RockHounds Announce Promotions Schedule for 2024
MIDLAND, Texas (February 20th, 2024) - Tuesday, April 9th, kicks off the Midland RockHounds' 52nd franchise season with a packed lineup of promotions coming to Momentum Bank Ballpark. The 69-game schedule features a plethora of theme nights, giveaways, and daily specials that cater to every kind of baseball fan. Fans
The future is now for A's Organization All-Stars
Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Oakland Athletics. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Las Vegas: 75-74
The Road to The Show™: Lawrence Butler
Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. Here's a look at No. 10 A’s prospect Lawrence Butler. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. Few prospects have boosted their stock in the
Fall Ballers: Nine Nuts ticketed for Arizona Fall League
The 29th Arizona Fall League (AFL) season opens October 3, reuniting the Glendale Desert Dogs, Mesa Solar Sox, Peoria Javelinas, Salt River Rafters, Scottsdale Scorpions and Surprise Saguaros for a 31-game regular season schedule, with the Fall Stars Game scheduled for November 6th and a brief post-season championship series pitting
Miller, Butler dominate Dragons in 9-5 win
LANSING, Mich. – Mason Miller struck out seven batters in three hitless innings, Lawrence Butler went 4-for-4 with two home runs, and the Lansing Lugnuts (29-36, 54-77) treated a crowd of 5,637 on Fan Appreciation Night to a 9-5 victory over the Dayton Dragons (28-34, 67-61) on Saturday night at
Four Nuts combine to no-hit Cubs, third no-hitter in team history
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Jorge Juan combined with relievers Jack Owen, Shohei Tomioka and Osvaldo Berrios to complete the third no-hitter in Lansing Lugnuts franchise history, and the Lugnuts (27-33, 52-74) closed out their 2022 road schedule with a 2-1 win over the South Bend Cubs (37-23, 71-55) on Sunday
Estes excels in Nuts’ dominant 6-1 win
APPLETON, Wisc. – Joey Estes turned in his best start of the year, and the Lansing Lugnuts (23-28, 48-69) rolled to a 6-1 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (24-27, 60-56) on Thursday night at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. The 20-year-old Estes, acquired from the Atlanta Braves
Berrios dominates, Lugnuts clinch split
EASTLAKE, OH – With his parents flying in from Puerto Rico to watch him in person for the first time in 2022, Osvaldo Berrios struck out eight in five strong relief innings, and the Lansing Lugnuts (3-6, 28-47) doubled up the Lake County Captains (4-5, 39-36), 8-4, to clinch a
Butler, Soderstrom go deep in 14-10 slugfest loss
EASTLAKE, OH – Lawrence Butler singled, tripled and homered, and Tyler Soderstrom drilled a two-run double and a two-run homer, but the Lake County Captains (3-2, 38-33) outslugged the Lansing Lugnuts (0-5, 25-46), 14-10, on Wednesday night at Classic Park. The game, the Nuts’ seventh straight loss, seesawed early and
Nuts close out first half with 10-inning loss
LANSING, Mich. – The Lansing Lugnuts (25-41) turned in a strong relief effort and received home runs from Lawrence Butler and Jack Winkler before falling in ten innings, 6-4, to the Beloit Sky Carp (31-34) in front of 6,291 on Thursday night at Jackson® Field™. The result closed out the
Lugnuts walk off TinCaps in wild 9thÂ
LANSING, Mich. – The Lansing Lugnuts (23-38) lost a 4-0 lead in the ninth inning, only to rally behind a Tyler Soderstrom game-tying triple and Lawrence Butler game-winning single for a 6-5 victory over the Fort Wayne TinCaps (25-37) before a Saturday night Star Wars crowd of 7,103 at at
Lugnuts rally for 3-2 win, series split
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – The Lansing Lugnuts (22-35) erased a two-run deficit with an eighth-inning rally before beating the West Michigan Whitecaps (26-31) on a Lazaro Armenteros RBI infield single in the ninth, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon at LMCU Ballpark. The victory clinched a six-game series split for the Nuts,
Beers impresses again, but Caps walk off
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – Blake Beers allowed one run in seven innings in his third consecutive quality start, but Las Calaveras de West Michigan Whitecaps (25-31) scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to walk off the Lansing Locos (21-35), 3-2, in a Copa de la Diversión game
