ACES FALL IN EXTRAS AFTER LATE RALLY BY TACOMA
TACOMA, Wash. - The Aces fell to Tacoma for the second straight night after Tacoma rallied with four runs to tie the game in the ninth inning and walked off in the bottom of the eleventh. The Rainiers, who collected 10 hits in the contest, only had two entering the
TACOMA, Wash. - The Aces fell to Tacoma for the second straight night after Tacoma rallied with four runs to tie the game in the ninth inning and walked off in the bottom of the eleventh. The Rainiers, who collected 10 hits in the contest, only had two entering the ninth inning. Aces starter
After Tacoma broke the game open in the second inning with a run on one hit, the Aces answered right back and took the lead in the third thanks to Vargas' one-out, two-run home run to right field, his third round-tripper against Tacoma this season. With two outs,
Reno continued the pressure in the next two innings, lengthening their advantage to 6-1. In the fourth, Marzilli plated two runs on his ground ball single up the middle, scoring Borenstein, who singled, and
In the bottom of the seventh, the Rainiers were gifted their second run after
In the bottom of the ninth,
The Aces made an early jump with three quick runs on two hits to go up 9-6, but the Rainiers once again caught fire and brought the game right back to a 9-9 stand-still after
After the Aces went down in order in the top of the eleventh, reliever
The loss brings the Aces to a record of 68-52 on the season with 22 regular season games to go. Reno continues the four-game series with the Tacoma Rainiers with game three tomorrow afternoon scheduled for 1:35 p.m. at Cheney Stadium. Reno returns home to Greater Nevada Field on August 15 to begin an eight-game homestand, the second-to-last of the 2017 season. Tickets are on sale now at renoaces.com. Follow the club all season long on Twitter (@Aces) or like the team on Facebook.