When it comes to making a round object move, the Greg Maddux bobblehead doll that was given away by the 51s on Saturday night at Cashman Field has nothing on its namesake.
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Few will deny that Desert Oasis has been the best legion baseball team in the Las Vegas Gold Division this summer. But even with that distinction, the team isn’t fully satisfied.
Ty Kelly’s three-run home run keyed the Tacoma Rainiers’ 5-4 victory over the Las Vegas 51s.
The Las Vegas Mayhem continued to struggle offensively Thursday in a 9-1 loss to the Orange County Giants in the Connie Mack West Regional at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Gabriel Noriega hit a go-ahead two-run double and scored on Abraham Almonte’s single as Tacoma scored four times in the fourth inning in a 6-4 win over Las Vegas in a Pacific Coast League game Wednesday night in Tacoma, Wash.
The Las Vegas Mayhem managed just two hits Wednesday and dropped a 5-0 decision to NorCal Baseball at the Connie Mack West Regional at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Noah Syndergaard allowed four hits in 6 1/3 innings as the 51s defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 4-0 on Tuesday in the first game of a Pacific Coast League doubleheader in Tacoma, Wash.
Juan Deolarte singled home Cruz Nevarez with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie and give the Las Vegas Mayhem a 2-1 win over the Southern California Renegades on Tuesday in the Connie Mack West Regional at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Caleb Clay threw a complete-game three-hitter to lift the Salt Lake Bees to a 3-0 victory over the Las Vegas 51s.
Three 51s homered in Las Vegas’ 7-6 victory at Salt Lake. The 51s also held off a late Bees rally.
Zak Avery stroked a walk-off single in the seventh inning to lead the top-seeded Southern Nevada Falcons to a 5-4 win over the Las Vegas Grizzlies in an elimination game Thursday in the Connie Mack state baseball tournament at the College of Southern Nevada’s Morse Stadium.
In several ways, Billy Beane is a gambler working with a bankroll. But there’s not much money to play with, so the Oakland Athletics general manager must be smart with it, and he needs to make the right moves.
Tommy Field went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead the Salt Lake Bees to a 7-6 series-opening victory over the 51s on Thursday night in Salt Lake City.
Hector Perez hit a single in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring Eddie Ojeda from third base to lead the Las Vegas Mayhem to a 3-2 victory over Green Valley Elite on Thursday in the second round of the Connie Mack state baseball tournament at College of Southern Nevada’s Morse Stadium. Perez went 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run.
Allan Dykstra of the Las Vegas 51s went 0-for-3 in the Pacific Coast League’s 7-3 loss to the International League in the Triple-A All-Star Game.