Josh McLean pitched a four-hitter and hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, and Basic blanked Green Valley 3-0 on Thursday. The third-ranked Wolves have not allowed a run since Foothill scored in the fourth inning of a 7-2 Basic victory on April 8, a span of more than 24 innings.
The Las Vegas 51s are ranked No. 3 by Baseball America on its list of the top 10 most talented minor league teams to start the season. The Pawtucket Red Sox (Triple A, International League) are ranked No. 1, and the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Double-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, are No. 2.
The Los Angeles Dodgers plan to erect a statue in honor of legendary trail blazer Jackie Robinson.
Last week I think we got our swagger back a little bit. We had a big win over Arizona State, which I talked about in my last post, and then we took that momentum on the road and won our series over Ohio State.
Brett Jackson’s sixth-inning groundout drove in the decisive run Wednesday in the Sacramento River Cats’ 4-3 win over the 51s in a Pacific Coast League game in West Sacramento, Calif.
Robert Coello allowed two runs on three hits in six innings as the Sacramento River Cats claimed a 3-2 Pacific Coast League victory over the 51s on Tuesday in West Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento scored twice in the first inning to take the lead for good.
Ryan Erickson plated Tanner Donnels on a bunt single with the bases loaded and one out in the ninth inning to lift Loyola Marymount to an 8-7 win over the UNLV baseball team Tuesday in Los Angeles.
With the wind howling out to dead center, a pitching duel between Cimarron-Memorial’s Larry Quaney and Arbor View’s Sam Pastrone never materialized, and the fifth-ranked Aggies pulled away for a 10-2 baseball win after erupting for six runs in the third inning.
Kris Byrant’s arrival at Wrigley Field could come in the nick of time this week.
Even the wisest of oddsmakers would have given Trevin Reynolds little chance to be a hero when the bottom of the seventh inning started Monday.
Eric Campbell and Travis Taijeron each homered as the Las Vegas 51s opened a road series at Sacramento with an 8-5 victory on Monday night.
Top prospect Phil Bickford, two others, combine on gem but Coyotes lose 1-0, bringing back memories of the late Stu Miller.
Whenever a professional athlete even hints that he might play a second pro sport, it attracts attention. Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson created that kind of intrigue by refusing to close the door on a professional baseball career when he interviewed for HBO’s “Real Sports.”
New York Mets closer Jenrry Mejia has been suspended for 80 games without pay after testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol, Major League Baseball said on Sunday.
Desert Oasis senior Nolan Kingham, one of the area’s top baseball prospects as a pitcher, showed Saturday that he also can hit. He was 4-for-4, including two fifth-inning home runs, as the sixth-ranked Diamondbacks topped No. 4 Green Valley 10-1.
