Grizzlies Report for July 23: Las Vegas 9, Fresno 4

Grizzlies on Friday: The Fresno Grizzlies own the largest divisional lead throughout Triple-A with an 11-game advantage on the Reno Aces and Tacoma Rainiers entering Thursday. The Grizzlies (57-41) can expand that lead further with a four-game series at Tacoma (46-52) that begins at 7:05 p.m. today. Grizzlies RH Dan Straily (7-6, 3.93) is scheduled to face Rainiers LH Gillheeney (1-1, 6.97). Straily struck out nine and allowed just two runs over seven innings in his previous outing, which was his first back with the Grizzlies after about a three-week stint in the majors with the Houston Astros.

Thursday recap: Asher Wojciechowski matched his career-worst by serving up three homers while allowing seven runs as the Grizzlies lost 9-4 on the road in their final regular-season meeting against the Las Vegas 51s. Wojciechowski has surrendered seven runs in each of his past two outings. 51s starting pitcher Dillon Gee, who began the season with the New York Mets before he was optioned to Las Vegas in late June, struck out nine in 51/3 innings to move to 4-1 with the 51s.

Hot hitter: Grizzlies third baseman Matt Duffy launched his 13th home run Thursday to give him at least one hit in nine of his past 10 games.

Stat of the day: The Rainiers and Grizzlies ranked fifth and sixth, respectively, in home runs in the Pacific Coast League with 91 and 90. Yet when it comes to RBIs, the Grizzlies own a substantial lead and rank first with 521. The Rainiers are fifth with 458.

This story was originally published July 23, 2015 at 10:02 PM with the headline "Grizzlies Report for July 23: Las Vegas 9, Fresno 4."