Las Vegas 11, Tacoma 4 Rafael Montero pitched his way to victory despite a lackluster performance. The right-hander went six innings, allowed three runs on six hits and struck out three while walking two. Luckily he got plenty of support from the offense, led by Zach Lutz‘s pair of

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  When the Mets knew that their 2013 season wasn’t going anywhere, they decided to unload two main players, Marlon Byrd and John Buck to the Pittsburgh Pirates, hoping that in return they would receive some future value to the organization. What they did receive would not pay any dividends for years to

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Brandon Nimmo’s high school in Cheyenne, Wyoming didn’t even have a varsity baseball team. The Mets’ top prospect played American legion baseball and had to concentrate on performing at amateur showcases across the country in the hopes of being taken in the MLB draft. Nimmo did end up being

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Who’s Hot: T.J. Rivera – St. Lucie The Bronx native once again makes the Who’s Hot list as he continued his torrid hitting. On the week, he collected 12 hits including four multi-hit games while batting .414 with a .459 OBP. His 12 hits included two doubles, one home

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LAS VEGAS – DAY OFF Las Vegas had an off day on Wednesday. The 51s are in first place in the Pacific Coast League by 3.5 games with a 15-5 record. Rafael Montero will attempt to lock down his third victory of the season on Thursday. BINGHAMTON, PORTLAND –

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The recent performance of 27-year old Eric Campbell (AKA “Soup”) in Las Vegas may be proving costly in Josh Satin’s future as bench player/platoon first basemen for the Mets. In limited at bats this year for the Mets, (14), Satin has batted .143 with six strikeouts to go along with a .294

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April 23 Adam Rubin of ESPN NY writes that first baseman Brandon Allen, who suffered a calf strain in big-league camp during spring training and has been rehabbing with St. Lucie Mets (A+) the past week, should join Las Vegas soon. In four games with St. Lucie Mets Allen

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Who’s Hot Allan Dykstra, Las Vegas 51s To get Allan Dykstra out, you’ll probably need a fire extinguisher because the man is currently engulfed in flames. Through his last ten games, Dykstra’s line is a sparkling .464/.595/.964. In those ten games, he has collected 13 total hits, including five

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LAS VEGAS 21, EL PASO 9 The 51’s scored in every inning Tuesday except their half of the 8th, as they take down the Chihuahua’s 21-9 in the series finale.  Las Vegas took 3-out-of -4 from El Paso and improve to 15-5 on the season.  Dana Eveland wasn’t spectacular

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LAS VEGAS (15-5) – DAY OFF The 51s are off on Wednesday, but are back in action on Thursday night against the Tacoma Rainers at Cashman Field. BINGHAMTON (9-7) vs PORTLAND (12-4) The B-Mets are home on Wednesday for their third game of a four game series against the

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