ABA CLASS A-
AURORA PAINTS AT TACOMA THUNDER WOLVES
08/21/2025
 
ABA CLASS A-
AURORA PAINTS AT TACOMA THUNDER WOLVES
GAME ID: 12811 - THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST , 2025 - GAME LOG
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Aurora Paints (59-64) 0 2 1 2 5 0 2 0 2 14 16 0
Tacoma Thunder Wolves (33-90) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
Paints Lick Thunder Wolves, 14-0
The Aurora Paints had no problem beating the Tacoma Thunder Wolves, 14-0, at Thunder Wolves Stadium. Howie Hecht led the way. He hit 3 home runs, while scoring 4 times and driving in 5 for Aurora. The winning pitcher was Eric Tate. He's now 8-4. He went 6.2 innings, allowing no runs on 7 hits for the Paints. The 4th-place Paints have won 4 in a row.

Aurora used the hitting of Francisco Chavez to pick up the win. The center fielder clubbed a solo home run in the top of the second inning to put the Paints on top, 2-0. For the game, Chavez had 1 home run and 1 single in 4 at-bats.

"You can't sugarcoat this one," said Tacoma manager Alfonso Estrada. "We got trounced."
AURORA BATTING LINESCORE TACOMA BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
F. Chavez CF 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 .338 10 67
   a-D. Adriano PH, CF 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 .200 6 19
N. Archuleta 2B 4 2 2 1 2 0 2 .290 1 11
D. Short LF 3 1 3 2 1 0 0 .313 11 48
   b-D. Poole PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .292 4 37
   d-J. Pavelka 1B 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .304 6 25
C. Lupu 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .297 22 76
   c-P. Morado PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .266 4 16
   e-M. Kemps LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .426 3 16
B. Farhi 3B 4 1 1 0 1 2 4 .346 6 25
   f-M. Chavez PH, 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .337 1 16
T. Massey DH 4 0 1 0 2 0 4 .316 3 17
F. Chavez SS 5 1 1 0 1 1 3 .262 2 16
G. Thompson RF 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 .319 8 44
H. Hecht C 3 4 3 5 2 0 0 .306 4 10
Totals 42 14 16 13 11 7 24      
a - D. Adriano pinch hit for F. Chavez in the 7th
b - D. Poole pinch hit for D. Short in the 7th
c - P. Morado pinch hit for C. Lupu in the 7th
d - J. Pavelka substituted for D. Poole in the 7th
e - M. Kemps substituted for P. Morado in the 7th
f - M. Chavez pinch hit for B. Farhi in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: D. Short (22, 4th Inning off B. Davis, 1 on, 2 outs)
Triples: D. Short (3, 5th Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 2 outs)
Home Runs: H. Hecht 3 (4, 2nd Inning off B. Davis, 0 on, 2 outs; 4th Inning off B. Davis, 1 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs) , F. Chavez (10, 2nd Inning off B. Davis, 0 on, 2 outs) , D. Short (11, 3rd Inning off B. Davis, 0 on, 0 outs) , D. Adriano (6, 7th Inning off J. Unknown, 0 on, 0 outs) , J. Pavelka (6, 9th Inning off J. Unknown, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: F. Chavez 5 , D. Adriano 4 , N. Archuleta 2 , D. Short 9 , J. Pavelka 4 , C. Lupu , B. Farhi , T. Massey , F. Chavez , H. Hecht 12
2-out RBI: F. Chavez , D. Short , H. Hecht
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: D. Adriano , C. Lupu 2 , T. Massey , G. Thompson
GIDP: T. Massey
Team LOB: 12
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
J. McDaniel DH 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 .377 4 18
H. McConnon 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .311 15 47
   a-K. Roberts PH, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .227 0 4
G. Hearn SS 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .289 3 12
B. Barretta LF 3 0 0 0 0 2 5 .357 10 39
   b-K. Harper PH, RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .438 3 8
C. Kelley 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .295 5 31
J. Sitko CF 4 0 2 0 0 2 0 .321 3 40
R. Lenger RF, LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 .265 3 14
M. Parker 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .231 4 22
V. Tijerina C 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .182 1 6
   c-D. Gonzalez PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .343 0 4
Totals 36 0 9 0 1 6 19      
a - K. Roberts pinch hit for H. McConnon in the 7th
b - K. Harper pinch hit for B. Barretta in the 8th
c - D. Gonzalez pinch hit for V. Tijerina in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Sitko (23, 8th Inning off E. White, 1 on, 2 outs)
Total Bases: J. McDaniel 3 , G. Hearn 2 , C. Kelley , J. Sitko 3 , R. Lenger
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: K. Roberts , C. Kelley 2 , R. Lenger 2 , V. Tijerina
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: R. Lenger (3)

FIELDING
Double Plays: 1 (McConnon-Hearn-Kelley)
PB: V. Tijerina
AURORA PITCHING LINESCORE TACOMA PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
E. Tate W (8-4) 6.2 7 0 0 1 4 0 101 3.30   
E. White 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 37 4.64   
PITCHING
Game Score: E. Tate 63
Batters Faced: E. Tate 28, E. White 9
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: E. Tate 7-9, E. White 3-2
Pitches - Strikes: E. Tate 101-67, E. White 37-27
Inherited Runners - Scored: E. White 1-0
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
B. Davis L (0-3) 4.0 8 7 7 5 3 4 92 10.93   
J. Unknown 3.0 7 5 5 2 3 2 68 15.00   
J. Unknown 2.0 1 2 2 4 1 1 40 9.00   
PITCHING
Game Score: B. Davis 16
Batters Faced: B. Davis 24, J. Unknown 18, J. Unknown 11
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: B. Davis 6-2, J. Unknown 2-4, J. Unknown 4-1
Pitches - Strikes: B. Davis 92-51, J. Unknown 68-40, J. Unknown 40-18
Inherited Runners - Scored: J. Unknown 2-2 , J. Unknown 1-0
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: Howie Hecht
Ballpark: Thunder Wolves Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (61 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 8 mph
Start Time: 7:05 PM PT
Time: 4:02
Attendance: 2142
Special Notes: Howie Hecht ties the SL1 regular season game record for home runs with 3.
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