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DURHAM, NC- Building upon winning the American Association Pitcher of the Player of the Week for the week ending July 12, Sioux Falls Canaries OF Brian Humphries, has been named the American Association Rawlings Player of the Month for July. He had an incredible 16 multi-hit games on the month, collecting eight home runs in...Read More

DURHAM, NC- For the third time in the last two years, Winnipeg Goldeyes LHP Nick Hernandez has been named the American Association Pitcher of the Month. He went 5-1 in the month of July, earning him that award for the first time in 2015. Hernandez struck out 24 batters over the course of the month...Read More

Lincoln 7, Amarillo 6 – Box Lincoln 3B Curt Smith singled home LF Mitch Canham with the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Saltdogs grabbed a 7-6 walkoff win over the Amarillo Thunderheads. Lincoln scored two runs in the third and three in the fifth to take a 5-0...Read More

Wichita 3, New Jersey 1 – Box A solo home run from SS Luis Hernandez iced the win for the Wichita Wingnuts in a low-scoring affair with the New Jersey Jackals. Hernandez’s blast in the fourth pushed the game to the eventual 3-1 final score. New Jersey had scored first in the second with a...Read More

Sioux City 7, Lincoln 6- Box The Explorers won their tenth game of the season against the Saltdogs with a comeback performance in Friday’s matinee. LF Tim Colwell doubled in the top of the ninth to break a 5-5 tie, and scored himself on an error. Previously, DH Brock Kjeldgaard had tied the game with...Read More

Sioux City 6, Lincoln 3 – Box In a complete game by Explorers starting pitcher Ryan Zimmerman, Sioux City defeated Lincoln 6-3 Thursday night. In the third inning, Sioux City CF Matty Johnson scored on an error by the catcher.  Johnson returned in the fourth inning to hit a grand slam to give the Explorers...Read More

Wichita 4, New Jersey 2 – Box The Wichita Wingnuts rallied to score all four of their runs in the ninth inning to beat the New Jersey Jackals 4-2. Down two, The Wingnuts began the final inning with a walk, setting the stage for a big swing and two-run homer from 1B Matt Padgett. A...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz Onetime Sioux Falls and El Paso catcher Eddy Rodriguez probably faces an uphill battle to get back to the major leagues as a player, but he surely seems to have a nice future in baseball. He has shuttled between the New York Yankees’ top two farm clubs in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre,...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Kansas City T-Bones INF Ryan Cavan (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending July 26. Cavan collected a hit in all seven games he played this week, going 17-for-29 with three doubles, a home...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Joplin Blasters RHP Nestor Molina (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 26. Molina becomes the first Blaster to win a weekly award since Joplin joined the league for the 2015 season. He...Read More