Coming into this series the Mets (71-56, 42-21 Home) and Red Sox (58-69, 25-37 Road) are the two hottest hitting teams in all of baseball ranking #1 and #2 respectively in runs scored this month. The Mets have scored 155 runs in that span and the Sox with 144 runs scored in August. New York also leads MLB in doubles, homeruns, RBI, extra base hits, total bases, and SLG% for the month of...
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Las Vegas (74-59) 2, Round Rock 0 Brandon Nimmo continued to find his name out of the lineup for the third straight game and 4 out of 5. Haven’t heard any indication from the Mets or anyone that covers them that it is injury related yet. Talked to Adam Rubin today who said he spoke to someone on MLB staff and they had no idea what the situation with Nimmo was. Tim Stauffer hurled...
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#15 Ali Sanchez Preseason: Unranked Age: 18 – January 20th, 1997 Signed: 7/2/2013 Bats/Throws: Right/Right The 6 foot, 180 pound catcher was signed out of Venezuela for $690,000 and was ranked by Baseball America as the 25th best international prospect for that July 2nd signing period. He was ranked as the #2 catcher in that class behind Jose Herrera who is also currently playing in rookie...
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Las Vegas (71-58) 5, New Orleans 4 Chase Bradford gave up three runs in the bottom of the 9th inning but got a 5-2-3 double play with the bases loaded to end the game and move their first place lead to 1.5 games over El Paso. Seth Lugo got the win with a dominant performance in his third AAA start going 6.2 innings striking out a career high 12 batters. He threw 85 pitches with 59 for...
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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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