Salt Lake (50-46) 5, Las Vegas (45-51) 4 Box Score Jeff McNeil 3B: 1-4, BB, .385/.434/.642 Phillip Evans 2B: 2-5, RBI, .252/.321/.495 Luis Guillorme SS: 1-4, RBI, BB, K, .312/.393/.433 Peter Alonso DH: 0-4, 2 K, .174/.306/.413 McNeil got on base two more times, and has now gotten on base in 30 of his last 31 games. He’s simply been a hitting machine all season. Evans, with two more hits,...
Week In Review The Las Vegas 51s (3-8, fourth in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division) won back-to-back games for their second and third victories of the season, but through 11 contests have allowed a league-worst 85 runs. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (3-5, t-third in the Eastern League Eastern division) drew big crowds in Portland, but have now dropped five consecutive games since...
Week In Review The Las Vegas 51s (1-3, t-second in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division) have struggled to get their own runners on base and keep their opponents off them. Their eight home runs allowed are tied for the most in the league. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (3-0, second in the Eastern League Eastern division) swept the Portland Sea Dogs in their first series, getting out...
Las Vegas 51s (9-8) 3, Sacramento River Cats (5-11) 2 Gavin Cecchini 2B: 0 for 5 Amed Rosario SS: 3 for 4, Run, 2B Dominic Smith 1B: 1 for 4 Phillip Evans 3B: 2 for 3, 2 RBIs, BB, K Cecchini has had 2 straight hitless games hitting well for the last couple of weeks. Rosario got another extra base hit after not recording one for his first 13 games. Phillip Evans drove in the go-ahead run in the...
WEEK IN REVIEW The Las Vegas 51s (8-7, second in the Pacific Coast League Pacific Southern division) put together a strong week, salvaging a series with Fresno on Friday, then sweeping Sacramento before taking the opener from Fresno on Tuesday. During the five-game winning streak, the 51s averaged 5.4 runs per game. The Binghamton Rumble Ponies (5-6, fourth in the Eastern League Eastern...
El Paso Chihuahuas 0, Las Vegas 51s 2 • Amed Rosario SS: 2 for 4, RBI • Phillip Evans 3B: 1 for 4, RBI • Dominic Smith 1B: 1 for 3, R, BB It was a scoreless contest through six innings for El Paso and Las Vegas, with starters Bryan Rodriguez (El Paso) and Wilfredo Boscan matching zeros through five innings. Vegas broke through in the top half of the seventh, working three straight walks by...
Las Vegas 51s 4 , El Paso Chihuahuas 2 Box Score Gavin Cecchini 2B: 1 for 5 Amed Rosario SS: 1 for 4 Dominic Smith 1B: 2 for 4, 2B, R Travis Taijeron RF: 1 for 4, HR Phillip Evans 3B: 1 for 4, R, Error Desmond Jennings made his debut in center field going 1 for 3 with a walk. The big hit of the night came from Josh Rodriguez with a pinch-hit game-winning two-run homer in the top of the ninth...
Las Vegas 51s 10 (45-39), Salt Lake Bees 4 (Angels, 39-44) Box Score Gavin Cecchini SS 2 for 5, RBI, 2 K .335 Michael Conforto LF 1 for 5, K, .289 T.J. Rivera 3B 1 for 4 .351 Kevin Plawecki C 2 for 4, HR, 2B, 3 RBI .300 Cecchini had his 27th error of the year. Conforto continues to only pull the ball instead of using an all-fields approach. Darin Gorski LHP 7 IP, 4 H, 3 ER, 4 BB, 3 K 3.79 ERA...
Las Vegas (68-56) 6, Iowa 5 Walk-Off For the second straight night the 51’s beat the Cubs in walk-off fashion after Danny Muno hit a solo homerun in the bottom of the 12th inning on Monday night. Dan Rohlfing was hit by the pitch as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th to end the game last night. The win holds the 51’s lead in the Pacific Southern...
Iowa 4, Las Vegas (66-56) 3 Vic Black struck out Mike Baxter to start the 9th inning before allowing a double that right fielder Travis Taijeron misplayed allowing the hitter to go to third. Matt Szczur successfully executed the squeeze play to knock in the winning run. Black would then strike out Javier Baez and get a groundout to end the inning. Kevin Plawecki went 0-4 but the big story...
Sacramento 4, Las Vegas (59-46) 2 Tyler Pill moved back into the rotation pitching 4 innings giving up two runs on six hits (2 HR’s) with three strikeouts. Chase Huchingson followed with two scoreless innings lowering his ERA with Las Vegas to 1.33 20.1 innings but he has walked 15 in that span. Danny Muno was 2-4 with a run scored out of the leadoff spot and played second base with...
Las Vegas (59-45) 14, Sacramento 2 Dillon Gee moved to 5-1 after pitching a complete game giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Threw just 99 pitches (69 strikes) and produced eleven ground ball outs, lowered his ERA to 5.44 in Vegas. Brandon Nimmo had a successful AAA debut going 1-2 with two walks, scored a run, and picked up his first RBI on a sac fly, he batted...
