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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Here you can see the first six in the Mets Midseason Top Prospects 25-21 #20 Matthew Bowman Preseason: #22 Age: 24 – May 31, 1991 Drafted: 13th round in 2012 Bats/Throws: Right/Right Bowman has had the worst year of his professional career going 7-13 with a 5.19 ERA and 1.62 WHIP to start the season for the Las Vegas 51’s. He has allowed 153 hits in 121.1 innings and has a bad 1.61...
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El Paso 5, Las Vegas (66-53) 4 Walk-Off The 51’s lost on a walk-off single by Hector Gomez that deflected off the glove of the diving Matt Reynolds with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning. Prior to that Zack Thornton intentionally walked Will Middlebrooks with two outs and runners on second and third. Thornton suffered his fourth loss as he walked five batters (three...
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Las Vegas (66-52) 7, El Paso 1 Veteran right-hander Tim Stauffer had his one-hit shutout bid snapped by the pinch hitting Jake Goebbert who led off the 9th inning with a solo homerun. Stauffer’s final line: 9 innings, 2 hits, R, 3 walks, HBP, and 5 strikeouts. He threw just 104 pitches with 70 of them going for strikes. The 51’s offense was supported by solo homeruns from...
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El Paso 9, Las Vegas (65-52) 8 F/10 Walk-Off Matt Reynolds (2-5, 4 RBI) came up with a clutch two-run single in the the top of the 9th to tie the game for the 51’s. However, Chase Bradford gave up a walk-off sacrifice fly to Ramiro Pena in the bottom of the 10th to waste Reynolds heroics. Dilson Herrera was 1-4 with a walk, two RBI, 8th stolen base, and three runs scored. Darrell...
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