Sioux City 10, Gary SouthShore 7 – Box Trailing 2-0 after just an inning, the Sioux City Explorers scored six runs in the third and three more in the fifth to take a 9-2 lead and would cruise from there to a 10-7 win over the Gary SouthShore RailCats. The victory by Sioux City was...Read More
New Jersey 8, Sioux Falls 5- Box The Jackals overcame an early deficit to win manager Joe Calfapietra’s 600th game as a professional. Sioux Falls took a 4-0 lead after an inning thanks in part to a three-run home run by DH Chris Duffy (pictured). The lead for the Canaries held until the seventh inning when...Read More
Laredo 11, Grand Prairie 4 – Box Laredo scored ten big runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally from a 3-1 deficit and beat the Grand Prairie AirHogs, 11-4. The win by the Lemurs was their fifth in a row and gives them a 2 ½ game lead over the St. Paul...Read More
When Erik Castro (pictured)Â was released by the Houston Astros organization this spring, he was in AAA, only one step from the major leagues. To keep his hopes alive, Castro signed with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. After hitting .319 in 30 games for Fargo-Moorhead, Castro is headed back to affiliated baseball as his contract has been sold...Read More
Wichita 9, Lincoln 6 – Box Wichita broke a 3-3 tie with four runs in the fourth inning as the Wingnuts get past Lincoln, 9-6. Wichita banged out 15 hits in the game with six hitters collecting at least two hits. Wingnuts CF Brent Clevlen went a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with two runs...Read More
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