LAS VEGAS 9, IOWA 4: After missing a turn in the rotation and receiving a cortisone shot for inflammation in the AC joint in his right shoulder, Zack Wheeler earned a win in his return to Pacific Coast League action.
CHICAGO FIRST PITCH: Matt Harvey Day has arrived. Harvey, who has suffered four straight no-decisions despite producing a 1.98 ERA during that span, aims for his first win since his April 19 duel with Stephen Strasburg.
OMAHA 5, LAS VEGAS 4: Andrew Brown tripled and scored on Wilmer Flores' groundout to open the ninth, but the 51s ultimately stranded the bases loaded as Donnie Joseph struck out Kirk Nieuwenhuis. Omaha had taken a 5-3 lead in the eighth on run-scoring groundout against Josh Edgin in the southpaw's Pacific Coast League debut after a promotion from Binghamton.
ST. LOUIS FIRST PITCH: Less Cowgill. More Ankiel? Desperate for outfield production, the Mets signed strikeout-prone Rick Ankiel and will use him in a center-field platoon with Juan Lagares. Ankiel debuted last night at Busch Stadium, going 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
ALBUQUERQUE 5, LAS VEGAS 2: Dylan Owen and Justin Hampson combined to surrender four runs in the seventh. Starter Carlos Torres allowed one run on three hits in six innings. Kirk Nieuwenhuis was hit by a pitch in the first inning in the right knee and departed in the third.
ROUND ROCK 12, LAS VEGAS 6: Starter D.J. Mitchell surrendered six runs in 4 1/3 innings. Eric Campbell's fifth-inning solo homer evened the score at 6, but Round Rock produced six runs against the 51s' bullpen.
LAS VEGAS 6, ROUND ROCK 5: Trailing by a run in the bottom of the eighth, Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Collin Cowgill delivered consecutive doubles to even the score at 5. Josh Satin then plated Cowgill with an RBI single.
FIRST PITCH: The Mets will see no shortage of left-handers during a four-game series against the Pittsburgh Pirates that opens at 7:10 tonight at Citi Field. And that should mean more Juan Lagares, Andrew Brown and Marlon Byrd and not very much of Jordany Valdespin.
While a prep athlete in Tulsa, Okla., Matt Reynolds strongly considered playing college basketball instead of baseball. A point guard, he received interest from Iowa State as a walk-on as well as from Butler, Furman and “a little bit” from Kansas.
SACRAMENTO 11, LAS VEGAS 7: In his second 51s start, D.J. Mitchell surrendered seven first-inning runs, although only three were earned because of a one-out throwing error by third baseman Eric Campbell.
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