LINCOLN, NE – The Sioux City Explorers scored five runs on six straight two-out hits in the fifth inning and held on to beat the Lincoln Saltdogs 6-5 in front of 5,302 fans at Haymarket Park. The game started as a pitchers’ duel with Kyle Kinman and Justin Vernia dominating. Each starter surrendered a leadoff [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs earned walk-off wins in the first two games of the series but the Wichita Wingnuts came from behind to take the series finale 5-2 at Haymarket Park. The Saltdogs (29-27) beat the Wingnuts (35-22) with the walk-off in four of the first five home games against Wichita and came [...]
LINCOLN, NE – Dan Johnson hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Lincoln Saltdogs back-to-back walk-off wins over the Wichita Wingnuts with an 8-7 victory on Tuesday night. The Saltdogs (29-26) entered the bottom of the ninth trailing 7-6 and facing Wingnuts (34-22) closer Daniel Tillman. T.J. Bennett [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today they traded catcher Brant Whiting to the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League for a player to be named later. The club also signed rookie C Daniel Herrera, activated LHP Joe Bircher and released OF Joe Moran. Herrera made his professional debut with the Windy City Thunderbolts [...]
LINCOLN, NE – T.J. Bennett drew a bases-loaded, walk-off walk in the bottom of the eleventh inning to give the Lincoln Saltdogs a 3-2 win over the Wichita Wingnuts on Monday night at Haymarket Park. The Saltdogs’ (28-26) fifth walk-off victory of the year broke their season-high five game losing streak. With the game tied [...]
SIOUX CITY, IA – The Lincoln Saltdogs and Sioux City Explorers game was suspended in the top of the fifth inning due to inclement weather. The Saltdogs were ahead of the Explorers 2-1. The game will be resumed on Friday, July 27th in Sioux City. The game will be played for the full nine innings [...]
SIOUX CITY, IA – The Lincoln Saltdogs notched a six-run inning but lost 8-7 to the Sioux City Explorers in a game in which the decisive play was a ground ball to first base. The Saltdogs’ (27-26) losing streak extends to five games, their longest since May 22-26, 2017. They have lost seven straight games [...]
SIOUX CITY, IA – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today they acquired left-handed pitcher Joe Bircher from the Sioux Falls Canaries. The deal completes an earlier trade that sent OF Mike Hart to the Canaries. Bircher is starting his Saltdogs career on the Disabled List. Bircher, an Omaha native, spent parts of the last five seasons [...]
SIOUX CITY, IA – The Sioux City Explorers notched 13 of their 14 hits over three innings and used the outbursts to beat the Lincoln Saltdogs 11-3 at Mercy Field Friday night. The Saltdogs’ (27-25) losing streak extends to a season-high four games. Lincoln has lost its last six South Division games. The X’s (39-13) [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today they traded infielder Nathaniel Maggio to the St. Paul Saints for infielder Dan Johnson. Johnson, a former Husker, brings 10 years of MLB experience to the Saltdogs. Johnson first made baseball headlines as a slugger for Nebraska from 2000-2001. As a senior, he earned first-team All-America honors [...]
