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1. If you h2o it …
Aviators groundskeeper Isaiah Lienau was portion of the attraction unit astatine Thursday’s crippled betwixt the Yankees and White Sox astatine the “Field of Dreams” movie tract successful Dyersville, Iowa. Lienau works for BrightView Landscape’s Sports Turf Division, which MLB hired to physique the impermanent 8,000-seat ballpark.
2. … helium volition come
Lineau grew up astir an hr from the movie tract and contributed to the operation of the pastoral diamond that was surrounded by 150 acres of corn. “To person been progressive with the tract from the aboriginal days and get the accidental to spell backmost and beryllium portion of this historical crippled is truly special,” helium told Aviators in-house newsman Matt Jacob earlier leaving for the Heartland.
Our LVB unit subordinate is making history! https://t.co/y4y5lPhpIY
— Las Vegas Aviators (@AviatorsLV) August 10, 2021
3. Quite an encore
A fewer hours aft being named Triple-A West Player of the Week aft hitting .619 with 2 homers, 5 doubles and 4 RBIs, Aviators’ catcher Austin Allen deed 3 homers, went 4-for-5 and drove successful 5 much runs successful a 14-5 triumph implicit Salt Lake Monday.
4. Skye rises, falls
Aviators outfielder Skye Bolt went 5-for-5 successful that triumph implicit the Bees and besides made a diving drawback and sprained his thumb. He sat retired the adjacent 3 games earlier returning to the lineup Friday nighttime astatine Tacoma.
HOME RUN SKYE BOLT ⚡️⚡️ pic.twitter.com/ySgwre3BLb
— Las Vegas Aviators (@AviatorsLV) August 10, 2021
5. Unlikely hero
Marty Bachina, who replaced Bolt successful the lineup, delivered a two-run azygous during the Aviators’ bottommost of the ninth rally that sparked Tuesday’s 10-9 triumph and snapped the outfielder’s 0-for-14 and 1-for-27 slumps.
FINAL 💎 pic.twitter.com/szVscgY3x2
— Las Vegas Aviators (@AviatorsLV) August 11, 2021
6. Double bubble
Veteran shortstop Pete Kozma smacked 7 doubles successful the six-game bid against Salt Lake that concluded Tuesday. With 7 large league seasons, Kozma was the astir experienced of the Aviators erstwhile large leaguers until Thursday’s signing of Khris Davis (220 homers implicit 9 MLB seasons). Davis had 2 hits successful his Las Vegas debut.
Let’s. Go. 😤 https://t.co/jnRniLnHgD
— Las Vegas Aviators (@AviatorsLV) August 13, 2021
7. Top 10 jinx?
After it was reported successful this abstraction that Aviators reliever Aaron Brown had retired the archetypal 16 hitters helium faced since being called up from Double-A, helium issued a locomotion to the archetypal Salt Lake batter helium faced past Saturday night. Brown’s hitless streak ended astatine 6⅔ innings erstwhile helium yielded an RBI azygous Tuesday night.
A’S RECENT MOVES:
LHP Aaron Brown to LV
RHP Jesus Zambrano to MID
RHP Joe DeMers to STK
RHP Richard Jose Morban to STK
RHP Grant Judkins to STK IL
RHP Jake Walkinshaw to STK IL
RHP Zach Jackson to LV IL
1B Frank Schwindel claimed disconnected waivers by Cubshttps://t.co/joKXkzbDRy
— Athletics Farm (@AthleticsFarm) July 25, 2021
8. Spectator appeal
Tuesday’s assemblage of 5,202 pushed Aviators 2021 location attendance to 302,437. Las Vegas’ Triple-A nine has topped the 300,000 plateau successful each of its 38 seasons.
9. Puk stop
Hard-throwing alleviation pitcher A.J. Puk was recalled by the A’s Monday aft starting the play successful Oakland and struggling for the Aviators earlier precocious getting his groove back. The 2016 first-round draught prime tossed a cleanable inning, striking retired two, successful the A’s 4-3 triumph astatine Cleveland Tuesday.
He’s acceptable 👏👏 https://t.co/oh7vvLgiex pic.twitter.com/sIiLgZkC6N
— Las Vegas Aviators (@AviatorsLV) August 10, 2021
10. Aviators speedy quiz
Which erstwhile Las Vegas manager was drafted higher by an NBA nine than helium was a MLB team? A: Tim Flannery. B: Tony DeFrancesco. C: Jerry Royster. D: John Shoemaker.
The close reply is Shoemaker, who managed the 2003 51s and was drafted successful the sixth circular successful 1978 by the Chicago Bulls retired of Miami-Ohio. He was selected doubly by MLB teams, successful the 26th circular by the Giants retired of precocious schoolhouse and successful the 35th circular by the Dodgers aft his inferior twelvemonth astatine Miami, wherever helium led the RedHawks to an upset triumph implicit Marquette during the 1978 NCAA Tournament.
I retrieve watching Randy Ayers astatine Miami of Ohio. A large subordinate on with Archie Aldridge and John Shoemaker! https://t.co/rNHOfc5kn1
— shirley abrams (@AbramsShirley) July 2, 2021
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