Las Vegas (47-37) 3, Albuquerque 2 In the battle of two former Mets starters Dillon Gee out-dueled Aaron Laffey pitch up his 2nd win in three starts for Las Vegas. Gee went 7 innings giving up two runs on six hits and a walk while striking out four. Dillon lost his shutout in the 6th inning and needed only 90 pitches (62 strikes) while lowering his ERA to 8.82. Lefty Chase Huchingson...
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Quite a week for Luis Cessa who was named to the Eastern League All-Star roster earlier this week and now has been promoted to AAA Las Vegas where he should be in line to start tomorrow. The 23-year old right-handed pitcher was 7-4 with 2.56 ERA while allowing just two homeruns all year in 77.1 innings. Cessa has good control, 17 walks compared to 61 strikeouts in his 13 starts this year....
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Las Vegas (46-35) 12, Tacoma 2 The 51’s offense started off with a bang thanks to the power of Kirk Nieuwenhuis who hit a 3-run shot and Brandon Allen who had a 2-run shot in the first inning. Alex Castellanos provided some more power with his 13th homerun of the year in the 3rd inning. Kirk finished 2-3 with a walk, four RBI, two runs scored and the homer which was in 7th in 13...
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Tacoma 4, Las Vegas (45-35) 2 Matt Reynolds was in the lineup in the DH slot for the 2nd straight night, he was 1-4 with his 5th homerun of the the year. Here is video of the homerun. He is still hitting just .223/.272/.357 outside of Las Vegas for the year. T.J. Rivera was 3-4 finishing a homerun short of the cycle, he is hitting .415/.441/.662 with 13 extra base hits and 11 RBI. Alex...
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The Pacific Coast League announced its All-Star team roster which includes two Las Vegas 51’s, infielder Matt Reynolds and outfielder Travis Taijeron. The 24-year old Reynolds is hitting .270/.328/.404 with 22 doubles (7th in PCL), 2 triples, 4 homeruns, and 43 RBI in 73 games with 57 of those coming at shortstop. I was honestly surprised to see Matt make the All-Star team because he...
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