LINCOLN – The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association jointly announced today that the Arizona Diamondbacks purchased the contract of left-handed pitcher Cesilio Pimentel.  In response, the Saltdogs signed right handed pitcher Alex Bee. Pimentel is the 51st Saltdogs player sold to an MLB organization and the 28th since 2011.  He is the second player [...]

LINCOLN – Joe Robbins was 5-5 and hit for the cycle but the Lincoln Saltdogs came up short in a 5-3 loss to the Sioux City Explorers on Thursday night at Haymarket Park. Robbins led off the bottom of the first inning with a solo home run, his second of the season and his first [...]

WICHITA, KS – Wednesday’s scheduled game between the Lincoln Saltdogs and Wichita Wingnuts at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium was cancelled due to rain.  The game will not be played at a later date. The rain began falling around 6:00 PM and continued until the game was called.  Radar indicated rain was supposed to continue throughout the night. [...]

WICHITA, KS – Lincoln Saltdogs (47-26) closer Michael Wagner induced a game-ending double play with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to preserve a 6-5 win over the Wichita Wingnuts (45-29) on Tuesday night. The Saltdogs broke a 5-5 stalemate in the top of the seventh inning when [...]

WICHITA, KS – The Lincoln Saltdogs (46-26) did not manage a hit in the final four innings and fell to the Wichita Wingnuts (45-28) 3-2 on Monday night. Starting pitcher Tyler Kane was excellent for the Wingnuts.  He allowed two runs on five hits over seven innings on the way to his eighth win of [...]

LINCOLN – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced over the weekend that they signed left-handed pitcher Casey Crosby to a contract.  The Saltdogs released LHP Nick Hornbaker as the corresponding move. Crosby made his MLB debut on June 1, 2012 for the Detroit Tigers.  He appeared three times, all starts, for the Tigers and posted a 1-1 [...]

LINCOLN – Randolph Oduber drilled a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the eighth inning to knock in two runs and help the Lincoln Saltdogs (46-25) to a 4-3 comeback win over the Kansas City T-Bones (42-29) on Sunday afternoon. The Saltdogs had managed just two hit through the first seven innings before they exploded [...]

LINCOLN – The Lincoln Saltdogs (45-25) scored six unanswered runs and notched a season-high 16 strikeouts to beat the Kansas City T-Bones (41-29) 6-3 on Saturday night. Derek Gordon earned his team-high eighth win by holding the T-Bones to three runs over 5.1 innings.  He struck out a season-high 10 batters compared to just two [...]

LINCOLN – Kansas City T-Bones (40-28) starting pitcher Scott Carroll took a no-hit bid to the seventh inning and the Lincoln Saltdogs (44-24) lost 9-2 to the T-Bones in front of 5,024 fans at Haymarket Park on Friday night. It was a role reversal from the night before in which the Saltdogs defeated Kansas City [...]

LINCOLN – The Lincoln Saltdogs (44-24) collected a season-high 11 walks and scored seven runs in the first inning to blow out the Kansas City T-Bones (40-28) 14-4 on Thursday night. T-Bones starting pitcher Chris Perry struggled to find the strike zone, especially to start the game.  He threw just one strike to the first [...]