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For the second time in the last three series, the Las Vegas Aviators have dropped at least three games.
Most recently, Las Vegas lost four of six on the road at Tacoma. This result comes after having previously won four of the first six meetings of the season which counted for the team’s first series win of the year.
Both teams have now taken a series win in 2024.
Prior to that, the Aviators were coming off their first five-win series of the season.
Now the team will return home for a fresh set of six games against the Sugar Land Space Cowboys of the Houston Astros organization. That series is set to begin Tuesday, May 28 with first pitch slated for 7:05 p.m.
Tuesday, Postponed (Inclement Weather)
Wednesday, L, 14-10
Las Vegas lost a marathon in the first of a scheduled six against Tacoma as the team was deflated by eight straight runs from the home team. Despite the loss, the Aviators held two leads in the game.
Already up 3-0, Las Vegas allowed six straight runs to score with two outs recorded in the bottom of the third inning. Starter Luis Medina was done after two runs came across to score as he left the bases loaded.
With reliever Stevie Emanuels on the mound, he walked in a run before two more scored on a single. The final run of the inning came after the Rainiers stole home to make it, 6-3.
An inning later with lefty reliever Sean Necomb in, Tacoma tallied back-to-back singles to open the frame with a run scoring on an RBI groundout. The home team would score again on an RBI single with two outs to stretch the lead to five.
Las Vegas grabbed the lead early behind a solo home run in the first inning from right fielder Lawrence Butler and a two-run blast from center fielder Daz Cameron.
In a comeback effort, shortstop Aledmys Diaz led off the fifth inning with a homer and catcher Carlos Perez followed suit two batters later. Perez would later add an RBI single to his stat line in the eighth inning.
Third baseman Drew Lugbauer smacked a grand slam with two outs in the six-run fifth inning for the Aviators. That one swing gave the visitors a 9-8 lead.
Pitcher Zach Jackson would give up that lead after a single, walk and reach on error plated the tying run. Soon after, Tacoma would take the lead for good on a three-run double with one out after an intentional walk was issued.
Jackson would be given the blown save, his third of the year, while falling to 3-3 in 2024 with the loss. His final stat line would be ⅓ inning, with five runs allowed (three earned) on two hits with a strikeout and two walks.
Thursday, L, 16-6 F/7 (Game 1 of Doubleheader)
Another poor start led to a lopsided loss in game one of a doubleheader in Tacoma.
Right away in this one things went awry for manager Fran Riordan’s group when a single coupled with a stolen base was multiplied when an immediate walk following that was turned into a double steal situation.
Both runners would score on a single and soon after, starting pitcher Joe Boyle would be yanked from the mound. He was making his first appearance on a rehab assignment from the Oakland Athletics.
Boyle was given the loss after four runs scored on three hits and two walks. He’d leave the game with an infinite earned run average after failing to record an out.
Left fielder Miguel Andujar attempted to close the then five-point gap with an RBI double in the fourth inning. Catcher Carlos Perez, first baseman Ryan Noda and right fielder Stephen Piscotty each followed that up with an RBI single apiece.
Perez would later hit a home run in the eighth inning for his second dinger in as many days.
The bullpen woes continued for Las Vegas in this one after three straight relievers combined to give up eight total runs in three total innings. Designated hitter Yohel Pozo eventually took the mound to preserve arms in the bullpen.
Thursday, W, 9-4 F/ (Game 2 of Doubleheader)
Las Vegas picked up its first win of the series against Tacoma in the second part of a doubleheader Thursday night.
Third baseman Drew Lugbauer hit his second grand slam in as many days and this time it counted as needed insurance runs in the team’s first win of the series.
Thursday night’s four-run home run came with one out in the top of the seventh inning to stretch the two-run lead to 9-3. Lugbauer went 2-for-3 with a double and his 10th home run of the year, four RBI, two runs scored, a strikeout and a walk.
