Las Vegas 6, Round Rock 5 Zach Lutz and Wilmer Flores hit solo home runs Thursday for the Las Vegas 51s, helping them take down visiting Round Rock, 6-5. Lutz, who also homered Wednesday, started the scoring in the second inning with a home run to right-center field. The 51s scored two more runs in the frame, on an RBI single from Juan Centeno and another when Eric Campbell scored on a wild...
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Updated 9:30 AM: This Kirk Gimenez story was first reported by TSB Total Sports Blog, who also added that Kirk Gimenez claims it was all a “dare” from a co-worker. From Deadspin: SNY Anchor Kirk Gimenez thought this super-sultry, quasi-religious direct message on Twitter was sure to turn on some lucky girl with winning breasts. And we’ll admit, it definitely had potential. But fortunately...
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Harrisburg 6, Binghamton 1 The combination of Paul Demny and Ian Krol combined to throw a no-hitter as Harrisburg topped the Binghamton Mets, 6-1, Thursday night at NYSEG Stadium. Demny got off to a shaky start; in the first inning he hit a batter and walked another, but escaped the inning unscathed. After that, he settled in nicely on the mound. He retired seven in a row until he walked Allan...
Read MoreLast Night’s Quick Scores Las Vegas dropped to Round Rock, 9-5. Binghamton topped Trenton, 3-1. St. Lucie defeated Daytona in extras, 6-5. Savannah had the day off. Injury and Health News After being called a hand contusion and nothing serious, it seems that Brandon Nimmo will be headed to the disabled list after all. We have our Savannah Beat Writer Wally Murphy at the game right now and he...
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Starting Lineup Ruben Tejada SS Daniel Murphy 2B David Wright 3B John Buck C Justin Turner 1B Marlon Byrd RF Andrew Brown LF Juan Lagares CF Dillon Gee RHP Game Notes New York will play consecutive four-game series (vs. Pittsburgh and at St. Louis) for just the third time since 2008. The Mets played two straight four-game sets last year, July 26-August 2 at Arizona and at San Francisco. The Mets...
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Susan Slusser of the SF Gate reported this morning on a botched call that resulted in Bob Melvin of the Oakland A’s being tossed kicking and screaming from a game against Cleveland last night for arguing after a home run review didn’t go his way. With two outs in the ninth, Adam Rosales hit a drive to left field that seemed to clearly hit a railing above the edge of the wall tying the game, yet...
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