Despite an offensive breakthrough, the 51s ended the night with their fifth straight loss, falling 17-11 to the Albuquerque Wednesday night at Isotopes Park.
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Didi Gregorius, following in the October footprints left by Derek Jeter, homered twice off Corey Kluber as the New York Yankees beat the Cleveland Indians 5-2 in Game 5 on Wednesday night to complete their comeback from a 2-0 deficit in the Division Series and dethrone the AL champions.
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority’s payment of $80 million for naming rights to Las Vegas Ballpark is as much about escaping a big cash drain occurring annually at Cashman Field as it is marketing the city’s brand.
The Las Vegas relievers blew an early lead, but they made the most of a second chance and the 51s hung on for an 8-7 victory over El Paso on Friday night.
The Blue Sox broke a scoreless tie in the bottom of the seventh inning when Ryne Nelson scored on Garrett Giles’ sacrifice fly to give the team a 1-0 win Friday over Shrewsbury (Massachusetts).
Las Vegas scored four runs in the eighth inning for a 9-7 win over the Aces.
A 5-3 loss Sunday at Tacoma ended an 11-game road trip in which the Las Vegas 51s managed only four victories.
Cal Poly (California) junior Erich Uelmen — a 2014 Faith Lutheran graduate — has turned himself into one of the nation’s best right-handed pitchers and is expected to be the top area player taken Monday in the Major League Baseball Draft.
Reinforcements are on the way for the Las Vegas 51s after the New York Mets made multiple roster moves this weekend.
Tyler Pill pitched well enough to get a win on Thursday. But with no run support behind him, the Las Vegas 51s fell to their seventh loss in their past nine games.
The Yankees entered Thursday’s series opener against the Astros in a virtual tie for baseball’s best record with Houston and the Orioles, another surprising team.
The New York Mets’ season of high expectations took another serious hit Thursday when All-Star closer Jeurys Familia was diagnosed with a blood clot in his pitching shoulder that might require surgery.
Derek Jeter is paying tribute to New York City a few days before the Yankees permanently retire his jersey.
The Mets signed first baseman Cody Decker to a minor league deal Monday, but if he’s headed to Las Vegas, nobody has told 51s manager Pedro Lopez.
