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After Friday's last game, there will be an announcement regarding the future of baseball in southern Illinois.
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MARION, IL (WSIL) - Former Southern Illinois Miners Pitcher Nick Duron got the call of his dreams on Monday.
Backyard baseball is all about having fun. That’s why SIU grad Ron Shelton decided to start his sandlot baseball camp fifteen years ago.
Students at a Missouri elementary school got a big league surprise when a substitute teacher for P.E. was needed, a gold glove outfielder from the St. Louis Cardinals soared into the classroom.Â
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) � Salvador Perez is having the kind of season the Kansas City Royals won’t soon forget. The Oakland A’s are having the kind of September they might want to forget real soon. Perez hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night, giving him 43 on the season and
PHILADELPHIA (AP) � Patrick Wisdom and Alfonso Rivas hit back-to-back homers for the Chicago Cubs in a 6-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies have lost six of seven games. Wilson Contreras led off the fifth inning with a single, Wisdom hit his 26th homer of the year, and Rivas followed with the first
PHOENIX (AP) � Tyler Gilbert became the first pitcher in 68 years to throw a no-hitter in his first big league start, lifting the Arizona Diamondbacks over the San Diego Padres 7-0 Saturday night with the record-tying eighth no-hitter in the majors this season. The last to accomplish the feat in his first start was
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) � Jack Flaherty pitched six innings of two-hit ball in his return from an oblique injury, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Kansas City Royals 6-0. Nolan Arenado hit his 23rd homer for St. Louis, which earned its fourth straight win. Tyler O’Neill and Lars Nootbaar also connected. Flaherty struck
ANAHEIM, CA (AP) � The Los Angeles Angels acquired veteran outfielder Dexter Fowler from the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday night for cash or a player to be named later. Fowler batted .233 with four homers and 15 RBIs in 23 games last season, his fourth with St. Louis. The switch-hitting former Rockies and Cubs slugger is
CHICAGO (AP) � The Texas Rangers have dealt pitcher Lance Lynn to the Chicago White Sox for right-hander Dane Dunning and lefty Avery Weems. The 6-foot-5, 250-pound Lynn was 22-14 in 46 starts the past two seasons for the Rangers, with 335 strikeouts over 292 1/3 innings. The 33-year-old Lynn is 104-71 with a 3.57