Aviators outfielder Mark Payton has earned Pacific Coast League Player of the Week honors for July 8-14 to capture this award for the second time this season.
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Nick Martini’s three-run homer in the sixth inning helped the Aviators pull away Sunday night in an 11-4 Pacific Coast League victory over the Salt Lake Bees before 8,472 at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Sheldon Neuse homered among his three hits, and Parker Dunshee allowed two hits over six innings as the Aviators beat the Memphis Redbirds 8-4 on Saturday.
Chicago Cubs TV analyst Jim Deshaies said there were only two ballplayers savvy enough to draw an obstruction or interference call — the Cubs’ Javier Baez and “the great Tommy Barrett.”
Ruth’s granddaughter, Linda Ruth Tosetti, says in a statement that a portion of the proceeds will go to charity.
Lane Oliphant drove in three runs as the Huskies defeated the Wildcats 8-4 on Wednesday at Bishop Gorman. Las Vegas advanced to play Reno after a 2-0 win over Basic.
Despite mentoring superstar Bryce Harper and other major league players, longtime Las Vegas High coach Sam Thomas is coaching in the state baseball tournament for the first time.
Seth Brown hit three home runs and drove in six runs, as the Las Vegas Aviators defeated the Fresno Grizzlies 7-6 on Monday.
The youthful Rams suffered some growing pains early against Carson (California), steadied the ship in the middle innings, then took off late en route to a 9-5 win over the Colts in the Blazer Spring Bash at Sierra Vista.
Aviators outfield Mark Payton was selected as the season’s first Pacific Coast League Player of the Week, the PCL announced Monday.
About a half-hour after most in the Sunday afternoon announced crowd of 9,475 had left Las Vegas Ballpark, Aviators president Don Logan called his staff together for a group hug.
Former UNLV football players Hunkie Cooper and Steve Stallworth, youth baseball figures Manny Guerra and Mike Martin, the Golden Knights and sports writer Steve Carp make up the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame class.
John Wetteland, a former All-Star and World Series MVP, has been charged in Texas with continuous sex abuse of a child under age 14.
Catcher Yasmani Grandal and the Milwaukee Brewers have finalized an $18.25 million, one-year contract.
Bernie Carbo hit one of the biggest home runs in Boston Red Sox history, a three-run, pinch-hit shot in the bottom of the eighth inning during epic Game 6 of the 1975 World Series. In 1989, Sam McDowell saved his life.
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