July 23 Recap Box Scores Fargo-Moorhead 7, St. Paul 5 St. Paul seemed primed to coast to victory when it chased the RedHawks’ starter in 1 1/3 innings and held a 5-0 lead in the top of the third, but the RedHawks clawed back with a seven-run bottom of the third to take the game,...Read More
July 22 Box Scores Amarillo 4, Wichita 0 Amarillo Sox Starter Joe Newby (pictured) put together a strong performance on the mound as the Sox blanked the Wichita Wingnuts 4-0. Newby went eight innings and allowed just five hits and three walks. He also retired three Wingnuts via strikeout. Reliever Erik Draxton came in to work the ninth and kept...Read More
DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Kansas City T-Bones 3B Devin Goodwin (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Hitter of the Week. Goodwin was one of several T-Bones who vied for the Hitter of the Week crown. The third baseman was joined by three other KC...Read More
DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Wichita Wingnuts RHP Christopher M. Smith (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week. Wichita took command of first place in the Central Division by stringing together 13 wins and Smith was a key contributor. The right-hander has...Read More
July 21 Box Scores Kansas City 6, Amarillo 5 (Final – 10 Innings) After Amarillo tied things up with two runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Kansas City T-Bones out-dueled the Sox in the 10th to win 6-5. SS Devin Goodwin starting the scoring in the 10th with a double to right field that pushed LF Joey Gathright across...Read More
July 21 Afternoon Box Scores Grand Prairie 5, St. Paul 3 Palmer Karr and Angel Flores (pictured) each homered in a 5-3 win for Grand Prairie over St. Paul. Karr hit a two-run shot in the top of the first to expand the AirHogs’ early lead to 3-0. The home run was Karr’s first with Grand...Read More
Box Scores Winnipeg 4, Rockland 3 The Winnipeg Goldeyes used a great outing from starting pitcher Edgar Osuna to top the Rockland Boulders, 4-3. The Boulders would score three runs on three pitchers in the eighth inning but fall short of the comeback. Osuna threw seven shutout innings while allowing just two hits and one...Read More
Box Scores Lincoln 6, Wichita 5 The Saltdogs built an early lead while keeping the Wingnuts scoreless in the first eight innings, putting them in position to defeat Wichita 6-5 after surviving two late home runs from Wingnuts DH John Rodriguez. Lincoln’s lead came from important contributions by 1B Ian Gac (pictured), whose eighth inning...Read More
Independent Baseball Insider: Vol. 11, No. 23, July 18, 2013 By Bob Wirz One statistic regarding the pre-All-Star Game portion of the major league season   may blow a few minds, including those in high powered front offices. To set the stage, I went back to last October when in this space I wrote that 17 pitchers...Read More
July 18 Scoreboard Wichita 4, Lincoln 3 Wichita scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the lead for good as the Wingnuts downed the Lincoln Saltdogs, 4-3 for their 13th straight win. The Wingnuts are now two wins shy of tying the league record for most consecutive wins. This was...Read More