Kyle Isbel and Nick Rodriguez homered to back strong pitching by D.J. Myers in UNLV’s 2-1 win over San Jose State in both teams’ Mountain West opener Friday at Wilson Stadium.
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The New York Mets renewed right-hander Jacob deGrom’s contract for $607,000 on Friday after the sides could not agree on a new deal for the 2016 season.
Individual tickets for Las Vegas 51s home games will go on sale Monday at noon, the club announced Thursday.
The Mets boasted the fourth-best farm system a year ago, but slid down to the middle of the pack — 15th — in Baseball America’s latest rankings, released last month.
The Tampa Bay Rays will become the first Major League Baseball franchise to play in Havana since 1999 when they face Cuba’s national team in an exhibition this month coinciding with a historic visit by U.S. President Barack Obama.
New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman agreed to a 30-day suspension without pay handed down Tuesday by Major League Baseball for violating its joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy.
Patrick Mathis had a home run and a double and scored twice for Texas in its 7-0 win over UNLV in a nonconference baseball game Sunday in Austin, Texas.
New Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly has adopted a policy prohibiting the team’s players from having facial hair.
A minor league prospect with the Cincinnati Reds has been sentenced on aggravated assault charges.
Andrew Yazdanbakhsh hit a one-out, full-count home run in the 12th inning to send UNLV to a season-opening 4-3 win over No. 23 Texas in a nonconference baseball game Friday in Austin, Texas.
Baseball player agent Bart Hernandez was arrested on Friday after a federal grand jury in Miami indicted him on human-trafficking charges, according to published reports.
Coming off a year in which former UNLV baseball coach Tim Chambers fell from grace and the team tumbled in the standings, the Rebels are determined to rise again this season.
Single-game tickets will go on sale at noon Tuesday for this spring’s Big League Weekend games between the New York Mets and the Chicago Cubs.
At age 23, Bryce Harper is already Major League Baseball’s youngest MVP. And he could be baseball’s first $400 million man. But don’t tell him that.
New York Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia, who prepared for last season with the Las Vegas 51s, became the first player to receive a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball via the drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance for the third time.
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