Jonah Heim homered, singled and drove in three runs as the Las Vegas Aviators beat the Reno Aces 8-7 in a Pacific Coast League game Monday before 6,951 fans at Las Vegas Ballpark.
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According to a fan vote organized by Ballpark Digest, Las Vegas Ballpark was voted the 2019 Minor League Baseball Triple-A Best of the Ballparks.
A record that stood for almost 30 years came crashing down at the Las Vegas Ballpark last weekend as the Aviators broke the franchise’s single-season home attendance record.
After the rivals combined for 30 runs Saturday in New York’s 17-13 win over Boston, Sunday’s total opened at 16½ at multiple Las Vegas books before closing at 14½ and 15.
Skaggs, who would have turned 28 on July 13, had been a regular in the Angels’ starting rotation since late 2016.
Abiatal Avelino and Austin Slater each hit two-run homers in the fifth inning Saturday night as the Sacramento River Cats rallied for a 7-5 Pacific Coast League victory over the Aviators at Raley Field.
The junior shortstop, who starred at Desert Oasis High School, hit .356 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs this season and was named the Mountain West’s co-player of the year.
If ballplayers had written the obituary for the former Boston Red Sox first baseman, who died Monday at age 69, The Error would have been mentioned in passing.
Campbell Holt put an exclamation point on an 11-7 road victory that gave Desert Oasis the Desert League regular-season title and the top seed in next week’s region tournament.
Reno scored twice in the third inning and the Aviators were held to just three hits in a 2-0 loss to the Aces on Wednesday at Greater Nevada Field.
Local baseball fans have berated the Las Vegas Aviators’ logo since its unveiling in December. The rest of the nation is now following suit.
Will Las Vegas baseball fans evolve on the Aviators’ much maligned logo? Baseball people in El Paso say it could happen.
Las Vegas native and Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper has announced that he and his wife, Kayla, are expecting a baby boy.
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