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DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Wichita Wingnuts 1B CJ Ziegler (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Hitter of the Week. It is almost impossible to argue with this week’s Pointstreak Hitter of the Week selection. Ziegler hit for the cycle on Wednesday in a 4-for-6 night...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Winnipeg Goldeyes RHP Matthew Rusch (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week. The Winnipeg native put together two of his best starts of the season to help the Goldeyes grab a pair of wins. On Wednesday at St....Read More

August 25 Box Scores Amarillo 7, Lincoln 0 The Amarillo Sox jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first inning and went on to shutout the Lincoln Saltdogs. C Chris Grossman – who was 2-for-5 with two RBI — singled in the first run in the second at bat of the inning and two...Read More

Gary SouthShore 6, St. Paul 3 Thanks in part to a three-run home run from RF Cristian Guerrero (pictured), visiting Gary maintained its lead in the wild-card race with a 6-3 win over St. Paul, completing the series sweep. The Saints got on the board first via 1B Brian Burgamy’s RBI single, and kept the...Read More

Box Scores Laredo 6, Newark 2 The Laredo Lemurs scored six runs on 12 hits to take down the Newark Bears in the latest interleague matchup, 6-2. Three Laredo players were responsible for driving in each of the six Lemur runs. C Brian Peterson, 1B John Alonso, and DH John Allen combined to go 3-13...Read More

August 23 Box Scores Amarillo 6, Lincoln 0 The Amarillo Sox blanked the Lincoln Saltdogs 6-0 behind a quality start from Ryan Mitchell (pictured). Mitchell tossed seven innings and allowed just two hits and struck out 12 Saltdogs in the process. The Sox scored a run in each of the first three innings to claim the...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider: Vol. 11, No. 28, August 22, 2013 By Bob Wirz The Wichita (KS) Wingnuts are having another magical season, already tying their franchise record for wins (59-30) with 11 games to go in the American Association campaign, but first baseman C. J. Ziegler (pictured) upstaged the historic 18-5 thumping of host Gary, IN...Read More

August 22 Scores Fargo-Moorhead 5, Sioux Falls 3 Trailing 2-0 after five innings, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks scored five runs in the sixth to take a 5-2 lead and would go on to win by the score of 5-3 over the Sioux Falls Canaries. Fargo-Moorhead C Todd Jennings went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored...Read More

August 22 Afternoon Box Score Wichita 5, Gary SouthShore 4 Wichita stumbled out of the gates, allowing four first-inning runs to the Gary SouthShore offense, and came within an out of paying the price. The RailCats had two outs in the top of the ninth and a 4-2 lead when Wichita struck for three runs...Read More

August 21 Box Scores Wichita 18, Gary SouthShore 5 The Wingnuts may have tallied 23 hits in an 18-5 win over Gary SouthShore, but nobody had a night like C.J. Ziegler (pictured). The first baseman hit for the cycle and led Wichita with four RBI in a 4-for-6 night. Ziegler got the hardest parts of...Read More