Las Vegas Holds On Late To Extend Lead To 1.5 Games Over El Paso

El Paso Chihuahuas @ Las Vegas 51s

September 1, 2015

Jason Lane @ Logan Verrett

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
El Paso	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	1	0		7	13	4
Las Vegas	3	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	X		8	8	1

W: Verrett (5-2, 4.10 ERA); L: Lane (10-10, 5.80 ERA); Save: Church (6, 4.08 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

Pretty shot from early in the game

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Logan Verrett – 6.1 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 6 SO, 3 HR, 88 Pitches (64 Strikes), 5 GO: 5 FO

Zack Thornton (H, 11, 3.66 ERA) – 1 IP, H, R, 2 BB, 3 GO

Dario Alvarez (H, 5, 2.53 ERA) – 0.1 IP, BB, SO, 3 IR – 1 S

John Church – 1.1 IP, H, SO, 1 GO, 3 IR – 0 S

Jason Lane – 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R (4 ER), 5 SO, HR, 78 Pitches (54 Strikes), 7 GO: 1 FO

Jerry Sullivan (4.60 ERA) – 2 IP, H, 2 R (1 ER), BB, SO, HBP, 47 Pitches (26 Strikes), 3 GO: 2 FO

Michael Dimock (1.15 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, 1 FO

Jay Jackson (2.37 ERA) – 1 IP, SO, HBP, 1 GO: 1 FO

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 2-4, 3 R, HR (9), RBI (45), BB, SB (12), SO

Matt Reynolds – 1-5, R, 2B (29), 3 RBI (64), SB (13)

Johnny Monell – 2-4, 2 R, RBI (50)

Travis Taijeron – 1-4, RBI (69), 3 SO

Dan Rohlfing – 1-4, R, SO

Brandon Nimmo – 1-3, R, HBP, 2 SO

Hunter Renfroe – 2-5, R, HR (6), 3 RBI (15), SO

Ramiro Pena – 3-5, 2B (22)

Rymer Liriano – 2-3, 3 R, 2 HR (13), 2 RBI (61), BB

Will Middlebrooks – 1-3, BB, CS

Rocky Gale – 3-4, 2 R, 2B (16), SO

Jason Lane – 1-1, RBI (8), SAC

Caey McElroy – 1-1, R

Recap

            The Las Vegas 51s picked up a much needed win Tuesday night against El Paso, holding off a late comeback from the Chihuahua’s to increase their divisioin lead back to 1.5 games. Logan Verrett made the start for Las Vegas and held El Paso to just 3 runs over the first 6 innings, but the last batter he faced launched a three run bomb to make this game interesting again. El Paso starter Jason Lane is no stranger to most of the Las Vegas lineup, as the 51s have had his number since he reached the PCL as a pitcher, and that did not change Tuesday night. The 51s would build a 6-3 lead against Lane through his 4 innings, and it seemed like this game would finish quietly after they added two mores runs against Jerry Sullivan in the 6^th, but the Chihuahua’s proved feistier than that.

51s Shaded By Gray

Las Vegas 51s @ Albuquerque Isotopes

July 19, 2015

Logan Verrett @ Jon Gray

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Las Vegas	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	2
Albuquerque	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	X		8	11	1

W: Gray (5-6, 4.57 ERA); L: Verrett (L, 3-1, 2.93 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Logan Verrett – 5 IP, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 4 SO, 76 Pitches (50 Strikes), 8 GO: 3 FO

Chase Bradford (3.46 ERA) – 1 IP, H, R (0 ER), 4 GO

Cody Satterwhite (4.50 ERA) – 1 IP, BB

John Church (4.37 ERA) – 1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, BB, SO, HR

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 3-5, R, 3B (1)

Brooks Conrad – 1-4, 3 SO

Travis Taijeron – 1-3, BB, SO

Wilfredo Tovar – 1-4, SO

Jayce Boyd – 1-1

Recap

            The Las Vegas 51s got another big night at the plate from Dilson Herrera Sunday in Albuquerque, but Rockies stud Jon Gray shut down the rest of the lineup over his 5 innings, and the Isotopes bullpen followed suit over the final 4. 51s starter Logan Verrett was pretty solid, but 3 of the 4 hits he allowed went for doubles, and the Isotopes built a 3-1 lead with him on the mound. Albuquerque would add on against the 51s bullpen, and Las Vegas finished their post All-Star road trip with two straight losses.