Kernels overpower Nuts, 9-3
LANSING, Mich. – Lawrence Butler and Austin Beck homered, but the Cedar Rapids Kernels (33-18) answered with four home runs of their own in a 9-3 win over the Lansing Lugnuts (19-32) on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™. The Lugnuts were held to three hits in the game – a
Nuts stifle Great Lakes, 4-2
MIDLAND, Mich. – Patrick McColl broke a seventh-inning with an RBI triple, Lawrence Butler added a late solo homer, and the Lansing Lugnuts (16-22) received outstanding pitching in doubling up the Great Lakes Loons (22-16), 4-2, on Saturday night at Dow Diamond. The Nuts halted a three-game skid in winning
Lugnuts fall short at Great Lakes, 7-6
MIDLAND, Mich. – A day after allowing a late rally in a series-opening loss, the Great Lakes Loons (20-15) turned the trick themselves, using a four-run seventh to eke past the Lansing Lugnuts (15-20), 7-6, on Wednesday night at Dow Diamond. On Tuesday, the Nuts came back from 4-1 down
Beck, Lugs outslug Dragons, 8-7
LANSING, Mich. – Austin Beck hit two of the Lansing Lugnuts’ four home runs, Trayson Kubo struck out J.V. Martinez with bases loaded in the ninth, and the Lugnuts (14-18) held off the Dayton Dragons (21-10), 8-7, on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. It was the Lugnuts’ second four-homer game
Phillips, Dragons drop Lugnuts, 6-2
LANSING, Mich. – Connor Phillips struck out nine batters in six scoreless innings, Jose Torres homered and the Dayton Dragons (21-9) defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (13-18), 6-2, on Friday night at Jackson® Field™. Drew Swift went 3-for-3 and Lawrence Butler launched his third home run of the year, a drive
Lugnuts clock out, walk-off Caps
LANSING, Mich. – For the fourth straight game, the Lansing Lugnuts (11-14) beat the West Michigan Whitecaps (8-17). For the third straight game, the Lugnuts won by a 6-5 score. For a second time in the stretch, the Lugnuts won via walk-off. Still, this was a bit different: Aided by
Nuts walk-off Whitecaps to sweep twinbill
LANSING, Mich. – Euribiel Ángeles delivered a game-tying two-run double before racing home with the game-winning run on a passed ball, and the Lansing Lugnuts (9-14) completed a doubleheader sweep of the visiting West Michigan Whitecaps (8-15), 7-1 and 6-5, on Tuesday night at Jackson® Field™. With the wins –
Criswell flirts with no-hitter, Lugnuts split doubleheader
EASTLAKE, OH – Jeff Criswell came three outs from a no-hitter, settling for a one-hitter, and the Lansing Lugnuts (7-13) split a doubleheader with the Lake County Captains (9-11), winning 8-0 after dropping a 3-0 opener on Saturday afternoon at Classic Park. Each team managed just one hit in its
TinCaps pull away from Nuts late, 10-3
LANSING, Mich. – The Fort Wayne TinCaps (6-4) scored six runs in the final two innings for a series-opening 10-3 victory over the Lansing Lugnuts (3-7) on Tuesday night at Jackson® Field™. Brandon Valenzuela hit a first-inning two-run inside-the-park home run for the TinCaps, who never trailed, but were pressed
Whitecaps ride five-run 3rd past Nuts
COMSTOCK PARK, Mich. – Colt Keith, Jake Holton and Andrew Navigato delivered run-scoring extra-base hits in a five-run third inning, and the West Michigan Whitecaps (5-2) held off the Lansing Lugnuts (2-5), 6-3, on Friday night at LMCU Ballpark. First baseman Matt Cross and right fielder Lawrence Butler both notched
Pohl wins 1st as Nuts edge Captains, 6-5
LANSING, Mich. – Stevie Emanuels struck out six in three innings and the Lansing Lugnuts (1-2) built a 6-2 lead before holding on to defeat the Lake County Captains (2-1), 6-5, on Sunday at Jackson® Field™, giving Lugnuts rookie manager Phil Pohl his first career victory. The Lugnuts avoided a
Let's get hyped: A guide to potential 2022 Lugnuts
On Tuesday, March 1, Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of games.* This will not affect the Minor League Baseball season.* With everything chugging straight ahead toward Opening Day, let's get our hopes up about players we could see in Lugnuts white, black and red on April 6 vs. Michigan