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 0Â – 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
Sioux Falls 10, Winnipeg 7 – Box Sioux Falls DH Tim Pahuta (pictured) may have had only two hits, but he made them count. Pahuta went deep twice, hitting a grand slam in the third and a solo shot in the fifth, as the Canaries beat Winnipeg, 10-7. The Sioux Falls designated hitter finished the...Read More
Kansas City 2, Sioux City 0 – Box A two-run home run by 2B Jairo Perez (pictured) was all Kansas City needed, as the T-Bones beat Sioux City in a close contest, 2-0. Perez’s home run, his fourth of the season and first since May 22, broke a scoreless tie with two outs in the...Read More
Grand Prairie 6, Laredo 2 (Game 1 – 7 innings) – Box The AirHogs raced out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning against the first-place Laredo Lemurs and that proved enough to clinch a 6-2 win. The first inning started with two routine outs before two hit batsmen and a walk loaded the...Read More