DURHAM, NC – The American Association announced today that Sioux Falls Canaries INF Tim Pahuta (pictured) has been named the Rawlings Hitter of the Month for June. The selection was made by Pointstreak, the official statistician of the American Association. Pahuta finished the month with the best run production in the American Association. The left-handed...Read More
DURHAM, NC – The American Association announced today that Wichita Wingnuts LHP Ryan Hinson (pictured) has been named the Rawlings Pitcher of the Month for June. The selection was made by Pointstreak, the official statistician of the American Association. Hinson hurled to the tune of a 5-1 record and a 1.41 ERA in the month of...Read More
DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Wichita Wingnuts INF C.J. Ziegler (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Hitter of the Week. Over the last six games, Ziegler has been unnaturally productive. The former University of Arizona Wildcat drove in 14 runs this week, hitting three home...Read More
DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Amarillo Sox RHP Ryan Mitchell (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week. Mitchell delivered a pair of solid performances to pick up two wins for the Sox. His first victory came on Monday, at home against El...Read More
June 30 Box Scores Gary SouthShore 6, Winnipeg 5 SS Zac Mitchell (pictured)Â was the hero Sunday as he registered five RBI including a three-run walkoff homerun to give the Gary SouthShore RailCats a 6-5 win over the Winnipeg Goldeyes. The Goldeyes started out hot and claimed a 4-0 lead in the top of the first...Read More
Box Scores Kansas City 4, Fargo-Moorhead 0 Kansas City’s Lucas Irvine (pictured) was masterful, twirling a complete-game four-hitter as his team snapped its six-game losing streak with a 4-0 win over Fargo-Moorhead. The T-Bones (16-27) scored a pair of runs in the first on DH Matt Padgett’s RBI single and an RBI fielder’s choice by RF...Read More
June 29 Recap Box Scores Grand Prairie 5, Newark 3 Two RBI from LF Brian Myrow (pictured) and three more from RF Kenny Held helped the Grand Prairie AirHogs come back to beat the Newark Bears, 5-3. Newark started out strong, with runs in each of the first three innings, but that was all the...Read More
June 28 Recap Box Scores Wichita 13, Sioux City 5 Sioux City had no answer for Wichita’s explosive early innings in the Wingnuts’ 13-5 triumph over the X’s. 1B CJ Ziegler (pictured) set the tone for the game early on when he hit a grand slam to give the Wingnuts a lead that Sioux City...Read More
Independent Baseball Insider: Vol. 11, No. 21, June 27, 2013 By Bob Wirz Kansas’s only two professional baseball teams, both in the American Association, have been creating positive headlines of late although for largely separate reasons. Wichita has been doing in mostly on the diamond where the Wingnuts, aptly named because of that city’s major aircraft-building...Read More
June 27 Recap Box Scores Grand Prairie 7, Sioux Falls 6 (Game one – Seven innings) Ryan Pineda’s (pictured) three-run home run was the difference for the AirHogs in a back and forth game against Sioux Falls. Pineda’s home run broke a 4-4 tie and Grand Prairie held on the rest of the way for...Read More