Video+Story: Chihuahuas rally to beat Aviators 10-6, Snag 1st win of 2019

Staff Report April 7, 2019 Comments Off on Video+Story: Chihuahuas rally to beat Aviators 10-6, Snag 1st win of 2019

The El Paso Chihuahuas scored 10 late runs to beat the Las Vegas Aviators 10-6 Sunday for their first win of the 2019 season.

Sunday’s game was a scoreless tie entering the sixth inning.

Alex Dickerson hit a go-ahead home run in the bottom of the seventh, his second homer in as many days. Josh Naylor hit a long home run to center field in the eighth, his first career Triple-A homer.

El Paso has seven home runs in the first four games of the season.

Esteban Quiroz reached base five times Sunday, going 3-for-3 with two walks. Quiroz has a .588 on-base percentage through the season’s first four games.

Chihuahuas’ batters were hit by four pitches Sunday, one shy of a Pacific Coast League single-game record.

Box Score | Team Records: Las Vegas (3-1), El Paso (1-3)

Next Game: Monday, 7:05 pm at Southwest University Park. Las Vegas RHP Tanner Anderson (0-0, -.–) vs. El Paso LHP Dillon Overton (0-0, -.–). The game will air on 600 ESPN El Paso and www.epchihuahuas.com.

El Paso 10 Las Vegas 6 – Sunday

WP: Perdomo (1-0) | LP: Kiekhefer (0-1) | S: None | Time: 3:15 | Attn: 7,049

Video courtesy El Paso Chihuahuas/Facebook