NEW YORK — Bryce Harper by far made the most noise on Bark in the Park Day.
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Pinch-hitter Erik VanMeetren’s two-run single broke a tie and capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning as the UNLV baseball team defeated San Diego State 4-3 on Saturday at Wilson Stadium.
The pre-movie chat went something like this: Turn off your iPhones, don’t try to sneak an Instagram picture or two during the show, and learn about the human element of a historical figure whose courage shattered seemingly indestructible racial barriers.
51s catcher Travis d’Arnaud, the Mets’ top minor league prospect, has broken his left foot and was placed on the disabled list today.
At Cashman Field, Eric Campbell drilled a one-out double in the ninth inning, and Omar Quintanilla followed with an RBI single to give the 51s (7-7) their second walk-off win in four days.
Sophomore shortstop T.J. White became only the second UNLV baseball player to record seven hits in a game, going 7-for-7 with six RBIs and five runs Tuesday in the Rebels’ 24-11 victory over UC Riverside at Riverside, Calif.
LOS ANGELES — Padres pitcher Eric Stults hit a three-run homer and stuck around long enough to benefit from a two-run seventh inning as San Diego beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3 on Monday night in the first game between the National League West rivals since their wild brawl last week.
It wasn’t likely the best of nights for media outlets to descend on Cashman Field to discuss a proposal to build a new ballpark in Summerlin.
The hints this would be an unusual baseball game came early when UNR starter Tyler Wells seemed to make as many throws to first base as he did to the plate.
Coming off knee surgery in 2009, 51s catcher Landon Powell was working out when he collapsed and went into convulsions. Rushed to a hospital, Powell was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis, a rare disease that might eventually require him to undergo a life-saving liver transplant.
SAN DIEGO — Zack Greinke had his left arm in a sling and a dazed look on his face as he told his side of the story. Barely two hours before, the $147 million Dodgers pitcher was injured in a wild fight with the San Diego Padres that didn’t even end when the game did.
WASHINGTON — Here’s the dilemma Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura faced Thursday night in the fourth inning of a close game against the Washington Nationals:
Other than fiery 51s manager Wally Backman — a member of the 1986 New York Mets title team — Las Vegas’ roster likely remains largely a mystery to most fans eight games into its first season as the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate.
WASHINGTON — Even Davey Johnson, at 70 the oldest manager in the majors, never heard of this one: The umpires got caught in a traffic jam.
