Sunday, August 3rd: Brett Harris, Henry Bolte & Junior Perez Lead Vegas to Victory while Huggins Makes Lansing Debut

 

Prospect Of The Day: 3B Brett Harris (3 for 4 / 2 HR)

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE  (TRIPLE-A)

Reno Aces                         6

Las Vegas Aviators   16

WP: Harris 2-1 / 3.29

HR: Susac (14), Harris 2 (11), Martini (5), Gelof (3), Perez (1)

Third baseman Brett Harris, right fielder Henry Bolte and center fielder Junior Perez all had big nights at the plate to lead Las Vegas to victory over Reno on Sunday. Harris went 3 for 4 while pounding a pair of home runs, both solo shots, drawing a walk and scoring 3 runs, and the 27-year-old infielder has now hit 11 home runs in just 51 games for Las Vegas this season. Bolte went 3 for 4 with a triple and a pair of doubles, was hit by a pitch, stole a base, drove in a pair of runs and scored 3 times, and he’s now hitting .341 while compiling an on-base percentage of .460 through his first 11 games with the Aviators. Perez singled, doubled, homered, drove in 3 runs and scored twice in his Triple-A debut on Sunday. Designated hitter Nick Martini homered, doubled and drove in a pair, while second baseman Zack Gelof drilled his 3rd home run and drew a walk, and catcher Daniel Susac hit his 14th home run for the Aviators. Starter Mason Barnett gave up 5 runs through 4 1/3 frames, while LHP Hogan Harris struck out the side in a scoreless 6th to pick up the victory for Las Vegas.

 

TEXAS LEAGUE  (DOUBLE-A)

Tulsa Drillers                       1

Midland RockHounds   0

LP: Tomioka 1-2 / 1.52

LF Clark Elliott: 1-3, BB, SB

CF Jared Dickey: 1-3

LHP Gage Jump: 3 IP/0 H/0 ER/0 BB/2 K

RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang: 5 IP/4 H/0 ER/1 BB/1 K

RHP Shohei Tomioka: 2 IP/1 H/1 R/0 ER/1 BB/0 K/Loss

 

MIDWEST LEAGUE  (HIGH-A)

Cedar Rapids Kernels   5

Lansing Lugnuts              6

WP: Avant 4-5 / 3.70

SS Leo De Vries: 1-2, 2B, HBP, RBI

1B Darlyn Montero: 1-3, BB, RBI

C Mario Gomez: 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI

RHP Kenya Huggins: 3 IP/2 H/1 ER/1 BB/2 K

RHP Corey Avant: 5 IP/5 H/4 ER/1 BB/6 K/Win

RHP Mark Adamiak: 1 IP/1 H/0 ER/0 BB/1 K/SV

 

CALIFORNIA LEAGUE  (SINGLE-A)

Stockton Ports       7

San Jose Giants   15

LP: Novotny 2-4 / 3.90

CF Rodney Green: 2-3, 2 BB, RBI

1B Bryan Andrade: 2-3, 2 BB, RBI

SS Bobby Boser: 1-3, 2B, BB, HBP, RBI

C Tommy Takayoshi: 3-5, RBI

LHP Tucker Novotny: 2.2 IP/8 H/7 ER/3 BB/3 K/Loss

RHP Felix Castro: 2 IP/4 H/2 ER/1 BB/1 K

LHP Riley Huge: 1.2 IP/3 H/3 ER/2 BB/2 K

 

Monday’s Games:

No Games Scheduled

 

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