Las Vegas (26-14) 2, Tacoma 0 Duane Below got the start for Las Vegas pitching 9 innings of fantastic baseball that saw him give up just four hits and a walk needing only 98 pitches to complete the shutout. Below was making just his 3rd start of the season after starting the year as the long man in the bullpen and evened his record to 3-3 with a 2.51 ERA. Tacoma didn’t get a runner to 2nd...
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Tacoma 5, Las Vegas (25-14) 4 Darin Gorski gave up runs in only one inning but the 5 spot Tacoma put in the 3rd inning was all they needed as the 51’s collected just 6 hits with only 1 after the 5th inning. Brooks Conrad singled with one out in the top of the 9th giving the 51’s two at bats with the winning run at the plate for Brandon Allen And Travis Taijeron who both popped out to...
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Tacoma 4, Las Vegas (25-13) 0 The 51’s bats had a very rare off night collecting only 6 hits without a walk as no hitter reached base more than once against former big Leaguer Justin Germano and the Tacoma bullpen. Alex Castellanos was 1-4 with his 10th double of the year while hitting 4th and playing 1st base. Castellanos has now played 6 games at 1st, 9 at 3rd, 6 in left field, 2 in...
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Here’s a look at the Mets minor league starting pitching leaders which features strong showings from Steven Matz, Michael Fulmer, Robert Whalen, and Casey Meisner who all pitched this weekend. I left out Noah Syndergaard’s strong 3-0 start with 1.82 ERA, 0.944 WHIP, and 4.25 SO/W ratio because he is in the bigs now and hopefully has seen the last of the Minors. A breakdown for the...
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Sacramento 6, Las Vegas (24-11) 5 The 51’s were down 6-0 heading to the bottom of the 8th until they would a 5 spot up but Dan Rohlfing struck out swinging as the go-ahead run to end the threat. The loss snapped The 51’s 10-game home winning streak. Kyle Johnson got the night off after having the best game of the year but had a big two-run pinch hit HR in the 8th for his 1st of the...
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