Las Vegas gives Baby Cakes double trouble
The Las Vegas 51s collected eight doubles on Sunday afternoon en route to a 7-3 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes.The 51s, who have never swept a series from New Orleans in the 20-year history between the clubs, have won each of the first three games of the four-game
The Las Vegas 51s collected eight doubles on Sunday afternoon en route to a 7-3 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes.
The 51s, who have never swept a series from New Orleans in the 20-year history between the clubs, have won each of the first three games of the four-game set.
After 'Cakes starter
Travis d'Arnaud followed with a single ahead of back-to-back doubles by Amed Rosario and Dominic Smith to give Las Vegas a 4-0 cushion.
New Orleans loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the third and pushed across a run on a ground out by
Tyler Pill (3-1) gave up just the one run in 6 1/3 innings to get the win and lower his ERA to 1.96.
Copeland (3-5) struck out six in five innings but was charged with seven runs on nine hits, six of them doubles, to suffer the loss.
The Baby Cakes wrap up the series and the homestand on Monday at 7 p.m.