the five-game series Friday night. Right-hander Angel Castro (0-2, 7.36) gets the ball for Sacramento. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

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