Omaha 5, Las Vegas (68-58) 4 Vic Black had a night he would like to forget as he blew a 3-1 lead in the 9th inning as the 51’s lost and fell out of first place for the first time since April 28th. He allowed three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two. He threw 25 pitches with only 13 of them as strikes. John Church saved Black from having an even worse night by striking...
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After the first half in the Minor Leagues, Baseball America asked managers and coaches to vote for who they thought has the best skills at every level in a variety of different categories. This year when they talked to the voters in the Florida State League the St. Lucie Mets infield stole the show winning every position besides third base. Dominic Smith was voted as the best defensive...
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Omaha 8, Las Vegas (68-57) 7 With the 51’s loss and an El Paso win, Las Vegas sees their division lead shrink to a half game with Dillon Gee taking the mound tonight in an important game. Dilson Herrera was 2-5 with two runs scored and his 7th homerun of the year for Las Vegas. He now has fourteen hits and eight runs scored in his last eight games. Brandon Nimmo returned to the...
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Las Vegas (68-56) 6, Iowa 5 Walk-Off For the second straight night the 51’s beat the Cubs in walk-off fashion after Danny Muno hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 12th inning on Monday night. Dan Rohlfing was hit by the pitch as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th to end the game last night. The win holds the 51’s lead in the Pacific Southern...
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Iowa 4, Las Vegas (66-56) 3 Vic Black struck out Mike Baxter to start the 9th inning before allowing a double that right fielder Travis Taijeron misplayed allowing the hitter to go to third. Matt Szczur successfully executed the squeeze play to knock in the winning run. Black would then strike out Javier Baez and get a groundout to end the inning. Kevin Plawecki went 0-4 but the big story...
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