A chainsaw sound effect buzzes over the sound system at Goss Stadium in Corvallis each time an Oregon State pitcher records a strikeout. That was Quinn Mathews first impression of future teammate Cooper Hjerpe. Mathews picked up his first career save in Stanford’s 1-0...
Springfield’s team bus rumbled south on a 14-hour trek from the Ozarks to the Texas Gulf Coast and Cards’ southpaw Cooper Hjerpe passed time by texting with friend and former Oregon State teammate Jacob Melton, the Houston Astros’ second-round pick in 2022 and now...
Bright sunshine and 4,792 fans – most of them kids on summer camp field trips – burst into Hammons Field on Wednesday morning. With first-place Springfield clinging to a narrow lead over Arkansas in the Texas League North first-half race, the environment offered a...
St. Louis Cardinals President of Baseball Operations John Mozeliak spoke with Bloggers & Podcasters covering the club for 45 minutes prior to Saturday’s game at Busch Stadium against Colorado. The interview covered a range of topics, including his future, a role...
A.J. McCarron said his injured ankle likely requires surgery after the Battlehawks season ended with a 25-15 loss to San Antonio in the XFL Conference Championship game at The Dome at America’s Center on Sunday. “Just moving the way I was before that Birmingham game...
Like pioneers at the confluence of two mighty rivers, head coach Anthony Becht and quarterback A.J. McCarron met in St. Louis two years ago and embarked into the wild spring football frontier. Success was uncertain. Could the 31-year-old quarterback with a surgically...
When Brahmas’ kicker Ryan Santoso’s game-winning field goal attempt fluttered harmlessly wide left of the goalposts at The Dome at America’s Center on Saturday, the ramifications were immediately felt. Kaws echoed from the rafters as 34,379 St. Louis partisans savored...
Nathan Church stood underneath an oval “2012” plaque on the clubhouse façade that commemorates Springfield’s lone Texas League championship title, and an hour before Game 1 of Wednesday’s doubleheader at Hammons Field, he pondered goals for 2024. Church’s play lately...
Bryan Torres watched the first two offerings from Midland Rockhounds reliever Wander Guante whiz by for called strikes. Springfield enjoyed a 4-1 lead in the seventh inning on Friday night, thanks to Torres’ two-RBI single with two out in the second inning when he...
