LINCOLN, NE – Mike Tamburino tossed seven shutout innings but the Lincoln Saltdogs fell 4-1 to the Cleburne Railroaders on Saturday night at Haymarket Park. Tamburino, the Saltdogs (13-9) starter, allowed just two baserunners and faced only one above the minimum in his outing. He didn’t issue a walk and the one hit off him [...]
LINCOLN, NE – Chase Simpson blasted a couple of two-run home runs and the Lincoln Saltdogs came from behind to beat the Cleburne Railroaders 9-7 on Friday night. It took all three of Lincoln’s (13-8) homers to overcome mistakes and a scrappy Railroaders (8-12) squad. A season-high crowd of 5,124 fans watched an up-and-down affair [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today that the organization signed former Husker and Lincoln native Jake Hohensee. Hohensee (pronounced HO-en-see) is a right-handed pitcher. The Saltdogs released RHP Leland Tilley. Hohensee joins the Saltdogs immediately following his senior season at Nebraska. The 24-year-old was the closer for Darin Erstad’s team and posted 13 [...]
LINCOLN, NE – MLB legend Rafael Palmeiro will be at Haymarket Park this weekend to suit up as a member of the Cleburne Railroaders as his team faces the Lincoln Saltdogs. The series begins Friday night with first pitch at 7:05 PM. Palmeiro played 20 seasons in the MLB and is one of only six [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs scored four runs over the final three innings to claim a rubber-match win 7-4 over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks on Wednesday night. Fargo (9-9) power-hitters Keury De La Cruz and Charlie Valerio each came to the plate representing the tying run in the ninth inning. Saltdogs (12-8) closer J.R. Bunda [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks launched four home runs and beat the Lincoln Saltdogs 9-4 on Tuesday night. Starter Tyler Herron gave up three blasts on the way to the loss for Lincoln (11-8). The Saltdogs continued to hit it out of the park too. Curt Smith and Christian Ibarra each went deep to [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today they activated left-handed pitcher Brian Smith from the Disabled List. The Saltdogs released LHP Kyle Kinman. Smith was placed on the DL on May 29th after pitching in six games at the start of the season. The southpaw was 1-0 with a 5.00 ERA. He struck out [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs blasted two home runs and Mike Tamburino notched a quality start as the Saltdogs beat the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 4-1 on Monday night. Lincoln’s (11-7) third straight win opens a six-game homestand the right way. Tamburino earned the win after surrendering just one run over 6.2 innings pitched. Jose Jose [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association jointly announced today that Saltdogs infielder Christian Ibarra is the Pointstreak Player of the Week. Saltdogs players have won the award in consecutive weeks after Angel Reyes claimed the honor last week. Ibarra went 14-30 (.462) while playing in all seven games this week. He [...]
LINCOLN, NE – Minor League Sports Report chose Chase Simpson of the Lincoln Saltdogs as its Player of the Month for May in the American Association. The publication, led by writers Robert Pannier and Kevin Luckow, wrote this about the Satldogs third baseman: “Chase Simpson leaves the first month of the American Association season hitting [...]
