Oddsmakers and sharp gamblers were anticipating a bounce-back season for the Nationals, who flopped last year in the face of huge expectations.
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Brian Whitaker didn’t do much running last week, and I’m not sure he was in the mood for sweets as his team lost to Basic 11-3, instead making lineup and pitching changes with the sort of calming stroll of a man confident in his approach. You know, because 500 wins will do that for a guy.
The family of the fan who plunged to his death last year from an upper deck at Turner Field has filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta Braves and Major League Baseball.
The Sacramento River Cats rocked starter Seth Lugo, chasing him after 2 2/3 innings and nine earned runs, on their way to a 12-1 victory Tuesday night at Raley Field in Sacramento, California.
The 51s will start the second half of their eight-game road trip on Tuesday in Sacramento. The River Cats are 2-10 this season with their only two victories of the season coming against the 51s. Here are five players to watch in the series.
Adam LaRoche revisited his departure from the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday and reiterated that he doesn’t regret quitting the team after being told his 14-year-old son couldn’t be in the clubhouse as often as the previous season.
But starting with the last two outs in the second, Mike Hauschild retired 17-of-18 — and at one point 10 in a row — in the Fresno Grizzlies’ 4-3 victory at Chukchansi Park.
Like a slow grounder that slips between an infielder’s legs, it was an easy opportunity. And somehow we missed it, again.
UNLV junior D.J. Myers was named the Mountain West Pitcher of the Week on Monday after tossing eight shutout innings on Friday.
With Gavin Cecchini, a 2012 first round pick, joining the 51s this season, the team has opted to move shortstop Matt Reynolds around the diamond. And in doing so, Backman believes they’re actually increasing Reynolds’ value.
A Gavin Cecchini error set into motion a chain of events which ended up with the 51s losing a four-run lead in the ninth.
Shortly after Sean Gilmartin’s first start of the year, the lefty was reflecting on the one pitch he would have liked back — a pitch that went for a line drive double and a run.
Nick Ames’ RBI single in the 10th inning sent UNLV to a 7-6 win over Air Force and a three-game sweep of their Mountain West baseball series Sunday at Wilson Stadium.
The 51s scored two runs in the 11th inning on four walks and a single and defeated the host Fresno Grizzlies 7-5 after blowing a four-run lead in the ninth.
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