One night after hammering a Pacific Coast League-record 11 home runs, Las Vegas Aviators bats weren’t quite so thunderous on Saturday.
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The Aviators hit 11 home runs, the final one by Jorge Mateo in the ninth inning, to set a Pacific Coast League record in a 20-11 victory Friday night at El Paso.
The Aviators pounded out 23 hits, including home runs by Sheldon Neuse, Dustin Fowler and Jonah Heim in a 16-3 rout of the Fresno Grizzlies before 5,042 at Chukchansi Park.
The All-Star Game is scheduled for July 9 at Cleveland’s Progressive Field.
Craig Kimbrel, a seven-time All-Star, was recalled from Triple-A Iowa before the afternoon series finale between the NL Central and East leaders.
Bryson Stott, who recently completed his junior season with the Rebels, was the Phillies’ top pick and the No. 14 overall pick in the MLB draft.
Reliever Brian Schlitter picked up the win for Las Vegas, working two innings and giving up Reno’s two eighth-inning runs.
It was a little groundball in the 1986 World Series that forever changed his legacy.
Desert Oasis managed just four hits — all singles — and routinely pitched into and out of trouble on its way to a 4-1 baseball win at fourth-ranked Centennial on Saturday.
The College of Southern Nevada and Salt Lake Community College will put 25- and 22-game winning streaks on the line in a four-game junior college baseball showdown this weekend.
The Howard Hughes Corporation announced Tuesday that they will unveil the new name and logo for the Oakland A’s Triple-A affiliate on Saturday, December 8.
The deal opens the door for MGM to sign partnerships with multiple baseball teams as well as advertise during the All-Star Game and World Series, which are watched by tens of millions of people.
Steve Pearce hit a tying homer in the eighth and a three-run double in the ninth, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from a four-run deficit in the seventh inning for a 9-6 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night to take a 3-1 World Series lead.
Max Muncy’s home run leading off the bottom of the 18th inning finally ended the longest World Series game in history early Saturday and gave Los Angeles a 3-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox that drew the Dodgers to 2-1 in the best-of-seven Series.
Billy Beane and others from Oakland’s management on Thursday joined those from the 51s to officially welcome the A’s as the new Triple-A affiliate in Las Vegas.
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