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. Â 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
Laredo 14, Wichita 5 – Box Laredo scored six big runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to erase a 4-2 deficit and defeat Wichita by a 14-5 score. The Lemurs had 19 hits in the game, with seven batters having at least two. Laredo DH Jeudy Valdez was the star tonight at the...Read More
Joplin 5, Grand Prairie 0 – Box Four Joplin pitchers combine on a five-hit shutout as the Blasters downed Grand Prairie, 5-0. Joplin starter Nestor Molina threw the first six innings giving up the five hits and a walk and striking out five batters. Molina notched the victory and improved his mark to 6-3 on...Read More
Winnipeg 7, Kansas City 6 — 12 Innings The game between the Winnipeg Goldeyes and the Kansas City T-Bones needed three extra frames, but the Goldeyes eventually walked away with a 7-6 win. The game was tied at four after nine innings and it remained tied until the top of the 12th inning. There, Casio...Read More
Amarillo 9, Sioux Falls 8 – Box After some back and forth scoring between the Amarillo Thunderheads and Sioux Falls Canaries, the Thunderheads walked off with the 9-8 win. In the top of the ninth, Sioux Falls tied the game after LF Brian Humphries hit a solo homer, but Amarillo wouldn’t fold. 1B Rene Leveret...Read More
Grand Prairie 11, Joplin 1 – Box Grand Prairie used 15 hits to dominate Joplin 11-1 Thursday night. The AirHogs went up 4-0 in the first inning after an RBI-singles by SS Robi Estrada and LF Willie Cabrera, and a two-RBI double by DH Michael Pair. In the third inning, the lead ballooned to 8-0...Read More