July 21 Afternoon Box Scores Grand Prairie 5, St. Paul 3 Palmer Karr and Angel Flores (pictured) each homered in a 5-3 win for Grand Prairie over St. Paul. Karr hit a two-run shot in the top of the first to expand the AirHogs’ early lead to 3-0. The home run was Karr’s first with Grand...Read More

Box Scores Winnipeg 4, Rockland 3 The Winnipeg Goldeyes used a great outing from starting pitcher Edgar Osuna to top the Rockland Boulders, 4-3. The Boulders would score three runs on three pitchers in the eighth inning but fall short of the comeback. Osuna threw seven shutout innings while allowing just two hits and one...Read More

Box Scores Lincoln 6, Wichita 5 The Saltdogs built an early lead while keeping the Wingnuts scoreless in the first eight innings, putting them in position to defeat Wichita 6-5 after surviving two late home runs from Wingnuts DH John Rodriguez. Lincoln’s lead came from important contributions by 1B Ian Gac (pictured), whose eighth inning...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider: Vol. 11, No. 23, July 18, 2013 By Bob Wirz One statistic regarding the pre-All-Star Game portion of the major league season    may blow a few minds, including those in high powered front offices. To set the stage, I went back to last October when in this space I wrote that 17 pitchers...Read More

July 18 Scoreboard Wichita 4, Lincoln 3 Wichita scored two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to take the lead for good as the Wingnuts downed the Lincoln Saltdogs, 4-3 for their 13th straight win. The Wingnuts are now two wins shy of tying the league record for most consecutive wins. This was...Read More

July 17 Box Scores Winnipeg 7, Trois-Rivieres 5 Josh Mazzola’s (pictured) three-run homer was part of a big offensive inning for Winnipeg. The Goldeyes scored five runs in the third inning and held on to beat the Trois-Rivieres Aigles, 7-5. The third inning also featured an RBI double by Ray Sadler and a run-scoring single by Ryan Scoma that...Read More

Box Scores Laredo 4, St. Paul 3 (Game 1-7 innings) A two run fifth inning from the Laredo Lemurs would put them on top of the St. Paul Saints 4-3, a lead they would keep intact until the final out of the first game of the double header. LF Sawyer Carroll led off the inning...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The American Association has seven graduates currently pitching in Major League Baseball. But, only one has ever earned baseball’s highest mid-season honor. Tonight, former Fort Worth Cats right-hander Max Scherzer (pictured) will take the mound as the starting pitcher for the American League in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in New York....Read More

July 15 Box Scores Wichita 2, Sioux City 0 Wichita’s starter Christopher Smith (pictured) was very impressive on the mound as he went eight strong, shutout innings helping the Wingnuts blank the Sioux City Explorers 2-0. Smith allowed just four hits and one walk and struck out nine Explorers. Reliever Josh Dew came in and collected...Read More

DURHAM, NC – Currently riding a five-game win streak, the Sioux Falls Canaries have had a lot to be pleased with this week. Now, they have one more thing to celebrate, as OF Nick Van Stratten (left) and RHP Kyle Ruwe (right) have been named this week’s Pointstreak Hitter and Pitcher of the Week. Van...Read More