New York Mets catcher Kevin Plawecki began his rehab assignment with the Las Vegas 51s last night with a bang. Plawecki hit a two-run go-ahead homer in the fifth inning for Vegas in their 4-3 win over the Sacramento River Cats. He also struck out and flew out to left field. The 27-year-old played five innings behind the plate in his first game action since April 11 against the Miami Marlins when...
Las Vegas 51s (5-5) 4, Sacramento River Cats (5-4) 1 Box Score Gavin Cecchini 2B: 1 for 4, Run, K Matt Reynolds LF: 2 for 4, 2 Runs, Amed Rosario SS: 1 for 3, Run, RBI, 2 K Dominic Smith 1B: 0 for 3, BB, K Reynolds continues his hot hitting but he is still striking out a considerable amount. He has also continued to play left field prominently and recorded his second OF assist. After a slow...
A couple mornings ago I received a slew of text messages in rapid succession. They were all about the tweet released by FOX’s Ken Rosenthal and Jordany Valdespin’s 50-game suspension. At first, I felt bad. My dark horse in 2013 added a new chapter entitled “PEDs” into the comedic novella he’s called a career. The one I called El Dramático for his propensity to pimp long home runs and throw...
Updated on May 7 Zack Wheeler turned in his second straight strong outing with Triple-A Las Vegas, limiting Sacramento to three hits and a walk in six scoreless innings Sunday. Sandy Alderson has suggested Wheeler needs to turn in a string of positive starts before promotion consideration is made. That said, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York speculates that Wheeler could make his MLB debut when the...
Last Night’s Quick Scores Savannah (7-6) rocked the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 8-1 St. Lucie (9-4) dropped to the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 5-2 Binghamton (7-6) lost a close one to the Portland Sea Dogs, 1-0 Las Vegas (7-6) topped the Sacramento River Cats, 3-2 Prospect Pipeline Brandon Nimmo had another two hits in yesterday’s game. He now has had a multi-hit game ten times this season....
Last Night’s Quick Scores Savannah (6-6) got edged out by the Greensboro Grasshoppers, 9-8 St. Lucie (9-3) destroyed the Charlotte Stone Crabs, 13-3 Binghamton (7-5) defeated the Portland Sea Dogs, 7-3 Las Vegas (6-6) dropped to Sacramento River Cats, 2-1 Prospect Pipeline Brandon Nimmo continues to flatten baseballs. He had another three hits in Tuesday night’s game, and has brought...
Sacramento 8, Las Vegas 4 The Las Vegas 51s(3-1) were handed their first loss of the season Sunday as they were unable to hold Sacramento in check in the seventh, falling in an 8-4 decision to the River Cats. Carlos Torres got the nod for the 51s and put out a solid effort, going 5 2/3 innings and allowing two runs on five hits while walking three and striking out a trio, taking a no-decision....
Las Vegas 51s 6, Sacramento River Cats 1 The 51s improved to 3-0 this season with a win last night against the River Cats behind good pitching from Collin McHugh and a three-run sixth inning. Before Collin McHugh allowed his first and only run on the evening, the 51s had already given him four runs. A sacrifice fly by D’Arnaud in the third drove in Brian Bixler and Eric Campbell picked up...
