For the first time since August 2025, the Salt Lake Bees were victors in a series, taking four games from the El Paso Chihuahuas inside The Ballpark at America First Square this week. Starting a season-long 12-game homestand, the hosts relied on offensive explosions and reached double digits in three of the four wins. The series saw three theme nights combined with the season’s first drone show.
Series recap
Salt Lake secured the first two games of the series, each by double digits. Eleven early runs in Tuesday’s opener was more than enough run support for starter Sam Aldegheri. The Italian collected his first Triple-A quality start (at least six innings of three runs or fewer) in the 11-4 win. As the Utah Dirty Sodas on Wednesday, the offense kept swinging hot bats and posted a season-high seven runs in the sixth inning to cruise to a 12-4 victory.
A tight one-run contest went El Paso’s way on Thursday night, as two first-inning runs were all Salt Lake could muster in a 3-2 defeat. Donovan Walton’s seventh inning grand slam punctuated Friday’s 10-5 result in favor of the home team.
After relinquishing a late lead, Christian Moore rallied the troops on Saturday’s Military Appreciation Night with his second walk-off hit of the season in the ninth inning. His efforts secured a 5-4 win and the team’s first series victory of the year. Sunday’s finale saw an offensive barrage from the visitors, as El Paso tallied 10 runs over the final four innings to take the sixth game 12-7. Following the first winning week of the year, Salt Lake is 20-24 in the Pacific Coast League (PCL), sitting in eighth out of 10 teams. El Paso is one game ahead at 21-24 as both teams trail league leader Sacramento (25-18) as the first half rolls on.
Prospect watch
Los Angeles Angels No. 2 Prospect Denzer Guzman comes off another hot series batting .375 with a team-high nine hits and two home runs against El Paso. Guzman is batting .397 in the month of May tying Blaine Crim (ABQ) for the Pacific Coast League lead with 19 RBIs while notching six doubles and three home runs with a 1.140 OPS. Guzman holds an 11-game hit streak batting .400 since it began on May 5 with 16 RBIs, 12 runs scored, five doubles, three home runs and a 1.192 OPS.
Around the bases
It was a busy first half of the homestand, celebrating Teachers on Thursday, the game of golf on Friday and all those who have served or are serving with Saturday’s Military Appreciation Night.
The theme nights roll right along this week, with Soccer Night kicking off the week on Tuesday. Players from Real Salt Lake and Utah Royals will be on hand for the series opener. The popular Dirty Sodas take the field on Wednesday, before setting the stage for Talent Show Night on Thursday.
It’s Wildcats Night at The Ballpark on Friday, celebrating the 20th anniversary release of Disney’s High School Musical, famously filmed at Salt Lake’s East High School. Grab your lightsabers for Star Wars Night on Saturday, complete with a postgame drone show themed to the iconic movies. Finally, the homestand ends with the last home day game of the season and the fourth Bark in the Park opportunity on Sunday.
What’s on deck
The 12-game homestand continues on Tuesday, as the Tacoma Rainiers (Triple-A, Seattle Mariners) come to Utah for their first of two visits to the Beehive State. Due to the first series victory of the year, Salt Lake only needs three wins to secure a winning homestand and will look for the first at 6:35 p.m. MDT from The Ballpark at America First Square.