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Rob Wort’s stay in Independent baseball wasn’t very long.  The current Sioux City Explorers right-hander and former Washington Nationals farmhand is headed to the Arizona Diamondbacks system. Wort (pictured) will report to the Hillsboro Hops in the Short Season Class A Northwest League. The Hops are in the midst of a road series at the...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Winnipeg Goldeyes LHP Chris Salamida (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 10. This is the second time the veteran lefty has won the award in 2014, having previously taken it for the...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Amarillo Sox OF Geraldo Valentin (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending August 10. Valentin was 15-for-32 this week for the Sox, a week in which Amarillo went 6-1. Valentin only had one extra base hit,...Read More

Lincoln 10, Sioux Falls 5- Box The Saltdogs scored five runs in the bottom of the first inning and went on to beat the Canaries in the series finale at Haymarket Park on Sunday. DH Brandon Pinckney hit a bases-clearing double in the frame, which began with a solo home run from LF Matt Forgatch (pictured)....Read More

Winnipeg 5, Wichita 1 – Box Winnipeg southpaw Chris Salamida (6-3, 3.20 ERA) continued his stellar 2014 campaign with a complete-game 5-1 victory against Wichita. The complete game was Salamida’s second in three starts. He struck out eight and allowed one earned run on five hits and three walks. The win helped the Goldeyes avoid a four-game sweep...Read More

Amarillo 17, Grand Prairie 1 — Box Score The Amarillo Sox exploded offensively for 25 hits – two shy of the American Association record – and 17 runs as they ran away from the Grand Prairie AirHogs 17-1. Nine of the ten Sox that went to the plate Saturday night registered at least one hit....Read More

Gary SouthShore 6, Fargo-Moorhead 5 Final/10 Innings – Box Score The Gary SouthShore RailCats were trailing 5-4 heading into the ninth inning but tied things up and forced a tenth where they claimed the lead and a 6-5 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. It was RailCats CF Drew Muren that quickly tied the score in...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz, Vol. 12, No. 23, August 7, 2014 Dennis Raben (pictured) was the Los Angeles Angels’ Minor League Player of the Month, and he celebrated that night with a seven-RBI (4-for-7) performance, including a grand slam, for Inland Empire (San Bernardino) of the California League.  Raben has 21 homers and 69...Read More

Lincoln 8, Sioux Falls 7 – Box Trailing 7-0 after the first inning, the Lincoln Saltdogs roared back to score six runs over the next two innings and then two more in the seventh to take the lead for good and beat the Sioux Falls Canaries, 8-7. With the victory, Lincoln wins their fifth straight...Read More

St. Paul 4, Sioux City 2- Box  With a strong start from RHP Robert Coe and a three-run sixth, the Saints took a matinee over the Explorers. RF Keith Brachold hit a two-RBI double in the seventh and SS Joey Becker followed with an RBI double of his own. LF Willie Cabrera was 3-for-3 for the...Read More