NEW YORK — The big free-agent freeze-out may not have sat well with major-league players, but so far the signees are not doing much to prove that teams were wrong for exercising caution during the offseason.
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Cecchini was hit by a pitch on the foot May 9 and crumpled into the ground, needing assistance to leave the field.
Patrick Kivlehan popped out to first base and Cody Asche and Johnny Monell both went down swinging, ending the rally as the 51s lost 6-3 in the series opener against Albuquerque on Saturday night at Cashman Field.
Palo Verde senior pitcher Jaret Godman picked up two victories Saturday as the Panthers defeated Centennial 15-0 and 1-0 to claim the Sunset Region baseball title at Shadow Ridge.
Chris Verdugo had just two at-bats coming into play on Friday, but the Rancho junior made the most of his opportunity to hit against Coronado.
The Las Vegas 51s provided some fireworks to beat Fresno 8-5 on Friday night at Cashman Field.
Smith takes the roster spot of Jay Bruce, who was placed on the paternity list, and Baumann the spot of reliever Hansel Robles, who was placed on the disabled list.
Logan Taylor made his second spot start of the season for the Las Vegas 51s. He delivered exactly what they needed in a 3-2 win over Fresno at Cashman Field.
Nik Dobar pitched a complete game, and Centennial took advantage of a six-run fourth inning to earn a 10-4 home win over Palo Verde.
Tebow currently has a .430 slugging average, 10 walks and ranks third in the league in strikeouts with 41.
Las Vegas lost its fifth of six games to the Fresno Grizzlies this season, falling 14-4 on Wednesday night at Cashman Field.
Two days after Gretchen Piscotty died from Lou Gehrig’s disease, her son was back at work for the Oakland Athletics.
It took the Las Vegas 51s and Fresno Grizzlies more than three hours to complete nine innings on Tuesday night at Cashman Field. But the fate of the game was sealed before that.
Coronado scored three times in the first inning en route to an 8-5 road win over Liberty on Tuesday in the first round of the Sunrise Region tournament.
Seattle Mariners’ James Paxton no-hits Toronto Blue Jays to become first Canadian to accomplish the feat in home country.
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