If Prince Fielder can’t partake in nachos, then apparently nobody else at the ballpark can, either.
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Shane Peterson hit two home runs and Matt Clark one, and each drove in three runs to lead the Colorado Springs Sky Sox to an 8-3 win over the 51s and a split of the teams’ four-game Pacific Coast League series at Cashman Field.
Bishop Gorman senior shortstop Cadyn Grenier changed games with his bat, glove, speed and arm strength, and he was a big reason the Gaels won the Division I state baseball championship. For his efforts, he is the Review-Journal’s state player of the year. Grenier hit .472 with six home runs and 35 RBIs in Gorman’s 32-3 season.
UNLV took a step back this season after making an NCAA baseball regional in 2014. But coach Tim Chambers said the program is on the right track, and he has high expectations for next season.
New York Mets rookie pitcher Noah Syndergaard — aka “Thor” for his stature, blonde hair and last name that sounds like the superhero’s home planet of Asgard — hammered his first big-league home run in Wednesday’s 7-0 win over the Phillies.
Tyler Cravy pitched eight sharp innings, and Colorado Springs totaled nine extra-base hits among its 19 hits as the Sky Sox routed the 51s 11-1 in a Pacific Coast League game Wednesday at Cashman Field. Cravy held Las Vegas to one run on five hits and two walks and struck out five.
As Charter Communications said it will begin televising Dodgers games on SportsNet LA within the next few weeks to the nearly 300,000 households it serves in Southern California, but it won’t do anything to help convince Southern Nevada pay-TV providers to carry the channel.
Steven Matz allowed Colorado Springs just three hits in seven shutout innings as the 51s picked up a 9-1 Pacific Coast League victory over the Sky Sox on Tuesday night at Cashman Field. Matz improved to 6-2 and lowered his ERA to 1.99.
Both Bryce Harper and Kris Bryant took balls out of Wrigley Field Tuesday night, but it was Bryant’s Cubs who walked off with the win over Harper and the Washington Nationals.
With two of the best young players in baseball squaring off at Wrigley Field this week, Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and Chicago Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant sat down together for a wide-ranging pregame interview on ESPN.
Vin Scully — at age 87 and in his 66th season of calling Dodgers games — has still got it. Listen to the announcer tell a tale about the time 12-year-old Jonny Gomes was almost eaten by a wolf.
In a scene reminiscent of the football players who have inexplicably cost their teams touchdowns by casually dropping the ball a yard before they actually cross the goal line, Brewers outfielder Khris Davis was initially called out on a home run for not touching home plate in Monday’s game.
In the wake of its $56.7 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable that was announced Tuesday morning, Charter Communications plans to soon start offering SportsNet LA, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ pay-TV channel, to its almost 300,000 subscribers in Southern California.
Bryce Harper, 22, was the first player selected in the 2010 major league amateur draft; Kris Bryant, 23, was the second man picked in 2013 after his college career at the University of San Diego. They’re two of the brightest prospects to come down the pike in years.
Duane Below allowed just seven hits and one earned run in a complete-game performance over Colorado Springs as the Las Vegas 51s picked up a 9-2 Pacific Coast League victory at Cashman Field on Monday night.