RENO, NV. - With 6,739 fans in attendance, the Reno Aces looked to rebound from a 13-6 loss to Tacoma. Both teams faced off at Greater Nevada Field Saturday, with the four-game series split 1-1. D-backs number one prospect Anthony Banda entered tonight's contest with a 6-4 record. Christian Bergman (Tacoma) also entered the game with an impressive 5-0 record and 2.17 ERA of his own, making quite the pitcher's duel on the mound.

The Rainiers got to Banda early in the 2nd inning with a RBI double from Tyler Smith , his 33rd of the year, and a RBI single from Zach Shank lifted Tacoma to a 2-0 advantage. Bergman kept the bottom of the 2nd inning scoreless, keeping the 2-0 lead in Tacoma's grasp.

Ronnie Freeman hit into a double play that advanced Zach Borenstein home in the 3rd inning to slice the Reno deficit to just one run. With Tacoma holding on to a slim 2-1 lead heading into the 4th, Banda ended the top of the 4th inning with two straight strikeouts, giving him six through four innings.

Action resumed in a big way during the 5th inning, as Borenstein launched his 10th long ball of the season 442 feet to put the Aces up by a score of 3-2. Christian Walker added onto the Reno lead with a two-RBI single, making the score 5-2 in the Aces favor. During the five-hit, four-run rally, Bergman was relieved of his duties by Nick Hagadone who stopped the bleeding with a line drive to right field.

Banda continued to roll on the mound; forcing an easy pop fly that capped off four straight scoreless innings and retiring thirteen batters in a row, keeping the 5-2 lead firmly in their control. After a solid outing (6.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 7 K's), Banda was relieved in the 7th by Erik Davis .

With the game coming to a close, Daniel Vogelbach 's three-run blast to deep right in the 8th put the Rainiers back in the game. Tying the game at 5-runs apiece, making it nine home runs on the year for Vogelbach.

The tides soon turned in the Aces' favor the next half inning, as Ildemaro Vargas ' sacrifice fly off of Pat Light scored Borenstein, putting them up 6-5. With two runners patrolling the bases, Arcia took Light deep to left for his 17th big fly of the year. Capping off another four-run inning with one swing of the bat, making the score 9-5 with one final inning left of play. Erik Davis recorded his sixth win of the season, improving his record to a perfect 6-0.

With the win, Reno moves to 47-29 and eight games up on the Tacoma Rainiers in the division standings. They will conclude the four-game series tomorrow at 1:05 p.m. Tickets are on-sale now at www.renoaces.com or by calling (775) 334-4700. Follow the club all season long on Twitter (@Aces) or like the team on Facebook.