DURHAM, NC- The contract of Sioux City Explorers INF Nate Samson (pictured) has been sold to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He will be assigned to the Class AA Mobile BayBears in the Southern League, who are in the midst of a series against the Jackson Generals in Jackson, Tennessee. Samson is in his second year in the...Read More
Winnipeg 5, Fargo-Moorhead 4 – Box The Winnipeg Goldeyes got twice as many hits as Fargo-Moorhead in their 5-4 over the RedHawks. 3B Josh Mazzola and LF Ray Sadler both homered in the game and combined for six of Winnipeg’s 14 hits. Mazzola went 4-5 with two RBIs and two runs, while Sadler went 2-3...Read More
Wichita 7, Lincoln 4 – Box Despite being outhit by Lincoln 10-8, the Wichita Wingnuts were able to outscore the Saltdogs 7-4. 3B Chris McClendon paced the offense with three hits out of the nine-hole, a pair of RBIs and a run scored. DH J.T. Wise put some runs on the board as well with...Read More
DURHAM, NC- The contract of Winnipeg Goldeyes LHP Kyle Anderson (pictured) has been sold to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The southpaw will be temporarily assigned to the Arizona League Diamondbacks before moving elsewhere in the Arizona system. He is 3-2 with a 1.64 ERA in eight games, seven of them starts, with the Goldeyes in 2014....Read More
Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz, Vol. 12, No. 17, June 26, 2014 The four-man rotation is not dead. Far from it. Greg Tagert (pictured), who has his defending champion Gary (IN) SouthShore RailCats atop the American Association’s Central Division, has long been a proponent of having only four starting pitchers, which has to have him respected...Read More
Gary SouthShore 7, Sioux Falls 6 — Box Score The Gary SouthShore RailCats walked off on the Sioux Falls Canaries 7-6 as 3B Daniel Pulfer singled home the pinch hitter Cody Bishop in the bottom of the ninth inning. Pulfer went 3-for-6 in the game and came up with his only RBI with one out...Read More
Sioux City 3, Rockland 1- Box The Explorers beat the Boulders in an interleague game. The Explorers got RBI singles from 1B Andres Perez in the third and C Todd Jennings and LF Rene Tosoni in the seventh. Jennings finished 3-for-4 in the game and his seventh-inning hit gave Sioux City the lead. For Rockland,...Read More
Wichita 6, Grand Prairie 2 (Doubleheader Game One- 7 innings)- Box The Wingnuts held off a late rally by the AirHogs and took a win in game one of the doubleheader in Wichita. Wichita plated five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, with 2B Jake Kahaulelio hitting a two-run double and C J.T....Read More
Gary SouthShore 8, Sioux Falls 3- Box A Sioux Falls rally was thwarted by three RailCats runs in the bottom of the eighth inning as Gary SouthShore pulled away for the win. Former Canaries CF Drew Muren hit a two-run home run in that eighth for the game’s final two runs. He finished the night...Read More
Grand Prairie 3, Wichita 1 (Final – 11 Innings) — Box Score The Grand Prairie AirHogs moved ahead of the Wichita Wingnuts in the top of the 11th inning behind a key single form RF Frazier Hall and held on to claim a 3-1 win in extra innings. Hall came to the plate with two...Read More