Fresno 5, Las Vegas 1 The Las Vegas 51’s couldn’t complete the minor league sweep Friday night, and also denied starting pitcher Logan Verrett his first Triple-A win, as the Fresno Grizzlies defeat the 51’s 5-1.  Verrett (0-1, 3.97) lasted just 5.1 innings and gave up four runs on

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  The Binghamton Mets finished the first week of the 2014 regular season in the exact same spot as they concluded their last week of the regular season in 2013 – atop the Eastern Division standings of Double-A’s Eastern League.  Pedro Lopez’s gang has won five of their first

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When the Mets signed Bobby Abreu on March 31, I have to admit, I really didn’t understand that move, especially when the Mets have a crop of younger ball players ready to take their turn and become stars on the big club.  The move to bring in a 40

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Las Vegas 6 , Sacramento 5 Righty Jacob deGrom started the game for the 51’s and pitched fairly well. He allowed one earned run while striking out five River Cats and walking two over five innings.  The Las Vegas offense was held in check until  the 8th inning when

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LAS VEGAS (6-2) at FRESNO (3-5) The 51s travel to Fresno to face the Grizzlies at Chukchansi Park with the first pitch scheduled for 10:05 PM ET. Probable Starters Logan Verrett (0-0, 1.50) is scheduled to start his second game of the season against Jason Berken (0-0, 6.75) of the

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LAS VEGAS (5-2) v. SACRAMENTO (3-4) The 51s are home to face the River Cats at Cashman Stadium with the first pitch scheduled for 10:05 PM ET. Jacob deGrom (0-0, 0.00), after a gem in his first game when he tossed six innings, giving up an unearned run on three

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Conny Cooper of WTOC.com writes that on Tuesday night, the Columbia City Council voted to build a new, state-of-the-art stadium for Savannah Sand Gnats’ owners Hardball Capital, putting doubt that the team will remain in the Historic Grayson Stadium. The Sand Gnats contract to stay at Savannah’s Grayson Stadium expires

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Who’s Hot Brandon Nimmo, St. Lucie   After spending the 2013 campaign at Savannah, Nimmo moved up one level to St. Lucie.  Through the first five games, the Mets first round pick of the 2011 draft is hitting .316 with six hits, two doubles, six runs scored, six walks,

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Adam Rubin of ESPN NY writes that after making his latest highlight-reel catch, Juan Lagares began flexing his right shoulder in center field, trying to determine if he had suffered any injury. “It just felt a little heavy, but after that I threw with Grandy and I felt like normal,” Lagares

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Akeel Morris strikes out nine batters in three innings of relief Here is the recap of Wednesday’s Savannah game from our Sand Gnats beat writer, Wally Murphy. AUGUSTA 8, SAVANNAH 3 Game three of the three game series between the Savannah Sand Gnats and the Augusta GreenJackets was played

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