The 38-year-old left-hander got his 246th win and moved the New York Yankees closer to hosting next week’s AL wild-card game but may have cost himself a $500,000 bonus.
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Houston pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. has offered advice and a free playoff ticket to an 8-year-old special needs girl who apparently was yelled at by another fan for loudly cheering at an Astros game.
Sacramento made the 51s work a little harder for their win Monday night at Raley Field but in the end, the final result was the same.
Sharing the stadium required 14 total changeovers, the last of which will come after the 51s’ season ends Sept. 3.
As the Las Vegas 51s’ final season at Cashman Field draws to a close, the team is showing its appreciation for their fans other favorite sports team — the Golden Knights.
Bobby Wahl, along with Double-A third baseman Will Toffey, was shipped to the Mets organization from the Athletics in exchange for closer Jeurys Familia.
Led by Parker Schmidt, Chaison Miklich, Jason Sharman and Josh Sharman, the Aces have their sights set on getting back to the American Legion state title game, after losing to Basic in the final last season.
Oregon State hadn’t been able to catch a break in the College World Series finals. And then the ninth inning happened Wednesday night.
The Tacoma Rainiers went 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position and left 14 men on base Wednesday in a 5-2 loss to the 51s at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash.
The 51s lost 10-4 to the Rainiers in an afternoon game at Cashman Field.
Dominic Smith has played three games in the outfield so far.
The 51s spent nearly all of Saturday night playing catch up. And after doing so successfully twice, they couldn’t dig themselves out of a hole the third time, falling 11-5 to Tacoma on Saturday night at Cashman Field.
There were encouraging signs throughout the lineup for the Las Vegas 51s, who used an offensive outburst in the fifth inning to overcome the Albuquerque Isotopes for the third straight night on Friday.
The Westgate sports book opened Giancarlo Stanton’s total at 39½, and it had soared to 43½ as of Tuesday — two days before all 30 Major League Baseball teams take the field Thursday for Opening Day.
Red Bull partnered with Kris Bryant for another year to play a prank on gullible fantasy baseball draft parties.
