Independent Baseball Insider: Vol. 11, No. 24, July 25, 2013 By Bob Wirz The deck has been shuffled, moving Winnipeg, Manitoba, ahead of 2012 newcomer Sugar Land, TX and Kansas City, KS has jumped two spots to third, but the same five teams that led Independent Baseball in per-opening attendance one year ago remain the same...Read More

July 25 Scoreboard Amarillo 5, Laredo 4 Amarillo closed to within a half game of Laredo in the South Division as they defeated the Lemurs, 5-4. This game was tied at 2-2 headed into the seventh inning before the Sox scored three times to take a 5-2 lead. The Lemurs tallied two runs in the...Read More

July 25 Afternoon Box Scores Fargo-Moorhead 5, St. Paul 3 Buddy Sosnoskie gave the RedHawks the 5-3 win in the rubber game of a three-game series against St. Paul. The Fargo-Moorhead right fielder hit a walk-off two-run homer in the ninth, capping a late comeback over the division rival Saints.    St. Paul was on top, 3-2,...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The Laredo Lemurs had to say goodbye to their greatest gap-to-gap power threat yesterday, as Sawyer Carroll (pictured) departed for Mobile, AL. Carroll, who led the Lemurs with 21 doubles and was tied for the team lead in RBI with 41, had his contract purchased by the Arizona Diamondbacks and was shipped...Read More

July 24 Box Scores Wichita 8, Amarillo 4 (Completion of suspended game) Tuesday’s game between Amarillo and Wichita was suspended in the top of the seventh, with the game tied, 4-4. When play resumed on Wednesday evening, the teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the ninth. That is when Jake Kahaulelio broke the tie...Read More

July 23 Recap Box Scores Fargo-Moorhead 7, St. Paul 5 St. Paul seemed primed to coast to victory when it chased the RedHawks’ starter in 1 1/3 innings and held a 5-0 lead in the top of the third, but the RedHawks clawed back with a seven-run bottom of the third to take the game,...Read More

July 22 Box Scores Amarillo 4, Wichita 0 Amarillo Sox Starter Joe Newby (pictured) put together a strong performance on the mound as the Sox blanked the Wichita Wingnuts 4-0. Newby went eight innings and allowed just five hits and three walks. He also retired three Wingnuts via strikeout. Reliever Erik Draxton came in to work the ninth and kept...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Kansas City T-Bones 3B Devin Goodwin (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Hitter of the Week. Goodwin was one of several T-Bones who vied for the Hitter of the Week crown. The third baseman was joined by three other KC...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Wichita Wingnuts RHP Christopher M. Smith (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week. Wichita took command of first place in the Central Division by stringing together 13 wins and Smith was a key contributor. The right-hander has...Read More

July 21 Box Scores Kansas City 6, Amarillo 5 (Final – 10 Innings) After Amarillo tied things up with two runs in the bottom of the ninth, the Kansas City T-Bones out-dueled the Sox in the 10th to win 6-5. SS Devin Goodwin starting the scoring in the 10th with a double to right field that pushed LF Joey Gathright across...Read More