Jeurys Familia earned his 35th save of the season in yesterday’s 5-4 win over the Red Sox. Despite allowing the first two runners to reach base, Familia looked extremely impressive as he escaped the jam in dominant fashion. He overpowered Alejandro De Aza and Travis Shaw for the first two outs of the inning, and he then struck out Mookie Betts with a 100 MPH fastball to end the game....
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Las Vegas (74-62) was swept this weekend by Round Rock Express cutting their division lead of El Paso to a game and a half with a four game series against the Chihuahuas starting today. Friday: Round Rock 4, Las Vegas 1 Box Score Brandon Nimmo returned coming in to play defense in the 6th inning after Darrell Ceciliani looked to suffer a hamstring injury. Ceciliani was placed on the 7-day...
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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Michael Cuddyer. You may recognize the name from someone you knew back in June or July, but this is in fact somebody else entirely. It appears that a 3-week-long DL stint was exactly what Michael Cuddyer needed to finally get his season on track. During Sunday’s 5-4 win against the Boston Red Sox, Cuddyer started in left field and finished 3-for-3 with three...
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Mets reliever Bobby Parnell threw a live batting practice session on Sunday morning at Citi Field. He is expected to come off the DL on Tuesday, which is also the day rosters expand. Parnell who came back from Tommy John surgery last season, has been ineffective this year with a 5.59 ERA. Opponents have batted .429 against Parnell in his last 10 relief appearances and his ERA is 14.14 in that...
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The New York Mets announced that catcher Kevin Plawecki, infielder Eric Campbell and outfielders Eric Young Jr. and Kirk Nieuwenhuis will join the team on Tuesday from Triple-A Las Vegas when major league rosters expand. Sandy Alderson also said on Friday that RHP Erik Goeddel will be activated from the DL on September 1st. Goeddel pitched very well for the Mets to start the year with a 1.96 ERA...
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