SALT LAKE BEES 5, LAS VEGAS AVIATORS 3 (Interstat) — The Salt Lake Bees defeated the Las Vegas Aviators 5-3 on Thursday night at Cashman Field in front of 5,483 fans. The game lasted 2:42.

Salt Lake (11-12) took the lead in the third inning on Omar Martinez’s solo homer. The Bees added two runs in the seventh on a Nelson Rada groundout and a Donovan Walton single, then extended the lead in the eighth on a Nick Madrigal sacrifice fly. Las Vegas (10-11) answered with two runs in the bottom of the eighth on Henry Bolte’s solo homer and a Joey Meneses RBI single, but Salt Lake got an insurance run in the ninth on Denzer Guzman’s single.

Mitch Farris started for Salt Lake, allowing one earned run over five innings with five strikeouts. Huascar Ynoa (1-1) earned the win with 2 2/3 innings of relief. José Fermin recorded his third save. Brooks Kriske (3-1) took the loss. Joey Estes struck out five over five innings for Las Vegas. Each team collected eight hits. Salt Lake has won three straight against Las Vegas after defeating the Aviators 14-3 and 8-5 earlier in the series.