Alessandro Maestri
‘DOGS EXPLODE IN MIDDLE INNINGS TO TAKE OPENER LINCOLN – After an 18-inning drought, the Saltdogs exploded for 11 runs on 13 hits to down the Amarillo Sox 11-6 at Haymarket Park Thursday night. Lincoln overcame an early 3-0 deficit and by the end of the seventh, led Amarillo 10-5. The ‘Dogs tied the game
GREAT SALTDOGS PITCHING CAPS ROAD TRIP WITH WIN WICHITA, Kan. — Three Saltdogs hurlers combined to hold the potent Wichita offense to just one run as Lincoln downed the Wingnuts 6-1 in front of 3,627 fans at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium Saturday night. Alex Maestri (4-5) pitched six-plus innings, allowing a run on seven hits to earn
RECORD-SETTING NIGHT FOR DICKEY, CROWD IN EL PASO EL PASO, Texas — Gavin Dickey set a new club record en route to a 14-9 Saltdogs win over the El Paso Diablos in front of 13,406 fans at Cohen Stadium Monday night. Dickey’s first-inning RBI double extended his hit streak to 20 games, establishing a new
RAMOS HOMERS, BUT ‘DOGS DROPS OPENER IN WINNIPEG WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Jon Weber belted two home runs to lead the Winnipeg Goldeyes over the Saltdogs 9-5 in front of 5,812 fans at Shaw Park Friday night. Joe Ramos launched a two-out, three-run home run to left in the top of the fourth to tie the
DOGS HANG TOUGH BUT EXPLORERS ESCAPE LINCOLN — The Saltdogs overcame an early three-run deficit but fell just short of duplicating the feat later in the contest as they fell to the Sioux City Explorers 8-6 in front of 3,532 fans at Haymarket Park Saturday night. After Lincoln tied the game at 3-3 in the
DOGS STRIKE FOR SIX IN EIGHTH TO COMEBACK ON SAINTS ST. PAUL, Minn. — Dogs strike for six. Brandon Jones and Pat Trettel led the comeback charge in the eighth inning off a former National League All-Star as the Saltdogs edged the St. Paul Saints 9-7 in front of 3,568 fans at Midway Stadium Monday
HAWKE, RIOS LEAD ‘DOGS IN BLOWOUT VICTORY LINCOLN – Phil Hawke and Kevin Rios each launched three-run homers as the Saltdogs cruised to a 9-3 win over the Winnipeg Goldeyes in front of 2,641 fans at Haymarket Park Wednesday night. Hawke spanked a three-run long ball to open the game’s scoring in the top of
GAILEN’S BLAST TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE FOR LINCOLN FARGO, N.D. — Blake Gailen launched a two-run homer in the ninth but it wasn’t enough as the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawks held on for a 6-4 win over the Lincoln Saltdogs in front of 3,935 fans at Newman Outdoor Field Friday night. Lincoln scored all four of its
PITCHER MAESTRI GIVES SALTDOGS SOME ITALIAN FLAVOUR Lincoln starting pitcher Alex Maestri fields a bunt bare-handed in the third inning against Kansas City at Haymarket Park on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. The game was suspended in the seventh inning with Kansas City leading Lincoln 3-1. (GWYNETH ROBERTS / Lincoln Journal Star) No decision and no
NUTS OUTLAST SALTDOGS TO CAPTURE FINALE LINCOLN – The Wichita Wingnuts turned a hard fought, pitcher’s duel into a comfortable win with five runs in the ninth to beat the Lincoln Saltdogs 7-1 in front of 2,381 fans at Haymarket Park Sunday evening. Leading 2-1 after eight innings, Wichita struck for five runs in the
ERRORS, STRONG OUTING BY MAESTRI FUEL ‘DOGS VICTORY GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas — Alex Maestri threw six terrific innings and the Saltdogs benefited from six AirHogs errors as Lincoln defeated Grand Prairie 8-1 in front of 5,014 fans at QuikTrip Park Wednesday afternoon. The Saltdogs capitalized on four Grand Prairie errors in the fourth inning alone,
CAPTAINS GET RINGS, BLOWOUT SALTDOGS SHREVEPORT, La. — The Shreveport-Bossier Captains received their 2010 American Association championship rings before the game, and celebrated further during the contest as they blowout and routed the Lincoln Saltdogs 13-2 in front of 2,089 fans at Fair Grounds Field Saturday night. After the Saltdogs tied the game at 2-2 in
FORT WORTH TOPS LINCOLN 5-1 IN EXHIBITION FINALE FORT WORTH, Texas — The Saltdogs could never quite gain their footing offensively as the Fort Worth Cats defeated Lincoln 5-1 in the club’s final exhibition game at LaGrave Field Monday night. Trailing by a run heading into the last of the seventh inning, Jon Nelson hit a mammoth
SALTDOGS OPEN EXHIBITION PLAY WITH A WIN The Lincoln Saltdogs defeated Fargo-Moorhead on Wednesday night 12-3, starting off a two-game, 11-inning exhibition series with the Redhawks. Lincoln started things off in unusual fashion in the second inning when Maikel Jova got on base with an infield error charged to Fargo’s Damon Lessler. Brandon Jones and
DOGS ADD TWO MORE BATTLE-TESTED HURLERS LINCOLN, Neb. – The Lincoln Saltdogs signed two more accomplished arms for the fast-approaching 2011 season Friday: RHP Alex Maestri and LHP Tommy Palica. Maestri made history in 2006 when he became the first Italian-born pitcher to be signed by a Major League organization (Chicago Cubs.). Hailing from Cesena,