Las Vegas was rained out and will play a double header tonight starting at 7:05 ET with Tyler Pill and Steven Matz going for the 51’s. Portland 4, Binghamton (14-10) 1 John Gant started and was rusty after getting a few extra days off in between starts going 5 innings allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits and four walks while striking out four as well. Gant now has a 4.22 ERA on...
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Las Vegas (16-8) 5, Reno 2 Las Vegas was tied 2-2 heading into the bottom of the 6th before Wilfredo Tovar hit a two-run double to score Brandon Allen and Travis Taijeron to give the 51’s lead for good and win their 10th straight game. Matt Reynolds went 1-4 with his 12th double and two RBI’s to give him 23 on the year. Danny Muno hit lead off and played 3rd going 2-4 with a RBI....
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Las Vegas (14-8) 4, Reno 3 Las Vegas was able to secure its 8th straight win behind a solid pitching performance from Matt Bowman who went 5 innings allowing one run on two hits and two walks striking out one. Bowman’s sinking fastball was on its A game last night as he recorded ten outs via the ground ball. Lefty Duane Below worked 2.1 scoreless innings in relief dropping his ERA to 1.64...
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Las Vegas (13-8) 7, Reno 2 Steven Matz gave up a run in the first inning but after that he was absolutely dominant striking out 12 over 7 innings including the last five hitters he faced. Matz allowed five hits, two walks, and threw 101 pitches with 70 of them being for strikes. Here is video of his career best 12th K. Matz was sitting at 94-95 MPH on his fastball most of the night which...
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It was light on the Minor League schedule with both Las Vegas and Savannah having off days but that didn’t keep the Mets from getting a serious injury scare. I was the at the game and what seemed like a harmless double to left center field before it resulted in Brandon Nimmo leaving the field with the help of trainers. He was in visible pain and walking gingerly which they are saying...
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