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.
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San Diego State broke open a one-run lead with five runs in the sixth inning to beat UNLV 14-5 on Saturday in the Mountain West baseball tournament championship game.
Las Vegas lost the series opener 8-6 to Tacoma on Friday night at Cashman Field with Aaron Laffey giving up seven runs — six earned — in his five-inning start.
San Diego State’s Jordan Verdon delivered a one-out, bases-loaded sacrifice fly to score Jacob Maekawa for a 4-3 victory over UNLV in the 12th inning Friday of the Mountain West tournament.
A Henderson man will throw the first pitch on Memorial Day at the Las Vegas 51s game. The ceremonial pitch will honor the memory of his son, a Marine who was killed in Iraq in 2005.
Sacramento’s Casey Kelly, who limited the 51s to two runs in six innings earlier this month, completely shut down Las Vegas on Thursday.
UNLV lost an 8-1 lead to UNR in the first round of the Mountain West baseball tournament on Thursday, but scored five runs in the ninth inning to win 13-8. The Rebels advanced to the winners bracket and will face No. 2 San Diego State at 6 p.m. Friday.
In his third year as the Las Vegas 51s’ bat dog, Finn, a 5-year-old energetic black lab, has expanded his repertoire for the 51s, who open a five-game homestand against the Tacoma Raniers on Friday.
Chicago White Sox catcher Welington Castillo was suspended for 80 games by Major League Baseball on Thursday following a positive test for a performance-enhancing substance.
Corey Oswalt threw six strong innings in the 51s’ 4-3 win over Sacramento in the third game of the series at Raley Field.
UNLV’s baseball team barely got into the Mountain West tournament. But the Rebels open with UNR, a team they beat two of three times in a series from May 11 to 13 in Las Vegas.
The five-run lead that the 51s had built up disappeared rapidly in the bottom of the third inning Tuesday. But Las Vegas was able to respond, scoring five more runs in the middle innings of the game to beat Sacramento 10-7 on Tuesday night at Raley Field.
Hit and Run’s recommendations encourage coaches to add scoring bonuses for properly executed defensive plays and reward teams with an extra batter when players hustle out to the field in 20 seconds.
The first time the 51s saw Tyler Beede this season, they ambushed him for four runs in the first inning.
Mike Marjama hit a two-run homer in the second inning, leading the Tacoma Rainiers to a 3-1 Pacific Coast League victory over the 51s on Sunday at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Washington.
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