Grizzlies draw low card in 11-7 loss to Aces on Friday

Fresno smashes three home runs in defeat

July 26, 2019

Fresno, CA (Friday, July 26) - The Fresno Grizzlies (53-52) dropped the series-opener to the Reno Aces (46-59) on Friday evening by an 11-7 final, the first of three this weekend at Chukchansi Park.Reno's 14-hit attack included a two-run homer by the rehabbing Blake Swihart in the fourth inning, and

Fresno, CA (Friday, July 26) - The Fresno Grizzlies (53-52) dropped the series-opener to the Reno Aces (46-59) on Friday evening by an 11-7 final, the first of three this weekend at Chukchansi Park.
Reno's 14-hit attack included a two-run homer by the rehabbing Blake Swihart in the fourth inning, and a three-run shot by Travis Snider in the sixth.
It was far more than required for Aces right-hander Joel Payamps, who scattered six hits and two walks over five innings.
The Grizzlies' first run came in the third inning, when Jake Noll extended his season-best hit streak to 11 games with a leadoff single, eventually scoring on a two-out RBI knock by Raudy Read. Noll is 20-for-45, (.444) during the streak, following a three-hit night on Friday. In the sixth, Collin Cowgill chipped in a two-run homer, his 10^th of the season. Yadiel Hernandez drilled an opposite field home run to left in the eighth, his 20^th. Read rounded out the scoring for the night by homering into the pool in left-center to leadoff the home ninth, his 14^th of the season.
Coupled with Sacramento's home win over Tacoma, Fresno slipped four games back of the Pacific Northern Division's Playoff berth, with 35 to play.
Top Performers: Fresno Grizzlies (Washington Nationals)
• 1B Jake Noll (3-5, RBI, R)
• C Raudy Read (2-5, HR, 2 RBI, R)
• LF Yadiel Hernandez (2-3, solo HR, 2 R, 2 BB)
• RHP Justin Miller (2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K)
Top Performers: Reno Aces (Arizona Diamondbacks)
• LF Blake Swihart (2-4, HR, 3B, 2 RBI, 3 R, BB)
• 1B Travis Snider (2-5, HR, 4 RBI)
• 3B Ildemaro Vargas (2-5, 2 RBI, 2 R)
• RF Juneil Querecuto (3-5, R)
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ON THAT FRES-NOTE: The Aces are 11-2 this season when traveling on the day of a game; their bus left Reno at 8:30 a.m. PT Friday morning…the Grizzlies were 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position…RHP Justin Miller pitched two scoreless innings (7^th & 8^th), allowing only one hit (zero walks) with two strikeouts; it was his second appearance for Fresno after the Nationals transferred the rehab assignment of the Fresno State Baseball alum to the Grizzlies from Double-A Harrisburg on Tuesday.