Las Vegas (45-32) 4, Sacramento 3 F/10 Walk-Off After scoring 33 runs in their last three games the 51’s were being held scoreless until the bottom of the the 9th when Wilfredo Tovar led off the inning with a single and moved to 3rd on a pick-off attempt error. Brooks Conrad came up after Kirk Nieuwenhuis struck out and had the first of two big at bats of the day when he tied the...
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On December 2nd, 2013 the Mets made a decision that looms large on their current roster when they decided to non-tender Justin Turner. At the time, Turner was coming off arguably his most productive season as he set a career high in WAR at 0.8 and OPS+ at 100 despite getting only 200 at-bats while playing seven different positions. The move to cut a valuable utility infielder who was due to make...
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Las Vegas (42-32) 20, Salt Lake 8 Where do I begin? Welcome to PCL madness where two teams can combine for 28 runs on 34 hits, 9 walks, 5 homeruns, 5 HBP, and still managed to strike out 19 times. Last night the Las Vegas 51’s scored more runs in one game than the New York Mets have in their last 10 combined (19 runs). In a game that featured three 6-run innings Dillon Gee made his...
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Salt Lake 5, Las Vegas (41-32) 4 Las Vegas was clinging to a 4-2 lead heading into the bottom of the 8th inning when Vic Black was brought in for the 2nd straight night but was not as successful this time giving up a 3-run homerun to C.J. Cron that turned out to be the game winner. Seems very curious to pitch someone back-to-back days after not having pitched in 15 days. The 51’s...
Read MoreLas Vegas (41-31) 4, Salt Lake 3 F/10 Steven Matz was a mixed bag last night striking out eight but also giving up three extra base hits including a solo homerun in only 5 innings. He threw 83 pitches with 58 for strike while giving up three runs (two earned, his own throwing error) on five hits and zero walks. His ERA raised to 2.19 which still leads the PCL, strikeouts to a league...
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