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August 2014
Laredo

LEMURS SWEEP SOX BEHIND STRONG PITCHING

Laredo 3, Amarillo 1 Game 1/7 Innings — Box Score The Laredo Lemurs scored three runs in the fifth inning to claim the pitchers’ duel that was the first game of a double header with the Amarillo Sox 3-1 Both starting pitchers went the distance in the seven inning game Jeremy Strawn came out with...
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Laredo Strawn

STRAWN NAMED AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PITCHER OF THE WEEK

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Laredo Lemurs RHP Jeremy Strawn (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 24. Strawn, the American Association Pitcher of the Month for July, twirled a complete game shutout on Wednesday at the Grand...
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Lincoln Gac

GAC’S FOUR HOMERS LANDS HIM AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYER OF THE WEEK

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Lincoln Saltdogs INF Ian Gac (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending August 24. With his team in the thick of the playoff race in the Central division, Gac won the award for the...
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Grand Prairie

AIRHOGS RACK UP 20 HITS IN BIG WIN

Grand Prairie 10, Amarillo 2 — Box Score Grand Prairie AirHogs 2B Matthew Burns and C/LF Ryan Gasporra accounted for a combined six hits and six RBI as the AirHogs handled the Amarillo Sox 10-2. Burns and Gasporra each went 3-for-6 with three RBI and a runs scored in the game. 1B/C Brian Peterson, who followed right behind Burns and...
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Ian Gac

GAC’S JACK GIVES SALTDOGS 1-0 WALK-OFF WIN

Lincoln 1, St. Paul 0 – Box Lincoln 1B Ian Gac (pictured) hit a walk-off home run to break a scoreless tie and beat St. Paul, 1-0. The home run, Gac’s 23rd of the season, set a new club record for home runs in a single season. He is second in the league, behind Laredo’s Travis Denker with...
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Hearther

GOLDEYES DOUBLE UP CANARIES

Winnipeg 12, Sioux Falls 6  CF Reggie Abercrombie hit his 17th home run of the season as the Goldeyes doubled up the Canaries. 2B Brock Bond, SS Tyler Kuhn and 1B Casey Hearther (pictured) all had three hits, with Hearther driving in three runs and picking up his 29th double. DH Jake Blackwood was 2-for-4 and...
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Wichita Link

LINK HEADED BACK TO AFFILIATED BASEBALL WITH THE MARLINS ORGANIZATION

DURHAM, NC-Former Major League Pitcher Jon Link (pictured) is headed back to affiliated baseball. The Wichita Wingnuts righty, who pitched in nine games for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2010, has had his contract purchased by the Miami Marlins. The Marlins will assign him to the Class AA Jacksonville Suns, who are in the midst...
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Winnipeg

GOLDEYES SWEEP DOUBLEHEADER FROM CANARIES

Winnipeg 6, Sioux Falls 3 (Game 1 – 7 Innings) – Box After falling behind 2-0 after just a half inning, Winnipeg scored three runs in the bottom of the frame and two more in the second to take a 5-2 and would go on to defeat Sioux Falls in game one of the doubleheader,...
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Paxton

‘GREATNESS’ PREDICTED FOR JAMES PAXTON

Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz, Vol. 12, No. 24, August 21, 2014 “I think this kid has greatness written all over him.” Not bad praise for a pitcher who was not yet 10 starts into his major league career at the time.  That was what Seattle Manager Lloyd McClendon said to The Tacoma News...
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Wingnuts Secondary

WINGNUTS WIN SEVENTH STRAIGHT, TOP LEMURS 6-2

Wichita 6, Laredo 2 – Box Wichita continues its tremendous season as they win their seventh in a row in a 6-2 decision over the Laredo Lemurs. The Wingnuts are now 63-26 on the season with a .708 winning percentage. The Wingnuts 3-4 hitters of 1B David Espinosa and CF Brent Clevlen went a combined...
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