Aviators Cruise Past Bees for Second Straight Win
LAS VEGAS (Interstat) — The Las Vegas Aviators used steady offense and strong pitching to defeat the Salt Lake Bees 6-1 on Sunday evening at Cashman Field.
After Salt Lake took a first-inning lead, Las Vegas tied it in the second and went ahead for good on Brett Harris’ RBI single in the fifth. The Aviators pulled away with two runs in the sixth, highlighted by Cade Marlowe’s run-scoring single. Marlowe drove in two, and Brian Serven went 4 for 4 with an RBI double.
Winning pitcher Mason Barnett allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings for Las Vegas (2-0). George Klassen took the loss for Salt Lake (0-2). An announced crowd of 5,517 watched the game, which took 2 hours, 40 minutes.