International League

Columbus' Cord Phelps will start at second base for the International League in tonight's Triple-A All-Star game. The position became open when Boston recalled the scheduled starter, Pedro Ciriaco, last weekend. Ciriaco's promotion opened the door for...

Of the nine position players in IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg's Opening Night starting line-up, six are no longer with the team. Six players who were on the roster for that first game are now with the Phillies — Erik Kratz, Hector Luna, Jeremy...

The IronPigs' two representatives for Wednesday's Triple-AAll-Star game in Buffalo represent the two opposite ends of the spectrums of baseball's highest minor league classification. Second baseman Kevin Frandsen has appeared in 228 major league games...

Chris Tillman made his minor league transitional start Monday at Double-A Bowie in between the two-hit gem against Seattle that he threw Wednesday and his next Orioles outing Sunday against the Detroit Tigers. It didn’t go so well. Facing the...

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HIGH SCHOOLS VHSCA East-West all-star games: Girls soccer (at CNU), 5:30 Baseball (at War Memorial Stadium), 7 Boys soccer (at CNU), 7:30 Boys basketball King’s Fork Summer League (in Suffolk): Hampton vs. Churchland, 6 Denbigh vs. Norcom, 6...

Back in the season's first month it was tough to use the words "clutch" and "hitting" in the same sentence about the IronPigs, even as they got off to the best start in franchise history and one of the best starts ever by a Phillies Triple-A affiliate....

TODAY LEGION BASEBALL Aberdeen Smittys vs. Watertown, Fossum Field, 5:30 p.m. doubleheader TEENER BASEBALL Aberdeen 13-14 Teeners Minors Black vs. Watertown Grey Sox, Fossum Field 2, 3 p.m. doubleheader AMATEUR BASEBALL Mobridge at...

Right hander Tyler Cloyd and second baseman Kevin Frandsen will join IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg in Buffalo next month for the Triple-A all-star game. Cloyd was voted onto the squad through a process that included voting by fans, the media and...

Remember all those doom-and-gloomers who were predicting that minor league baseball in the Lehigh Valley wouldn't work? Not only is it working, but a recent Forbes Magazine story estimates that the Lehigh Valley IronPigs are the second-most valuable...

IronPigs manager Ryne Sandberg has been named to International League manager Mike Sarbauch's coaching staff for next month's Triple-A All-Star game in Buffalo while first baseman Cody Overbeck and starting pitcher Tyler Cloyd have taken over the lead...

The call themselves the Charlotte Knights, but they play their games 20 miles south of that North Carolina city, across the state line in South Carolina. But that may finally be changing, as early as 2014 if all goes well. After six years of debate, false...