DURHAM, NC – Former Kansas City T-Bones left-hander Kris Johnson (pictured) may have taken a loss in his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, but that should not subtract from his performance. Johnson entered in the top of the 11th of a tie game against the Arizona Diamondbacks and stayed in for...Read More

August 20 Box Scores Winnipeg 7, St. Paul 0 LHP Chris Salamida starred in Winnipeg’s dominant 7-0 shutout against the Saints. Salamida earned his second straight shutout, allowing just two hits and striking out four batters in his nine innings on the mound. Salamida’s efforts were complemented on the offensive end by a well-rounded batting...Read More

August 19 Box Scores St. Paul 14, Winnipeg 1 The St. Paul Saints racked up 17 hits on the way on to out-pacing the Winnipeg Goldeyes 14-1. All nine batters in the Saints order registered a hit led by 2B Adam Frost’s 3-for-4 performance. Frost scored three runs as well. DH Donald Blunt homered twice...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that El Paso Diablos SS Maikol Gonzalez (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Hitter of the Week. Five consecutive multi-hit games meant Gonzalez essentially ran away with this week’s top hitting honors. The Diablos’ shortstop was a spectacular 17-for-24 (.708) at the plate,...Read More

DURHAM, NC – The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Grand Prairie AirHogs RHP Derek Blacksher (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week. Blacksher picked up his eighth and ninth victories of the season by not allowing a single earned run in 17 innings. The right-hander pitched eight...Read More

August 18 Night Box Scores St. Paul 11, Sioux City 1 St. Paul rode a trio of special performances from the top of its lineup to a dominant 11-1 victory against the Explorers. 2B Adam Frost (pictured), RF Dan Kaczrowski, and 1B Brian Burgamy played significant roles in the Saints’ high-powered offense and contributed a...Read More

Box Scores Gary SouthShore 2, Sioux Falls 1  Gary SouthShore rode an excellent start from Morgan Coombs (pictured) to defeat visiting Sioux Falls, 2-1, and maintain its two-game lead over Lincoln in the wild-card race. The RailCats got on the board early, building a 1-0 lead as RF Mike Massaro doubled home LF Adam Klein in the first. From there, things...Read More

Box Scores Grand Prairie 12, El Paso 0 The Grand Prairie AirHogs shutout the El Paso Diablos 12-0 in a fantastic display of pitching and hitting. Derek Blacksher threw a complete game shutout and missed a no-hitter by just two hits. He struck out six and walked just two batters over all nine of his innings....Read More

The Minnesota Twins have found success in 2013 with former Independent League players.  It all started a couple of years ago when they purchased the contract of St. Paul Saints pitcher.  They are hoping the magic continues as infielder Brad Boyer (pictured) had his contract purchased by the Twins. The 29-year-old Boyer is having an...Read More

August 16 Box Scores Sioux Falls 12, Gary SouthShore 5 DH Tim Pahuta’s (pictured) grand slam capped off an explosive seven-run inning for the Canaries that built them a lead which they rode all the way to a 12-5 win against the RailCats. Sioux Falls continued its barrage of runs with three more in the...Read More