The 51s returned home and began their brief homestand with a statement, scoring four runs in the first inning en route to a 9-5 victory over Sacramento on Monday night at Cashman Field.
Betsy Helfand
Former reporter: Las Vegas 51s, General Assignment
Betsy Helfand worked for the Las Vegas Review-Journal between March 2016 and November 2018. She previously made stops at the Star Tribune, Pioneer Press, Minnesota Daily and MLB.com in Minnesota. She was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in journalism.
Las Vegas dropped the series finale 7-6 to Albuquerque, ending the game with the tying run, Gavin Cecchini, on third base.
Also, Jamie Callahan felt shoulder irritation during his throwing program, the “Name the Team Sweepstakes,” are ending and the 51s return home for the week.
The 51s came to Albuquerque, New Mexico, riding a five-game losing streak. But now Las Vegas is a win from a five-game sweep after beating the Isotopes 7-5 on Saturday.
There were encouraging signs throughout the lineup for the Las Vegas 51s, who used an offensive outburst in the fifth inning to overcome the Albuquerque Isotopes for the third straight night on Friday.
With a 6-4 win over Albuquerque on Thursday night at Isotopes Park, Las Vegas has now won two straight games for the second time this season.
Though the final score doesn’t reflect it, the Las Vegas 51s and Albuquerque Isotopes were tangled in a pitchers’ duel for much of Wednesday’s game.
Chris Flexen went 3-6 with a 7.88 ERA in 14 games, nine of them starts, last season with the New York Mets. And while the season didn’t exactly go how he wanted, the time was a valuable learning experience.
Morgan Brophy, a freshman at Coronado, and Andrew Navarro, a Green Valley freshman, will participate in the prestigious USA Swimming camps.
Las Vegas 51s starter Jason Vargas accomplished everything he wanted to Monday night in Las Vegas in what is expected to be his first and only rehab start with the team.
More than 150 dogs joined their owners on the outfield berms, so perhaps it was fitting that on the field, the El Paso Chihuahuas came out on top, beating Las Vegas 9-6 in the second of the three-game set.
The 51s have had to patch together a rotation recently after one starter was released and one was called up.
David Wise visited Las Vegas last week with his two gold medals in tow from
The 51s have had little success against El Paso early this season and Saturday wasn’t much different as they dropped their seventh game of 10 to the Chihuahuas on Saturday night at Cashman Field, a 13-4 defeat.
By the end of the game Friday, an outfielder and catcher had taken the mound for the 51s while a pitcher had taken to left field — all three things were good indications that things weren’t exactly going well for the home team.