Wichita 10, Sioux City 5 – Game 4 (Wichita wins series, 3-1) – Box The Wichita Wingnuts advance to the American Association Championship Series as they defeated Sioux City in game four, 10-5. Wichita scored four runs in the second inning to jump ahead 4-1 and would roll on from there to the series clinching...Read More

Wichita 13, Sioux City 0 – Game 3 (Wichita leads series, 2-1) – Box With the game scoreless through four innings, Wichita plated seven big runs in the fifth to jump ahead 7-0 and would roll from there to a 13-0 win over Sioux City. Wingnuts C Martin Medina went 1-for-2 with two runs scored...Read More

Winnipeg 9, St. Paul 7 – Game 2 (Series tied, 1-1) – Box The Winnipeg Goldeyes jumped out to a 6-1 lead after the first inning of play and would never look back as they defeated St. Paul by the score of 9-7. Winnipeg pounded out 14 hits in the contest with eight of the...Read More

LINCOLN, NEB. – For the 16th time in as many years, Haymarket Park – the home of the Lincoln Saltdogs – was selected ‘Best Playing Field’ in the American Association, as voted by league managers and media.  Josh Klute has been the Athletic Turf Manager at Haymarket Park since 2006. In addition to the 11...Read More

St. Paul 1, Winnipeg 0 – Game 1 (St. Paul leads series, 1-0) – Box St. Paul starting pitcher Mark Hamburger and two relievers combine on a nine-hit shutout as the Saints defeated Winnipeg, 1-0 in game one of their first round series. Hamburger went the first eight innings allowing no walks and seven hits...Read More

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

The American Association has announced the 2016 Playoff Schedule for the first round of games, which will begin on Wednesday, September 7. The matchups will pit the North Division champion St. Paul Saints against the Wild Card winning Winnipeg Goldeyes, as well as the Central Division champion Sioux City Explorers facing the South Division champion Wichita Wingnuts. All Times Central Playoff...Read More