Before each Saltdogs home game, youth baseball or softball players get to run out on the field with the Saltdogs players during the introduction of the starting lineup, and get an autographed baseball from a Saltdogs player!
The Saltdogs finished exhibition play with a 4-1 record, and have their 23-man roster set for Thursday night's season opener in Wichita.
Chase Harris homered, and Lincoln pitching carried a shutout into the eighth inning as the Saltdogs downed the Sioux City Explorers 6-2 in an exhibition game in Seward Thursday night.
Six pitchers combined to throw a two-hit shutout, and former Husker Pat Kelly whacked a two-run double late as the Saltdogs blanked the Kansas City T-Bones 2-0 in their exhibition opener at Haymarket Park Tuesday night.
The Saltdogs start exhibition play May 10 against the Kansas City T-Bones at Haymarket Park. Gates open at 5 p.m. and admission is free to all.
Former Saltdogs right-hander Tim Adleman (2012) made his Major League Baseball debut May 1, allowing just two runs while striking out six in six innings at Pittsburgh's PNC Park.
The Saltdogs signed OF Austin Darby, a recent four-year starter at Nebraska, to his first professional contract Thursday. (HUSKERS.com)
For the second time in three years, the American Association lost a valuable member of their fraternity to melanoma. Scott Miller, the voice of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks passed away in late February and Brian Rose, the bench coach for the Wichita Wingnuts, passed away in late January, 2013. The league will honor these two men with the Brian Rose/Scott Miller Man of the Year Award.
The Saltdogs acquired RHP Matt Larkins (pictured), the 2015 American Association innings leader, and RHP Brad Orosey in a trade with Wichita Tuesday. (TheABL.com)
Single-game tickets for 2016 Saltdogs games at Haymarket Park are on sale now, with prices beginning at $6.50.
