WEST SACRAMENTO (Interstat) — The Reno Aces will visit the Sacramento River Cats on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, Calif., for a Pacific Coast League (AAA) matchup. Clear skies and 68 degrees are forecast.

Reno enters at 64-79. Sacramento is 76-63. Reno is the visiting team, and Sacramento is the home team. Reno lists Mitch Bratt (1-2) and Duncan Davitt (5-4) as probable pitchers.

Yu-Min Lin is a player to watch for Reno. On Sept. 16 at Sacramento, he pitched seven innings, allowed two hits and one earned run, and struck out six in a 3-2 win. He threw five innings with three hits, one earned run and six strikeouts in a 3-2 win against Albuquerque on Sept. 10. On Sept. 4 at Sugar Land, he gave up four earned runs on seven hits over 4 2/3 innings in an 8-5 win. Lin allowed one earned run on two hits over 6 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a 6-1 win against Sacramento on Aug. 28. He surrendered two earned runs on four hits over four innings with two strikeouts in a 6-5 win at Salt Lake on Aug. 22.

Braxton Roxby is a player to watch for Sacramento. On Sept. 16 against Reno, he pitched 2 1/3 innings, allowed one hit and no earned runs, and struck out two in a 3-2 loss. He worked 1 1/3 innings with one hit and one earned run Sept. 12 at Las Vegas in a 3-2 loss. On Sept. 9 at Las Vegas, he threw two innings, allowed two hits and no earned runs, and struck out two in a 1-0 loss. He allowed five earned runs on five hits over 1 2/3 innings Aug. 22 against Tacoma in an 11-15 loss.

Reno won the most recent meeting 3-2 on Wednesday at Sacramento. Sacramento won 9-2 on Tuesday. The teams have split their last 10 meetings. In Reno’s latest win, Kade Strowd pitched one inning with two hits, one earned run and two strikeouts, and Juan Burgos pitched one inning with no hits, no earned runs and one strikeout. Sacramento got 4 2/3 innings from Trystan Vrieling, who allowed three hits and three earned runs with seven strikeouts, and one inning from Nick Zwack, who allowed no hits and no earned runs with one strikeout. The series continues Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Sutter Health Park.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Reno 3, Sacramento 2. Interstat’s ELO system gives Sacramento a 63.9 percent probability to win.