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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

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

Amarillo 9, Gary SouthShore 5 – Box Every batter in the Amarillo Sox lineup connected for at least one hit in the Sox’ 9-5 win against the RailCats from Gary SouthShore. 1B Joe Weik scored twice, added two RBI and was 2-for-4 with a homerun. The roundtripper was Weik’s first of the season. 2B KC...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Wichita Wingnuts INF Jared McDonald (pictured) and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks RHP Alex Caldera have been named this week’s Pointstreak Batter and Pitcher of the Week. McDonald had one of the hottest weeks the American Association has seen so far this season. The...Read More

El Paso 6, Gary SouthShore 5 – Box El Paso 1B Jonathan Cisneros second double of the game brought home the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Diablos walked off on the Gary SouthShore RailCats 6-5. Cisneros went 2-for-5 with a pair of RBI and a run scored. El Paso...Read More

Sioux Falls 11, Wichita 6 – Box The middle of the Sioux Falls order was electric to say the least in an 11-6 win over Wichita. Jared Clark (pictured), John Alonso and Tim Pahuta combined for five home runs and nine RBI, batting in the three, four and five spots in the Canaries’ order. Clark...Read More