Silver State Diamond Challenge
SportBaseball
Teams
First meetingJune 15, 2009
Aces Ballpark
Latest meetingSeptember 14, 2021
Las Vegas Ballpark
Next meetingApril 5, 2022
Las Vegas Ballpark
Statistics
Largest victory20–3, Reno
(May 31, 2018)
Current win streakReno: 3

The Silver State Diamond Challenge is a Minor League Baseball rivalry between Nevada's two Triple-A baseball teams, the Las Vegas Aviators and the Reno Aces of the Pacific Coast League (PCL). The rivalry began in 2009 when the Aces joined the PCL as members of the Pacific Conference Southern Division along with the Aviators, who were known as the Las Vegas 51s at the time.

The winner of the regular season series between Las Vegas and Reno receives the Silver Plate Trophy, a silver replica of a home plate with an image of the state of Nevada and markings of the locations of Las Vegas and Reno on the left, while the opposite side lists the winner of the series for each year.[1]

In the event of a tie series, the defending champion from the previous season retains the trophy.[2] The only exception to this rule was in the first season, which ended in a tie. To determine the inaugural champion, the mayors of each city met to draw cards to break the tie. A card draw occurred at Aces Ballpark in downtown Reno with Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman drawing a 7, while Reno mayor Bob Cashell drew a 6, giving the 51s the Silver Plate Trophy for 2009.[3]

All-time series results

Season Series winner Las Vegas wins Reno wins Notes Ref
2009 51s 8 8 Series tied; champion decided by card draw [4]
2010 Aces 5 11 — [5]
2011 Aces 8 8 Series tied; Aces retain trophy [6]
2012 Aces 8 8 Series tied; Aces retain trophy [7]
2013 51s 13 3 — [8]
2014 51s 8 8 Series tied; 51s retain trophy [9]
2015 51s 11 5 — [10]
2016 Aces 7 9 — [11]
2017 Aces 4 12 — [12]
2018 51s 10 6 — [13]
2019 Aviators 11 5 First season as Las Vegas Aviators
2020 season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Aces 10 15
2022 TBD
Overall Tied, 6–6 103 98 — —

References

  1. ^ Keefer, Case (August 27, 2009). "Could the 51s and Aces turn into a minor league rivalry?". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
  2. ^ "Silver State Diamond Challenge". Reno Aces. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Kantowski, Ron (October 6, 2009). "A seven beats the Aces in Silver State playoff". Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved November 29, 2009.
  4. ^ "Las Vegas 51s Game-by-Game Results - 2009". Las Vegas 51s. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  5. ^ "Reno Aces Game-by-Game Results - 2010". Reno Aces. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  6. ^ "Reno Aces Game-by-Game Results - 2011". Reno Aces. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  7. ^ "Reno Aces Game-by-Game Results - 2012". Reno Aces. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  8. ^ "Las Vegas 51s Game-by-Game Results - 2013". Las Vegas 51s. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "Las Vegas 51s Game-by-Game Results - 2014". Las Vegas 51s. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  10. ^ "Las Vegas 51s Game-by-Game Results - 2015". Las Vegas 51s. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  11. ^ "Reno Aces Game-by-Game Results - 2016". Reno Aces. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  12. ^ "Reno Aces Game-by-Game Results - 2017". Reno Aces. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  13. ^ "Las Vegas 51s Game-by-Game Results - 2018". Las Vegas. Minor League Baseball. Retrieved November 27, 2018.

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