Kevin Cron's History Not Enough for Reno in OKC
Kevin Cron became the new Aces home run king with his 56th career blast in a Reno uniform in the top of the 1st inning Tuesday night. He passed Mike Jacobs and Brandon Allen for the franchise record. He went on to add two more homers in the game to
Kevin Cron (3-for-5, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R)Ben DeLuzio (2-for-4, HR)Braden Shipley (1.0 IP, 0 ER, 0 H, 2 K)
Top Performers - Oklahoma City
Connor Joe (3-for-4, 5 RBI)DJ Peters (3-for-5, 3 R, 2 RBI)Jedd Gyorko (2-for-4, 2 R)
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Notes & Information
HI35ORY: Kevin Cron became the Aces all-time home run king with his 56th career homer in the top of the first inning of tonight's ballgame. He passed Mike Jacobs and Brandon Allen for the for the franchise record. It took Cron 172 career Triple-A games to break the record. Mike Jacobs played in 318 games for the Aces, Brandon Allen played in 228. Cron added his second big fly of the night in the fifth inning, and third dinger of the night in the seventh. He passed Las Vegas'
Pitcher's Best Friend: The Aces had five double plays tonight tying a franchise record. The last time it happened was on June 14, 2014 on the road in Memphis. Reno had four groundball double plays and one strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play tonight.
On-Deck: The Reno Aces will welcome the Sacramento River Cats to Greater Nevada Field Thursday for a four-game set with the season on the line. With 19 games remaining, the Aces currently sit 7.5 games behind the River Cats at the time of this press release. However, Reno has a slim chance to catch Sacramento due to the fact they still have eight games scheduled against one another this season.