Laredo 5, Sioux City 2 (Series tied, 1-1) – Box The Laredo Lemurs received a solid outing from starting pitcher Henry Garcia and went on to beat the Sioux City Explorers in game two of the American Association Championship Series by the score of 5-2. The series is now tied at 1-1 with game three...Read More
Sioux City 10, Laredo 2 (Sioux City leads series, 1-0) — Box Score The Sioux City Explorers took a 1-0 lead in the American Association Championship Series as they racked up 19 hits and topped the Laredo Lemurs 10-2 at Uni-Trade Stadium. Sioux City took the lead right away as they put three runs on...Read More
In the first AA finals appearance for both franchises, the Sioux City Explorers and Laredo Lemurs will play in the best-of-five 2015 league championship series, beginning Wednesday evening. The Explorers, who won the Central Division and broke a league record with 75 wins during the regular season, advanced by defeating the North Division champion St....Read More
Laredo 8, Wichita 6 (Laredo wins series 3-2) — Box Score The Laredo Lemurs fought out of an early hole to come back and top the Wichita Wingnuts 8-6 and claim the semifinal series 3-2. The Lemurs struck first with two runs in the first on a fielder’s choice and an error but the Wingnuts...Read More
Sioux City 2, St. Paul 1 (Sioux City wins series, 3-1) – Box The Sioux City Explorers advanced to the American Association Championship Series with a 2-1 victory in game four over the St. Paul Saints. The game was scoreless through four innings before Sioux City broke through in the fifth. Explorers CF Matty Johnson...Read More
St. Paul 3, Sioux City 1 (Sioux City leads the series, 2-1) — Box Score The St. Paul Saints topped the Sioux City Explorers 3-1 behind three RBI from 1B Angelo Songco to force a Game 4 in their semifinal series. Game 4 is set to start at 5:05 p.m. Sunday at CHS Field. The...Read More
Sioux City 12, St. Paul 1 (Sioux City leads the series, 2-0) — Box Score The Sioux City Explorers took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five series with the St. Paul Saints with a commanding 12-1 win on Thursday night. The Saints had just one hit in the game and it was a solo home...Read More
Durham, N.C. – St. Paul Saints C Vinny DiFazio was named the American Association’s 2015 Player of the Year on Thursday, in a vote of league managers and media members. In his first full season with the Saints, DiFazio led the league with a .361 batting average, third-highest in Saints franchise history, to go along...Read More
Laredo 12, Wichita 3 (Laredo leads series, 1-0) – Box After falling behind early, the Laredo Lemurs roared back in a big way to defeat the Wichita Wingnuts, 12-3 in game one of the best-of-five semifinal series. Wichita would get the scoring started in the second inning. With one out, LF Harrison Kain doubled home...Read More
Indy Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz While many records were broken during the American Association’s 10th season, the most impressive probably was St. Paul’s shattering of the league attendance record, capitalizing on new CHS Field to draw 404,528 fans. The Saints held the previous mark of 297,834 set in ’07. Capacity is listed as...Read More