            Dilson led off the game with a triple into the right center field gap that rolled to the wall, but Jon Grey stepped it up and struck out the next 3 batters. Gray was in control throughout his 5 innings, and the Isotopes announcer kept talking like this would be his last AAA start – see below for his 7 strikeouts. After Verrett set down the first 3 in order, the Isotopes would pick up 4 hits and a walk from their next 8 batters. Kyle Parker and Angelys Nina doubled in the 2^nd inning, and Jeremy Barfield followed Nina with an RBI single. In the 3^rd, Tim Wheeler led off with a walk, and then Trevor Story doubled him home to give the ‘Topes a 3-1 lead.

            Parker added an RBI double against Bradford in the 6^th inning, and then Roger Bernadina tacked on a three run homerun for Albuquerque in the 8^th. Las Vegas had cut the lead to 2-1 when Dilson scored in the 3^rd, but they’d hardly threaten after that – check out the scoring highlights below.

            The 51s head home Monday night to start a series with Fresno, and Luis Cessa is scheduled to make the 10:05 PM start.

Scoring Highlights

Logan Verrett Excellent In His Return To The 51s

Salt Lake Bees @ Las Vegas 51s

July 9, 2015

Game Two

Edgar Ibarra @ Logan Verrett

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
Salt Lake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	0
Las Vegas	1	0	0	1	0	0	X		2	4	0

W: Verrett (3-0, 2.57 ERA); L: Ibarra (2-3, 4.83 ERA); Save: Thornton (2, 3.92 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Logan Verrett – 5 IP, 3 H, BB, 6 SO, 60 Pitches (42 Strikes), 2 GO: 5 FO

Cody Satterwhite (H, 3, 4.80 ERA) – 0.2 IP, SO

Scott Rice (H, 6, 2.55 ERA) – 0.1 IP, SO

Zack Thornton – 1 IP, H, 2 SO

Batters

Dilson Herrera – 1-2, R, 2B (12), BB, SO

Alex Castellanos – 2-3, R, 2B (32), RBI (52)

Jayce Boyd – 1-2, 2B (6), BB

Recap

            The Mets upset a lot of fans when they announced that Logan Verrett would be sent down in place of Jenrry Mejia earlier in the week, but he clearly took the demotion in stride, as he went down and threw the best start I’ve ever seen from him. We all saw how well he was pitching for the Mets in the majors (0.73 ERA/2.10 FIP, 26.7 K%: 8.9 BB%, 14% swinging strike rate over his 12.1 IP), so it’s not really surprising that he’d come down and pitch well, but he dominated the Bees lineup Thursday night. After scoring 6 runs in the double-header opener, including 4 over the final 2 innings, the Las Vegas bats would go quiet in the nightcap, but the two runs they scratched out was more than enough for Verrett and the 51s bullpen.

Verrett at his Best, Velasquez Holds on in the 9th

Reno Aces @ Las Vegas 51s

June 14, 2015

Justin Marks @ Logan Verrett

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Reno	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3		7	11	1
Las Vegas	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	X		8	9	0

W: Verrett (2-0, 3.00 ERA); L: Marks (3-6, 6.08 ERA); Save: Velasquez (3, 5.54 ERA)

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Logan Verrett – 7.2 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 5 SO, HBP, 85 Pitches (57 Strikes), 11 GO: 5 FO, (1-2, SAC)

Cody Satterwhite (5.76 ERA) – 0.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, HR, 1 GO, 1 IR – 1 S

John Church (3.97 ERA) – 0 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 2 BB, HR

Jon Velasquez – 1 IP, H, SO, 3 IR – 2 S

Batters

Brooks Conrad – 1-4, R, 2B (7), 2 SO

Alex Castellanos – 3-4, 2 R, 2 2B (19), RBI (39), SB (4)

Travis Taijeron – 1-2, R, HR (11), 3 RBI (31), BB, SF

Dan Rohlfing – 3-4, R, HR (2), 3 RBI (14), SO

Recap

            The 51s finished their sweep of the Reno Aces behind one of the best PCL performances Logan Verrett has thrown, and then just enough offense to hold off a near collapse from the pen. Verrett was great as he continues to be stretched out as a starter, taking his shutout into the 8^th, with only the 4 hits and a HBP through 7 IP. The Aces bats exploded as soon as the pen came in, apparently pretty excited to be facing anyone other than Verrett. Satterwhite would allow a single and 3R-HR before getting the final out of the 8^th, and then John Church couldn’t even get an out in the 9^th, but then Jon Velasquez came in and stopped the madness.