Brian Mundell and Drew Weeks each delivered two-run hits in the first inning Thursday night as the Albuquerque Isotopes downed the Las Vegas Aviators 8-2 in a Pacific Coast League game at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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A Chicago Cubs minor league affiliate has apologized and deleted a tweet mocking former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
The right-hander was a first-team all-state honoree in 2016 when he went 5-1 with a 1.85 ERA and 53 strikeouts against four walks in 34 innings for the Gaels.
Jose Marmolejos singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh inning Saturday night as the Fresno Grizzlies handed the Aviators their ninth loss in 11 Pacific Coast League games with a 10-7 victory at Las Vegas Ballpark.
Jorge Mateo and Dustin Fowler connected on back-to-back homers in the sixth inning, leading the Las Vegas Aviators to a 9-8 win over the El Paso Chihuahuas on Thursday.
Station Casinos and the Westgate each posted a line on the Aviators’ season opener Thursday at El Paso, and the books plan on posting lines on all of Las Vegas’ Triple-A games this season.
A woman died as a result of being struck in the head by a foul ball at Dodger Stadium last August, according to a coroner’s report obtained by ESPN.
Progress is being made, but a lot of work remains to be done before April 9 when the Aviators will christen Las Vegas Ballpark.
Las Vegas Ballpark will have biggest videoboard in minor league baseball — and bigger than those at stadiums of five Major League Baseball teams — the Avaiators announced Monday.
South Korean left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched seven dominant innings and Los Angeles launched three home runs to beat the Atlanta Braves 6-0 on Thursday night.
Bryce Brentz hit a two-run single in the sixth inning, leading the Las Vegas 51s to a 9-6 win over the Iowa Cubs on Saturday.
Every time the 51s got close on Tuesday night, the goalposts kept moving just a little bit further.
Cadyn Grenier, a former standout at Bishop Gorman High School, was selected 37th overall by the Orioles in Monday’s draft. The last local player to be selected earlier was in 2011.
With the sixth pick in the Major League Baseball Draft on Monday night, the Mets selected outfielder Jarred Kelenic from Waukesha West High School in Wisconsin.
