Wednesday, June 18th: Colby Thomas & Aaron Brooks Lead Vegas to 9th Straight Victory

 

Prospect Of The Day: Outfielder Colby Thomas (3 for 3 / HR / Walk / SB / 4 RBI)

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Las Vegas Aviators                     7

Sugar Land Space Cowboys   1

WP: Brooks 1-0 / 1.50

HR: Thomas (17)

Center fielder Colby Thomas and RHP Aaron Brooks led Las Vegas to its ninth straight win on Wednesday. Thomas went 3 for 3 with a home run, stole a base, drew a walk and drove in 4 runs, and the 24-year-old slugger now leads the Pacific Coast League with 85 hits, 36 extra-base-hits, 56 runs and 63 RBIs, while his 17 home runs are tops among all A’s minor league hitters. Left fielder Carlos Cortes went 3 for 4 with a double, drew a walk, drove in a run and scored twice, while shortstop Darell Hernaiz singled, doubled, stole a base and scored twice, and second baseman Alejo Lopez doubled, drew a walk and scored a run in the win. 35-year-old RHP Aaron Brooks was solid in his first start for Las Vegas this season, allowing just 1 run, on a solo home run, while notching 5 strikeouts through 6 innings of work to earn the victory for the Aviators.

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Midland RockHounds   11

Tulsa Drillers                          5

WP: Peluse 2-1 / 2.55

HR: Aldrete (3), Angeles (3)

DH Carter Aldrete: 2-4, HR, 3 RBI

2B Euribiel Angeles: 2-6, HR, 2 RBI

C Cole Conn: 1-2, 3 BB, 2 SB, 2 RBI

LHP Gage Jump: 4.1 IP/4 H/3 ER/4 BB/3 K

RHP Colin Peluse: 1.2 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/0 K/Win

LHP Will Johnston: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Lansing Lugnuts                        4

Quad Cities River Bandits   8

LP: Mahoney 0-1 / 7.94

1B T.J. Schofield-Sam: 3-4, BB, 2 RBI

RF Jared Dickey: 2-5, 2B, SB, 2 RBI

CF Ryan Lasko: 2-4

RHP Steven Echavarria: 5 IP/3 H/2 ER/2 BB/5 K

LHP Jack Mahoney: 2 IP/7 H/6 R/5 ER/3 BB/2 K/Loss

RHP Jake Pfennigs: 1 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Inland Empire 66ers   5

Stockton Ports              1

LP: Sha 3-3 / 2.70

3B Bryan Andrade: 2-2, BB

DH Tommy Takayoshi: 1-3, 2B, BB, RBI

C Dylan Fien: 2-5

RHP Tzu-Chen Sha: 6 IP/5 H/1 R/0 ER/1 BB/6 K/Loss

RHP Blake Hammond: 1 IP/3 H/4 ER/1 BB/1 K

RHP Wilfred Alvarado: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/1 BB/0 K

 

ARIZONA COMPLEX LEAGUE  (ROOKIE)

ACL A’s              1

ACL Rockies   8

LP: Perez 1-3 / 9.00

LF Jonny Butler: 1-3, 2B

C Ramon Landaeta: 1-3, 2B

2B Max Durrington: 2-2, RBI

RHP Manuel Perez: 4 IP/3 H/4 R/3 ER/3 BB/3 K/Loss

RHP Paul Chacon: 1 IP/3 H/4 R/3 ER/1 BB/0 K

RHP Tyler Baum: 1 IP/2 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K

 

Thursday’s Games:

Las Vegas @ Sugar Land – Game #1: 3:05pm PT

Las Vegas @ Sugar Land – Game #2: TBD

Midland @ Tulsa: 5:00pm PT/7:00pm CT

Lansing @ Quad Cities: 4:30pm PT/7:30pm ET

Inland Empire @ Stockton: 7:05pm PT

 

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