Sheldon Neuse hit a three-run homer and Jorge Mateo added a two-run single as the Las Vegas Aviators beat the Salt Lake Bees 5-2 on Friday in a Pacific Coast League game at Smith’s Ballpark in Salt Lake City.
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Aviators catcher Cameron Rupp remains optimistic that his career will include a return trip to the major leagues, but the road has been a rocky one.
Attorney General Jean Alain Rodríguez says the target was another man, dressed similarly to David Ortiz, who was seated with the ex-baseball star.
Max Scherzer was injured Tuesday when he took a ball off his face while attempting a bunt. The team says a CT scan was negative.
The Chicago White Sox plan to extend the protective netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field, becoming the first major league team to take that step since a couple of high-profile injuries this spring increased the focus on fan safety at ballparks.
Matt Thiass clubbed a grand slam in the first inning of the opener and Jarrett Parker and Brennon Lund delivered two-run singles in the first inning of the second game as the Salt Lake Bees swept a Pacific Coast League doubleheader from the Las Vegas Aviators on Sunday at Smith’s Ballpark, 9-2 and 6-4.
FRESNO, Calif. — Jacob Wilson drove in Matt Reynolds with a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning, leading the Fresno Grizzlies to a 3-1 win over Las Vegas on Friday, snapping the Aviators’ four-game winning streak.
Kansas City Royals pitcher Brad Keller has been suspended for five games by Major League Baseball, which concluded he intentionally threw a pitch that hit Tim Anderson of the Chicago White Sox this week.
Basic’s Shane Spencer fired a two-hitter on Tuesday to lead the Wolves to a 5-1 road victory over Liberty.
A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are close to finalizing a $432 million, 12-year contract that would shatter the record for the largest deal in North American sports history.
Las Vegas Ballpark is scheduled to open April 9 when the Aviators play host to the Sacramento River Cats.
Don Newcombe, the hard-throwing Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher who was one of the first black players in the major leagues and who went on to win the rookie of the year, Most Valuable Player and Cy Young awards, has died.
All-Star infielder Manny Machado has agreed to a $300 million, 10-year deal with the rebuilding San Diego Padres, the biggest contract ever for a free agent, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
CSN’s season-opening tournament has been renamed the Manny Guerra Memorial Coyote Border Battle in honor of the longtime major league scout from Las Vegas.
Major League Baseball, its players’ association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on for decades.