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DURHAM, NC – Lincoln Saltdogs 1B Dennis Raben (pictured) leads the American Association in both home runs and RBI. So, it should come as no surprise that the Kansas City Royals came calling for the University of Miami product earlier today. The Royals have purchased Raben’s contract and are expected to send the left-handed hitter...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Laredo Lemurs OF Sawyer Carroll (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Batter of the Week.   Carroll’s run production was among the best in the American Association this week. In eight games for Laredo, the left-handed hitting outfielder drove in...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Lincoln Saltdogs LHP Matt Bywater (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week.   Bywater had a sensational start against Fargo-Moorhead on Thursday. The Lincoln southpaw pitched a complete game shutout, allowing just three hits and walking one...Read More

Box Scores Lincoln 10, Sioux City 7 The Lincoln Saltdogs erupted for 10 runs to beat the Sioux City Explorers 10-7. SS Yasel Gomez and RF Stephen Douglas led Lincoln with 4-4 and 2-5 nights at the plate, respectably. The two combined to drive in five runs and score four. CF Dan Carroll also managed a multi-hit night, going 2-3 at...Read More

June 9 Scoreboard Sioux Falls 9, Gary SouthShore 5 Sioux Falls plated three runs in the seventh inning to break open a 6-5 game and would go on to victory by the score of 9-5 over Gary SouthShore and sweep the three game series. Canaries CF Nick Van Stratten was terrific as he went 3-for-4...Read More

June 8 Box Scores Kansas City 9, Quebec 4 The Kansas City T-Bones downed the Quebec Capitales with the help of a monster game from 1B Matt Padgett. Padgett was 3-for-4 with four RBI in the game.  Three other T-Bones had multi-hit games including 2B Jairo Perez, who also scored a pair of runs. SS...Read More

Amarillo 5, Laredo 4 – Box Amarillo clinched a narrow 5-4 victory over division-leading opponent Laredo with a go-ahead home run in the eighth by 3B Brandon Jones (pictured)– his first of the season. RHP Erik Draxton came on to pitch for the Sox in the ninth inning and held onto the lead to secure...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider By Bob Wirz Vol. 11, No. 18, June 6, 2013 Caleb Thielbar (St. Paul, MN, American Association), still with a perfect earned run average after eight major league innings spread over seven appearances for Minnesota, admitted he had a number of friends on hand when he picked up his first American League victory when the Twins rallied for...Read More

Grand Prairie 7, Laredo 5 – Box Grand Prairie scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to break a 5-5 tie and beat the Laredo Lemurs by the score of 7-5. AirHogs 3B Juan M. Richardson and 2B Brandon Pinckney each had three hits in the game with Richardson scoring two runs...Read More

Lincoln 4, Fargo-Moorhead 0 – Box Saltdogs starter Matt Bywater (pictured) was just short of untouchable in a 7-0 victory over Fargo-Moorhead. The Lincoln southpaw went the distance in a complete game shutout performance. Bywater allowed just three hits, walked one and struck out nine to notch his second win of the year. The Saltdogs were...Read More