Minor League News Archive

The Las Vegas 51s returned home Saturday night after going winless on their road trip to Nashville and Memphis, and losing 10 straight dating back to May 27th. They hosted the El Paso Chihuahuas for the first of a four game series. The Vegas offense got off to a

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It was a draft pick viewed skeptically by many New York Met fans and openly derided by several more in the media when GM Sandy Alderson and his player development team selected Gavin Cecchini as their number one draft selection in the 2012 draft. Following a philosophy that favored

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After dropping three of four to Oklahoma City over the weekend, Las Vegas needed to retake control on their home stand. Fortunately, it was Duane Below‘s turn in the rotation. Below was coming off a 4-hit complete game shutout performance on May 19th, when he beat Tacoma on the

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After rapping out 11 hits to score 11 runs Thursday, Las Vegas lost the next two games of the series against Oklahoma City scoring just 7 runs over the two games.  In Friday night’s game, starter Tyler Pill gave up 3 in the second on 3 hits and a

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The Las Vegas 51s started an eight-game home stand with the first game of four against new Dodgers affiliate Oklahoma City Thursday night. Steven Matz took the mound and got off to a rough start as he gave up a two-out two-run home run to Dodgers center fielder Chris

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On the strength of his third consecutive pitching gem, Mets prospect Noah Syndergaard carried the Las Vegas 51s to their 14th straight victory as they beat the Albuquerque Isotopes by a score of 8-2. The 14 wins are a franchise record. Syndergaard tossed five scoreless innings before getting touched

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During his time as Binghamton’s skipper, and with the help of pitching coach Glenn Abbott, Pedro Lopez has been able to develop a relief pitcher into an accomplished closer. Two seasons ago when Binghamton set a franchise record in regular season wins, Lopez called on Jeff Walters to shut

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The Las Vegas 51s reeled off their 9th straight win on Saturday night as Noah Syndergaard turned in his second straight dominant performance in the 3-0 victory. He pitched 7 scoreless innings against the Reno Aces giving up just 4 hits and striking out 10. In his last two

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In what seems almost an echo of Thursday night’s line score, the 51s pitchers gave up a run in the first and then nothing until the late innings in the second game of their series against the Reno Aces. This time it was Matthew Bowman on the mound, pitching

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The New York Mets have recalled Dilson Herrera from Triple-A Las Vegas, and a corresponding roster move will be made Friday. After a costly Wilmer Flores error on Thursday night, as well as Daniel Murphy’s poor play, the Mets decided to turn to Herrera, who can hopefully add some

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