Sometimes a player lives up to every bit of his hype, and on Tuesday night in his major league debut, that’s exactly what Las Vegan Joey Gallo did.
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Bryce Harper hit a go-ahead RBI single in Washington’s 2-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday in the opener of a doubleheader at Nationals Park. But the Las Vegan’s best play of the day took place before the nightcap, when he thrilled a fan in right field by taking a selfie on her phone.
Tim Cooney pitched a four-hitter to spark the Memphis Redbirds to a 6-0 victory over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game Tuesday night in Memphis, Tenn. The loss was Las Vegas’ seventh straight.
A desperate Cubs fan makes a call to the bullpen for Vegas performer Just!n Tranz and asks if he can cure pitcher Jon Lester of his fear of throwing to first base. “I would simply get him to believe he was throwing to home base,” Tranz says.
First, Bryce Harper. Then, Kris Bryant. Now, Joey Gallo. Las Vegas continues to send sluggers to the major leagues.
Andrew McCutchen gave two young Pirates fans the thrill of a lifetime when he gave them his batting gloves following Pittsburgh’s 5-2 win over the Padres in San Diego on Saturday night.
Per baseball’s unwritten rules, Bryce Harper didn’t rub his back after getting drilled by a 95-mph fastball by Cincinnati Reds reliever Tony Cingrani, but the Las Vegan did rub the Reds the wrong way by walking to first base after getting hit by a pitch in the seventh inning of Friday’s game in Cincinnati.
Matt Carson’s run-scoring single in the seventh capped the scoring in Nashville’s four-run inning as the Sounds surged past the 51s 6-1 in a Pacific Coast League game Saturday in Nashville, Tenn. The loss was the fourth straight for Las Vegas.
Former Bishop Gorman pitcher Tyler Wagner will be called up by the Milwaukee Brewers from Double-A Biloxi to start Sunday against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Miller Park. The 24-year-old right-hander will be making his major league debut.
The NBA playoffs and Steph Curry’s daughter joining in on press conferences weren’t the only things happening in the sports world this week. In fact, a handful of athletes with Las Vegas ties made sports headlines this week.
Chris Bassitt and three relievers teamed to hold the 51s to four hits and no walks in the Nashville Sounds’ 2-1 Pacific Coast League victory Friday in Nashville, Tenn. Las Vegas scored in the fourth on Brandon Allen’s sacrifice fly that plated Matt Reynolds.
A big Mets fan, Jon Stewart interviewed New York ace Matt Harvey on “The Daily Show” during an entertaining segment Thursday night.
If Prince Fielder can’t partake in nachos, then apparently nobody else at the ballpark can, either.
Shane Peterson hit two home runs and Matt Clark one, and each drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to an 8-3 win over the 51s and a split of the teams’ four-game Pacific Coast League series at Cashman Field.
Bishop Gorman senior shortstop Cadyn Grenier changed games with his bat, glove, speed and arm strength, and he was a big reason the Gaels won the Division I state baseball championship. For his efforts, he is the Review-Journal’s state player of the year. Grenier hit .472 with six home runs and 35 RBIs in Gorman’s 32-3 season.
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