Las Vegas 51s Defeat Portland Beavers 8-1

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - LAS VEGAS – Justin Orenduff earned his first Triple-A victory and  teamed with three relievers to hold the Beavers to three hits in Las  Vegas’ 8-1 victory over Portland Thursday night at Cashman Field.
 
 Xavier Paul drove in three runs, while Angel Chavez and John-Ford  Griffin both had two hits and two runs scored for the 51s, who have  won four of their last give games. Las Vegas evened its record at  10-10 while handing the Beavers (7-11) their fourth loss in a row  and snapping their three-game, road-winning streak.
 
 Las Vegas took the lead in the fifth and utilized a four-run rally  in the sixth to go up 6-1.
 

 
 Cesar Ramos (2-2) was the recipient of the loss, despite holding Las  Vegas to two runs and five hits while striking out six in his five  innings. Mike Megrew spelled Ramos to start the sixth but allowed  four runs, three hits and a walk while failing to record an out  before giving way to Mauro Zarate.
 
 Jody Gerut had one of the Beavers’ three hits and added three walks.
 
 Chase Headley drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to give the  Beavers a quick lead in the first, but Portland left the bases  loaded in the first and second inning with early chances to increase  the lead.
 
 The 51s responded in their half of the second, getting a leadoff  double from Griffin and an RBI single from Paul.
 
 Already up by five runs in the seventh, the 51s got RBI singles from  Chavez and Kevin Howard to close out the scoring.

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