International League

RF Jose Bautista was 0-for-4 following four consecutive multi-hit games and six in the previous nine games. He has reached base safely in 30 of his 35 games and in 19 of his past 21. RHP Dustin McGowan is expected to continue his rehab from a right...

MLB Team Report - Toronto Blue Jays - INSIDE PITCH Help can come from unexpected places. The Blue Jays rotation has taken a beating this season, with Mark Buehrle taking a loss in a 5-0 game vs. the New York Yankees on Friday as the latest example....

Every starter in the Norfolk Tides' lineup had at least one hit Thursday afternoon. That seemed about right. Travis Ishikawa hit 2 of 4 Norfolk home runs as the Tides bashed their way to an 8-6 win over Lehigh Valley, the latest success six weeks into...

As far as Dave Rosenfield knows, it was his idea. Or maybe it wasn't. Either way, it's become as much a staple of minor league baseball as fireworks and dizzy-bat races. The Norfolk Tides hold the first of two Turn Back the Clock Nights when the...

Travis Ishikawa has been thinking less and hitting more -- more than just about anyone. In 2-1/2 scorching weeks, the Norfolk Tides first baseman has overcome a pedestrian start to become one of the International League's hottest hitters. Ishikawa,...

In his one inning of Major League rehab work, Joba Chamberlain was the only RailRiders pitcher not to give up a run to Toledo. The Mud Hens tagged Caleb Cotham with his first loss of the season, and Ben Guez and Brandon Douglas each homered in host...

Jim Negrych leads all of professional baseball in batting average but continues to be the regular second baseman in the Buffalo Bisons' lineup. What does the St. Francis product have to do to get his first call-up to the big leagues? Hang tight and keep...

Former William and Mary cornerback B.W. Webb signed a four-year contract with Dallas that includes a $443,380 signing bonus, and he will count $515,845 against the team’s 2013 salary cap. Webb, a Newport News native and Warwick High graduate,...

Josh Judy returned to his locker after a recent independent Atlantic League baseball game with his York (Pa.) Revolution and turned on his phone. The former University High and Morgantown Post 2 pitcher's eyes soon grew wide. It was like the Fourth of...

Some sloppy fielding and another slow day at the plate meant the Durham Bulls' disappointing homestand continued on Sunday. Two Durham errors fed Lehigh Valley's four-run, sixth-inning outburst, and the IronPigs defeated the Bulls 6-4 in International...

Considering he needed to record only one out, Jeff Beliveau put on quite a show for family and friends last Sunday. The reliever for the Durham Bulls recorded the last out in the team's no-hitter against the Pawtucket Red Sox. "It was cool to come...

It's been a few years since Bill Dancy was in Toledo. "It's like night and day from the last time I was in town," he said. Of course, the last time Dancy was in town the Mud Hens played games at Skeldon Stadium. In fact, it has been so long since...