Reno Takes Four of Six From Sugar Land in Thrilling Home Series
Reno turned a tense six-game set into a 4-2 series win, cashing in on extra innings, one-run games and Danny Serretti’s debut homer.
Reno did not blow Sugar Land away. It simply kept winning the biggest moments, and that was enough to turn a tight six-game set into a 4-2 series victory in front of the home crowd at Greater Nevada Field. The Aces’ week was packed with the kind of pressure baseball that usually decides Triple-A series: extra innings, one-run margins, and late innings that kept swinging back and forth until someone finally landed the decisive punch.
The tone was set in the opener, when Reno lost 7-4 in extra innings after the Space Cowboys cracked it open with a four-run 10th. Even then, the Aces showed the kind of resilience that defined the series, with the pitching staff using eight arms to keep the game within reach through nine innings. Reno answered immediately the next night with a 5-2 win built on extra-base damage, including a Luken Baker triple and a three-run homer from Danny Serretti in his Triple-A debut. That blast made Serretti the second Aces player to homer in a Triple-A debut this season, after Christian Cerda did it on April 18.
The most efficient win of the set came on April 30, when Jacob Amaya drove in all three Reno runs in a 3-2 victory. He started with a leadoff double, came around on a balk, then delivered the difference with a go-ahead two-run homer. Amaya entered that stretch with three home runs and 20 RBI on his 2026 line, and he looked every bit like a middle-order bat capable of flipping close games with one swing. Sugar Land came in at 16-13 while Reno stood at 13-15, but the standings gap did not show up in the late innings.
Reno kept stacking small edges from there, and the weekend finished with its most explosive inning of the set. The Aces rallied for a 9-6 comeback win on Sunday, blowing the game open with a seven-run sixth inning to secure the series. LuJames Groover was part of the consistent pressure throughout the week, extending his team-leading hitting streak to 26 straight games and reaching base in every game of the series. In a league where close games often blur together, Reno made sure this one stood out by owning the turns that mattered most.
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