An inning later, reliever Tyler Ferguson was looking to shut the door but would have a hit-by-pitch turn into a run on an RBI double. He’d successfully get out of the game with three straight strikeouts, two of them swinging.
The Aviators had to battle from behind in this one after falling behind 3-0 just four batters into the game. By the bottom of the third inning, starting pitcher Brady Basso had turned in the longest outing in the series by a Las Vegas starter.
Basso got his first win of the year after working five innings with three runs allowed on three hits to go along with five strikeouts and four walks.
Second baseman Hoy Park and left fielder Lazaro Armenteros tied the game in the top of the second inning behind an RBI single and two-run single. Armenteros nearly launched a home run during that second inning but would fully clear the wall in the fourth inning with nobody on-base.
Friday, L, 8-3
A third loss in the first four games of a scheduled six games in Tacoma for Las Vegas after the team fell, 8-3, Friday night. The team can now only manage a split in the series after being burned by another big inning.
Starter Hogan Harris didn’t run into trouble until the fifth inning on back-to-back RBI singles with one out recorded. He’d leave shortly after with the Aviators down, 2-1.
Harris gave up four runs on three hits in 4 ⅓ innings of work with four strikeouts and a walk.
Two batters after Harris left the mound, the Rainiers would lift a home run out of the field of play to plate three more runs. Las Vegas would make matters worse later in the contest when it allowed two more runs on an error before an RBI single counted as the final run of the game.
After having an early 1-0 lead, the Aviators failed to capitalize on a couple of chances to build on the lead. The team had two-on with one out in back-to-back innings early in the game but would turn in two straight outs in both scenarios.
Las Vegas had guys reach in eight of the nine innings played and ended up leaving nine runners on base after going 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
First baseman Ryan Noda gave the team that early lead on a two-out solo home run in the top of the first inning. He’d later add an RBi sacrifice fly in the seventh inning.
Shortstop Nick Allen was responsible for the other run on a leadoff homer in the sixth inning.
Saturday, L, 6-1
Another loss at the hands of Tacoma means a guaranteed series loss for Las Vegas. It also ensured a second series loss in the last three outings for the team.
The Rainiers had a grand slam of their own after the first two in the series were hit by Aviators’ infielder Drew Lugbauer. With the game scoreless, the home team cashed in on a grand slam with two outs recorded in the fourth.
Pitcher Freddy Tarnok got the loss after going 1 ⅔ innings of relief, allowing four runs on that lone hit with two walks and a hit-by-pitch.
Pitcher Austin Briggs got the spot start and hurled two scoreless innings with no hits surrendered to go along with two strikeouts and a walk.
Las Vegas couldn’t cash in with runners on base after securing back-to-back leadoff doubles in the third and fourth innings. Both times, the Aviators would leave without points on the board on the heels of three straight losses.
The lone run for Las Vegas came off the bat of catcher Yohel Pozo when he launched a solo home run in the fifth inning.
Sunday, W, 6-2
The Aviators earned its second win of the series in the finale on Sunday but needed to create distance in the eighth inning.
An RBI single from second baseman Hoy Park in the fourth inning, breaking a 2-2 tie.
The lead would stay that way until the fourth inning when catcher Yohel Pozo blasted his second home run in as many days. He cranked that one out on the first pitch he saw.
Shortstop Nick Allen added two more insurance runs for Las Vegas on a double with two outs to make it, 6-2.
Earlier in the contest, the Aviators scored first on a two-run double from designated hitter Aledmys Diaz.
Pitcher Robert Dugger made his Las Vegas debut after previously having pitched for five different Triple-A teams including Tacoma.
Dugger’s lone mistake of his outing led to a two-run home run to tie the game at two apiece in the bottom of the third inning. He’d leave the game with two runs allowed on two hits in four innings of work with five strikeouts and a walk.
Relief pitcher Gerardo Reyes (1-0) picked up his first win of the season after striking out the side in his lone inning on the mound.
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