Imanol Vargas has joined a growing list of Tulsa Drillers players to receive honors this season. Vargas has been named the Texas League's Player of the Week for the period of May 30-June 4, becoming the fifth Tulsa player to receive one of the weekly honors. Vargas finished the week

After an incredibly successful season and a first-half division title, the Great Lakes Loons’ 2022 campaign came to its untimely end Friday night at Dow Diamond in Midland, Mich. The Loons went to Eastlake, Ohio, on Tuesday and won game one of the Midwest League Eastern Division Championship Series over

MIDLAND, Mich. – The last time the Great Lakes Loons began a home series, they and the Peoria Chiefs combined for 15 hits, only one for extra bases. In the series opening game Tuesday against the Fort Wayne TinCaps at Dow Diamond, five of the Loons’ first six hits went

LANSING, Mich. – In a three-game winning streak against the Lansing Lugnuts, the Great Lakes Loons scored 12 runs in each game. On Sunday at Jackson Field, they needed to score 12, but only mustered seven. The Lugnuts salvage a series finale victory, 11-7, but the Loons win the set

LANSING, Mich. – Three times against the Lansing Lugnuts this season, the Great Lakes Loons couldn’t buy a run. Over the most recent three games at Jackson Field, they’ve bought them by the dozen. For the third straight game, the Loons scored 12 runs Saturday against Lansing, defeating the Lugnuts,

LANSING, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons had limited success against the Lansing Lugnuts pitching staff – until a 12-3 win on Thursday. Friday at Jackson Field, the Loons exploded again – another 12-run performance. Great Lakes used a five-run seventh inning to dispatch the Lansing Lugnuts, 12-7, and take

MIDLAND, Mich. – Great Lakes Loons righty Emmet Sheehan faced off against Peoria Chiefs righty Inohan Paniagua on Tuesday at Dow Diamond, and each pitcher allowed one run before the Chiefs won, 7-1. On Sunday, they faced off again, and both improved on their performance from earlier in the week.

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Peoria Chiefs entered this series at Dow Diamond as the team with the most runs in the Midwest League since the All-Star break, spanning the previous 15 games. Saturday night, the Great Lakes Loons shut them out for the second time in three games, 6-0, to

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons had a total of three extra base hits in the first three games of the series against the Peoria Chiefs at Dow Diamond. On Friday night, they had four in the first five innings alone. Great Lakes used three home runs to outlast

MIDLAND, Mich. – With only 16 more chances to see the No. 1 prospect in the Dodgers’ organization, Diego Cartaya rewarded the 2,795 fans that came Wednesday night to Dow Diamond to see him and the Great Lakes Camels. Cartaya went 3-for-3 at the plate, including a game-tying home run

The Lake County Captains pitching staff couldn’t have been too happy with their fielders, who committed four errors against the Great Lakes Loons at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio, on Sunday night. The Captains pitchers probably forgave the position players because of their performance at the plate. 11 runs on

In the top of the ninth inning Thursday at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio, the Great Lakes Loons found themselves down to their final strike, trailing by three, with the tying run in the on-deck circle. Jose Ramos launched a two-run homer, bringing Great Lakes within a run of the

The Great Lakes Loons capitalized on the longball in their most recent series, leaving the yard nine times – second-most in the Midwest League over the week. In their series opener Tuesday against the Lake County Captains, the longball bit them back. The Captains hit three blasts, including one of

MIDLAND, Mich. – When the Great Lakes Loons came to bat in the sixth inning Friday at Dow Diamond, they trailed the Lansing Lugnuts for the first time all night. They didn’t trail for long. A two-run homer from Jose Ramos put the Loons in front, then Imanol Vargas hit

MIDLAND, Mich. – After the Lansing Lugnuts scored three runs in the top of the first inning Wednesday at Dow Diamond, they had scored nine unanswered runs against the Great Lakes Loons to begin a six-game set. What did the Loons do? They answered. Great Lakes, playing Wednesday as the

MIDLAND, Mich. – Coming into this three-game series against the Great Lakes Loons, the West Michigan Whitecaps scored the most runs per game of any team in the Midwest League. In the first two games at Dow Diamond, the Whitecaps scored just five runs on 10 total hits. Sunday afternoon,

MIDLAND, Mich. – On Friday night at Dow Diamond, the Great Lakes Loons scored 12 runs on 10 hits against the West Michigan Whitecaps. On Saturday night, the two teams combined for five runs and nine hits. The pitchers’ duel went the way of the visitors as West Michigan comes

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Great Lakes Loons returned home to Dow Diamond after nearly three weeks without a home game. Friday night, it was home sweet home. The Loons, playing as their alternate identity Los Pepinillos Picantes del Norte, exploded for 12 runs in an emphatic defeat of the West

The Great Lakes Loons and the Quad Cities River Bandits wrapped up a six-game road trip Sunday afternoon at Modern Woodmen Park in Davenport, Iowa. It was the tail end of the longest road trip for the Loons and was the final game before the All-Star Break. Great Lakes (52-34,

The Great Lakes Loons squeaked out a victory Thursday night in Davenport, Iowa as they won 2-1. It was their second straight one-run victory in as many games against the Quad Cities River Bandits at Modern Woodmen Park. Great Lakes (52-32) tallied 11 hits, but left 12 runners on base

LANSING, Mich. – After registering just two hits Friday at Jackson Field, the Great Lakes Loons offense was looking for a rebound. With seven runs on 14 hits Saturday night, they got one. The Loons registered a hit in every inning but the first, and the pitching staff shut out

The Great Lakes Loons have been one of the most prolific offenses since the second half of the Midwest League season began, scoring nearly eight runs per game. So naturally, on Thursday night at Jackson Field in Lansing, Mich., they were held to one run by the team with the

Putting all of your starting nine on base over the course of the game? That’s a good sign. Registering a base hit in eight of nine innings? Also a good sign. Those signs pointed to a Great Lakes Loons victory, 5-1, over the Lansing Lugnuts at Jackson Field in Lansing,

MIDLAND, Mich. – The Dayton Dragons had a 7-0 lead at one point in the game, but in the bottom of the ninth inning Sunday at Dow Diamond, the Loons trailed by just a run, with the bases loaded and two outs. Aldrich De Jongh stood in, in his second

MIDLAND, Mich. – In the first inning Thursday at Dow Diamond, Imanol Vargas put the Loons ahead for the first time with a grand slam. In the eighth inning Friday at Dow Diamond, Vargas did the exact same thing. The Loons trailed until a five-run eighth inning, capped off by