Tulsa Drillers outfielder Austin Beck has been named the Texas League Player of the Week for his big performance against Amarillo Sod Poodles this past week. He is the first Drillers player to receive a weekly award this season. Beck finished the week going 8-23 for a .348 batting average.

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

LANSING, Mich. – 2020 Minnesota Twins second-rounder Alerick Soularie hit for the cycle, and the Cedar Rapids Kernels (32-18) defeated the Lansing Lugnuts (19-31), 8-5, on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™. The game was played in front of a crowd of 6,591 on REO Speedwagon Tribute Night, with a REO

LANSING, Mich. – In front of 5,722 in a Copa de la Diversión game and the first LAFCU Fireworks game of the year, the Cedar Rapids Kernels (31-18) built a comfortable lead with late insurance and then held on to stop the Lansing Locos (19-30), 8-5, on Friday night at

LANSING, Mich. – Sawyer Gipson-Long allowed one run in six innings and the Cedar Rapids Kernels (30-17) romped to a 10-2 win over the Lansing Lugnuts (18-29) on Wednesday night at Jackson® Field™. The Kernels struck out 16 times and were held to four hits by Jeff Criswell and a

BELOIT, Wisc. – Blake Beers debuted with 11 strikeouts in six scoreless innings, and the Lansing Lugnuts (17-27) halted a season high five-game losing streak with a 1-0 10-inning victory over the Beloit Sky Carp (16-28) on Saturday night at ABC Supply Stadium. The game was played in two hours

MIDLAND, Mich. – Matt Cross hit a pair of late two-run homers and the Lansing Lugnuts (15-19) rode tremendous relief work to a come-from-behind 7-4 series-opening win over the Great Lakes Loons (19-15) on Tuesday afternoon at Dow Diamond. Brett Harris added his team-leading seventh homer of the year for

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

LANSING, Mich. – Trailing 5-0 in the second inning, the Lansing Locos (10-14) used seven scoreless innings and six unanswered runs to top the West Michigan Whitecaps (8-16), 6-5, on Thursday night at Jackson® Field™. The result marked Lansing’s third straight win over West Michigan to open the six-game series.

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 –

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

EASTLAKE, OH – Command expert David Leal struck out seven in six masterful innings and Brett Harris broke a late tie with an RBI double, leading the Lansing Lugnuts (5-11) to a series-opening 3-1 victory over the Lake County Captains (7-9) on Tuesday night at Classic Park. The Lugnuts had

LANSING, Mich. – Austin Beck knocked a grand slam and Lazaro Armenteros swatted a solo home run, but those two swings provided the Lansing Lugnuts’ (4-11) only offense in a 13-5 loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps (11-5) on Sunday afternoon at Jackson® Field™. The TinCaps outscored the Lugnuts 51-28

LANSING, Mich. – Austin Beck supplied a home run and an RBI single, and Grant Holman struck out seven in six innings to lead the Lansing Lugnuts (4-8) to a 2-0 victory over the Fort Wayne TinCaps (7-5) on Thursday night at Jackson® Field™. The game was played in one

The Athletic's Melissa Lockard published a notebook of Oakland Athletics spring training minor-league notes on Tuesday, packed with interesting details for Lugnuts fans: First baseman/outfielder Lawrence Butler, MLB's No. 30 A's prospect, who impressed in a brief cameo to end last season in Lansing, is, in the words of A's

The 2021 Arizona Fall League, a league noted for its prospect-laden rosters, will feature a healthy dose of Lugnuts when it begins play on Wednesday, October 13. 2021 Lugnuts starting pitcher Jeff Criswell, relief pitcher Brock Whittlesey and outfielder Austin Beck (pictured above) are among nine Oakland Athletics prospects scheduled

COMSTOCK PARK, MI – Austin Beck took ownership of the offense with a first-inning grand slam and an eighth-inning RBI single, and the Lansing Lugnuts (33-36) topped the West Michigan Whitecaps (31-37), 5-2, on Thursday night at LMCU Ballpark. Jack Cushing added another strong pitching performance for the Nuts, striking

LANSING, MI – Austin Beck homered for the second straight day, Cobie Vance popped his first roundtripper of the season and Michael Guldberg delivered a valuable three-run blast late, powering the Lansing Lugnuts (31-34) to a 7-6 victory over the Lake County Captains (35-30) on Saturday night at Jackson® Field™.

Starting in October and running through the end of the year, MiLB.com's State of the System series will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each Major League organization, highlights prospects who've made the biggest strides in 2020 and offers a peek at 2021. So much was different during the 60-game

Three hundred and sixty four days ago, Trevor Larnach heard his name called as the 20th overall pick in the 2018 Draft as the Twins' first-round selection. Now, he's backing up Minnesota's hopes for him at Class A Advanced Fort Myers. The Twins' No. 5 prospect has been named Florida