Durham, N.C. — The Tampa Bay Rays organization has purchased the contract of Laredo Lemurs RHP Kyle Winkler, the American Association announced on Thursday. Winkler’s stay in the American Association was brief but dominant, as the Sugar Land, Texas, native made eight outings for Laredo, all out of the bullpen. In those games, the 25-year-old picked up four victories,...Read More
JUNE 8 EVENING RECAP Lincoln 7, Sioux Falls 0 – Box Lincoln Saltdogs starting pitcher Shairon Martis was sensational tonight as he tossed a five-hit complete game shutout and defeated the Sioux Falls Canaries, 7-0. Martis threw 117 pitches and gave up no walks while striking out five. The righty notched his third win and...Read More
Sioux City 9, Winnipeg 0 – Box Explorers’ DH Derrick Robinson and RF Michael Lang each had four hits to lead Sioux City past the Winnipeg Goldeyes 9-0. The Explorers outhit Winnipeg 17-2. Starter Graham Johnson improved to 3-0 as he shut out the Goldeyes for five innings, surrendering just two hits with four strikeouts....Read More
Courtesy Lincoln Saltdogs Media Relations LINCOLN – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced on Wednesday that the contract of INF Christian Ibarra was purchased by the Minnesota Twins. Through 19 games for Lincoln this season, Ibarra was hitting .371 with five home runs, eight doubles and a 1.173 OPS. Ibarra will be reporting to the Cedar Rapids (Iowa)...Read More
JUNE 7 RECAPS Texas 11, St. Paul 8- Box A five-run first and four-run fourth provided enough of a boost for the host AirHogs as they held off the Saints in an 11-8 slugfest. 1B Devon Rodriguez drove in two of the five runs on a two-RBI double in the first inning, and later added...Read More
Fargo-Moorhead 3, Gary SouthShore 2 – 15 Innings — Box Score The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks and the Gary SouthShore RailCats were tied at 2-2 after nine innings and they were still tied at 2-2 after five more but in the top of the 15th, 1B Brian Humphries doubled to score 3B Josh Mazzola and that made...Read More
DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks’ OF K.D. Kang (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending June 5th. This week, Kang batted (10-for-21) with three home runs, seven RBI, five doubles while also walking six times. Currently, he boasts...Read More
DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Gary SouthShore RailCats’ RHP Karl Triana (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending June 5th. On June 2, Triana threw the first no-hitter in RailCats’ history as Gary SouthShore defeated Kansas City 1-0. In...Read More
JUNE 5 EVENING RECAP Fargo-Moorhead 19, Sioux Falls 4 – Box It was all Fargo-Moorhead in this contest as the RedHawks rolled past the Sioux Falls Canaries by a 19-4 score. Fargo-Moorhead was sensational at the plate tonight as they banged out a total of 21 hits with eight batters in the lineup having multi-hit...Read More
JUNE 5 AFTERNOON RECAPS Winnipeg 6, Lincoln 5- Box A three-run bottom of the ninth inning rally pushed the host Goldeyes to a stunning 6-5 win over the Saltdogs Sunday. 2B Casio Grider began the rally with a leadoff solo home run to trim Lincoln’s lead to 5-4. With two outs and the bases empty,...Read More