Lincoln 7, Sioux City 4 – Box Lincoln Saltdogs DH Ian Gac and 1B Dennis Raben combined for six hits as the Saltdogs downed the Sioux City Explorers 7-4. Gac went 3-for-5 and Raben was 3-for-3 and both players scored a pair of runs. 2B David Espinosa also scored twice. For the Explorers Yusuke Inoguchi...Read More
Sioux City 6, Lincoln 4 – Box In a game that was filled with home runs, Lincoln simply could not handle the hot bat of Sioux City 3B Bryan Pounds (pictured), who tallied three home runs and four RBIs in his four at bats in the Explorers’ 6-4 victory over the Saltdogs. Pounds’s efforts were...Read More
DURHAM, NC – Just a couple hours before yesterday’s first pitch between Grand Prairie and Kansas City, AirHogs OF Aaron King (pictured) got the news that he would not be in the starting lineup. The Charlotte, NC native had been purchased by the Boston Red Sox and is expected to head to extended spring training...Read More
Independent Baseball Insider By Bob Wirz Vol. 11, No. 17, May 30, 2013 Mark Minicozzi (pictured) was in the Independent ranks for quite a while, partly because of injuries, but the first baseman is making the most of being back in the affiliated ranks. Playing for San Francisco’s Double-A team in Richmond, VA, the 30-year-old...Read More
Grand Prairie 5, Kansas City 4 (10 Innings) – Box Catcher Angel Flores’ (pictured) sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning brought home DH Andres Rodriguez with the game winning run as the Grand Prairie AirHogs beat the Kansas City T-Bones, 5-4. Kansas City had a 2-1 lead going into the bottom of...Read More
May 29 Night Recap Gary SouthShore 1, Sioux City 0 – Box Thanks to a tremendous performance by reigning Pitcher of the Week Alain Quijano, one run was all the RailCats needed to defeat Sioux City. Quijano pitched eight innings of scoreless baseball, allowing just five hits. The left-hander’s efforts helped Gary SouthShore beat the...Read More
May 28 Night Recap Winnipeg 4, Laredo 3 – Box A three-run sixth inning helped the Winnipeg Goldeyes beat the Laredo Lemurs 4-3 in a battle of division leaders. RF Ryan Scoma tied the game at three with a two-run double and scored the eventual game-winning run on 3B Amos Ramon’s (pictured) RBI single. Goldeyes’...Read More
May 28 Afternoon Recap Fargo-Moorhead 6, Sioux Falls 5 – Box With Fargo-Moorhead leading Sioux Falls 5-4 in the sixth, RedHawks DH Jose G. Garcia (pictured) made a gutsy decision. Garcia took his lead off of third, watched his teammate swing through a pitch and then broke for home on the throw back to the...Read More
May 27 Recap Gary SouthShore 4, Sioux City 3 – Box Gary SouthShore led throughout the entire game, until the Sioux City Explorers tied it 3-3 after a three-run seventh inning. The RailCats weren’t about to let the win get away from them, and an Adam Klein (LF) RBI single in the next inning reclaimed...Read More