Sioux City 6, Wichita 5 – Game 1 (10 Innings) (Sioux City leads series, 1-0) – Box Sioux City 1B Ino Patron singled home 3B Tommy Mendonca with the game winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Explorers collected a 6-5 walk-off victory over Wichita in game one of the first...Read More
Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz One of the nearly 20 players the St. Paul Saints have helped graduate to the major leagues was back in the news Tuesday, possibly impacting major league baseball’s postseason. Veteran Dallas Morning News baseball writer Gerry Fraley predicted 2009 Saints hurler Tanner Scheppers “will be the most important player...Read More
PHOTO COURTESY: LAREDO LEMURS DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Laredo Lemurs OF Denis Phipps (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending September 5. Phipps closed the season on an impressive six-game hit streak, a stretch that included three multi-hit...Read More
PHOTO COURTESY: LAREDO LEMURS DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Laredo Lemurs RHP Troy Marks (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending September 5. Marks tossed 11 scoreless innings over a pair of starts this week. He earned a win...Read More