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Laredo 8, Wichita 6 (Laredo wins series 3-2) — Box Score The Laredo Lemurs fought out of an early hole to come back and top the Wichita Wingnuts 8-6 and claim the semifinal series 3-2. The Lemurs struck first with two runs in the first on a fielder’s choice and an error but the Wingnuts...Read More

Sioux City 2, St. Paul 1 (Sioux City wins series, 3-1) – Box The Sioux City Explorers advanced to the American Association Championship Series with a 2-1 victory in game four over the St. Paul Saints. The game was scoreless through four innings before Sioux City broke through in the fifth. Explorers CF Matty Johnson...Read More

St. Paul 3, Sioux City 1 (Sioux City leads the series, 2-1) — Box Score The St. Paul Saints topped the Sioux City Explorers 3-1 behind three RBI from 1B Angelo Songco to force a Game 4 in their semifinal series. Game 4 is set to start at 5:05 p.m. Sunday at CHS Field. The...Read More

Sioux City 12, St. Paul 1 (Sioux City leads the series, 2-0) — Box Score The Sioux City Explorers took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five series with the St. Paul Saints with a commanding 12-1 win on Thursday night. The Saints had just one hit in the game and it was a solo home...Read More

Durham, N.C. – St. Paul Saints C Vinny DiFazio was named the American Association’s 2015 Player of the Year on Thursday, in a vote of league managers and media members. In his first full season with the Saints, DiFazio led the league with a .361 batting average, third-highest in Saints franchise history, to go along...Read More

Laredo 12, Wichita 3 (Laredo leads series, 1-0) – Box After falling behind early, the Laredo Lemurs roared back in a big way to defeat the Wichita Wingnuts, 12-3 in game one of the best-of-five semifinal series. Wichita would get the scoring started in the second inning. With one out, LF Harrison Kain doubled home...Read More

Indy Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz While many records were broken during the American Association’s 10th season, the most impressive probably was St. Paul’s shattering of the league attendance record, capitalizing on new CHS Field to draw 404,528 fans.  The Saints held the previous mark of 297,834 set in ’07. Capacity is listed as...Read More

Courtesy Lincoln Saltdogs Media Relations LINCOLN – For the 10th time in as many years, Haymarket Park – the home of the Saltdogs – was selected ‘Best Playing Field’ in the American Association, as voted upon by league managers and media. Josh Klute has been the Athletic Turf Manager at Haymarket Park since 2006. In...Read More

Courtesy St. Paul Saints Media Relations One of the most dominant set-up men in the league, St. Paul’s Mike Zouzalik, has been named the American Association Rookie of the Year, as voted upon by managers and members of the media. An instrumental piece of the back end of the Saints bullpen, Zouzalik posted a 4-1 record...Read More

After a regular season that saw two clubs break the all-time American Association mark for wins, as well as a number of other records set, the league’s playoffs will begin Wednesday evening. Both the semifinals and finals are best-of-five series. Semifinal pairings are based on geography, with the two northernmost and southernmost clubs facing each...Read More