*All results from games played on Thursday, April 5, 2018
The 51s dropped their home opener last night to the El Paso Chihuahuas, 4-2. San Diego 2016 first-rounder Eric Lauer kept the Vegas bats in check for six innings, and the El Paso bullpen threw three hitless innings to ice the victory. Despite the defeat, Vegas pitching struck out 14 batters, highlighted by David Roseboom’s eight-pitch, two strikeout effort in his inning of relief.
The Rumble Ponies galloped all over Portland starter Teddy Stankiewicz, slugging three home runs off the one-time Met second-rounder, and scoring all six of their runs in the first two innings in crusing to a 6-0 Opening Day victory.