The Southern Nevada Blue Sox, a baseball team comprised of Basic High School players and American Legion World Series champions, will land at McCarran International Airport at 2:45.
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Xorge Carrillo slammed the door on the Fresno Grizzlies in multiple ways on Tuesday night.
Two consecutive Class 4A state championships have now been followed with an American Legion title, the result of Basic’s summer team having beaten Creighton Prep from Omaha, Neb., 2-1 on Tuesday night.
The Southern Nevada Blue Sox, comprised mostly of players from Basic High School, defeated Creighton Prep (Nebraska) 2-1 Tuesday to win the American Legion World Series baseball tournament in Shelby, North Carolina.
The Las Vegas 51s couldn’t come up with the hit they needed when they needed it as they fell 10-7 to El Paso at Southwest University Park on Monday night
As a youngster, Ricky Knapp would sit with his dad, Rick, and watch baseball games at night. Ricky, now a starter for the 51s, would always try to learn something new from his dad, who is now the International Pitching Coordinator for Major League Baseball.
The Blue Sox escaped two late-inning jams and rallied with five runs in the ninth inning to beat Bryant (Arkansas) 7-3 in the semifinals of the American Legion World Series baseball tournament in Shelby, North Carolina.
Mitch Atkins allowed three runs in the first inning. In his next six, he allowed just one more, pitching well enough for the 51s to come back and win the game.
In his first season in Triple-A, McGowan was 5-4 with a 4.06 ERA in 62 innings pitched out of the Las Vegas bullpen and had emerged as a late-inning option for Las Vegas.
The Blue Sox lost 1-0 to Midland (Michigan) on Sunday, and fell into a three-way tie for second place, but by winning a runs-allowed tiebreaker they advanced to the championship round of the American Legion World Series.
The news is not as bad as it looked for Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper about 12 hours after he was injured in the bottom of the first inning Saturday night against the San Francisco Giants.
The 51s saw their late lead slip away when the host El Paso Chihuahuas pushed across three runs in the ninth inning to win 4-3 in the second game of a four-game series.
Bryce Harper appeared to injure his left knee when he slipped on a wet first base, a potentially devastating blow to the NL East-leading Washington Nationals.
51s team leaders seem optimistic that they could have a deal in place in the relatively near future that would move the club from downtown Cashman Field to a new stadium next to the Golden Knights’ practice facility by the 2019 season.
The Las Vegas relievers blew an early lead, but they made the most of a second chance and the 51s hung on for an 8-7 victory over El Paso on Friday night.