DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Amarillo Sox OF Jason Martin (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending June 30. Martin was 13-for-24 this week for the Sox, and drove in three runs. On Wednesday, he was 3-for-3 in a...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Winnipeg Goldeyes LHP Nick Hernandez (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending June 30. Hernandez made two starts this week for Winnipeg, picking up two wins. On Monday, he shut out the Can-Am League’s...Read More

Kansas City 7, Gary SouthShore 6 — Box Score The Kansas City T-Bones walked off on the Gary SouthShore RailCats 7-6 on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning. The T-Bones were trailing by three runs going into the bottom of the ninth but T.J. Mittlestaedt quickly changed that. Mittlestaedt, who went...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The contract of Sioux City Explorers INF Nate Samson (pictured) has been sold to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He will be assigned to the Class AA Mobile BayBears in the Southern League, who are in the midst of a series against the Jackson Generals in Jackson, Tennessee. Samson is in his second year in the...Read More

Winnipeg 5, Fargo-Moorhead 4 – Box The Winnipeg Goldeyes got twice as many hits as Fargo-Moorhead in their 5-4 over the RedHawks. 3B Josh Mazzola and LF Ray Sadler both homered in the game and combined for six of Winnipeg’s 14 hits. Mazzola went 4-5 with two RBIs and two runs, while Sadler went 2-3...Read More

Wichita 7, Lincoln 4 – Box Despite being outhit by Lincoln 10-8, the Wichita Wingnuts were able to outscore the Saltdogs 7-4. 3B Chris McClendon paced the offense with three hits out of the nine-hole, a pair of RBIs and a run scored. DH J.T. Wise put some runs on the board as well with...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The contract of Winnipeg Goldeyes LHP Kyle Anderson (pictured) has been sold to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The southpaw will be temporarily assigned to the Arizona League Diamondbacks before moving elsewhere in the Arizona system. He is 3-2 with a 1.64 ERA in eight games, seven of them starts, with the Goldeyes in 2014....Read More

Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz, Vol. 12, No. 17, June 26, 2014 The four-man rotation is not dead.  Far from it. Greg Tagert (pictured), who has his defending champion Gary (IN) SouthShore RailCats atop the American Association’s Central Division, has long been a proponent of having only four starting pitchers, which has to have him respected...Read More

Gary SouthShore 7, Sioux Falls 6 — Box Score The Gary SouthShore RailCats walked off on the Sioux Falls Canaries 7-6 as 3B Daniel Pulfer singled home the pinch hitter Cody Bishop in the bottom of the ninth inning. Pulfer went 3-for-6 in the game and came up with his only RBI with one out...Read More

Sioux City 3, Rockland 1- Box  The Explorers beat the Boulders in an interleague game. The Explorers got  RBI singles from 1B Andres Perez in the third and C Todd Jennings and LF Rene Tosoni in the seventh. Jennings finished 3-for-4 in the game and his seventh-inning hit gave Sioux City the lead. For Rockland,...Read More