Noticias de la Frontier League 2025

Québec completed their series sweep with a 17-run performance, bringing their magic number down to six, while Schaumburg won their sixth straight to finish off a road sweep of Joliet. New York earned TJ Stanton his 300th career regular-season win with the Boulders, Evansville swept their doubleheader against Gateway, and Tri-City, New Jersey, Windy City and Mississippi also picked up victories on Thursday. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 6 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 13 – The Tri-City ValleyCats finished up the biggest homestand of the season with a getaway win over the Sussex County Miners, 13-6, in front of 3,236 lovers of baseball and the arts at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on August 13. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 2 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 12 – The New Jersey Jackals jumped out to a nine-run lead and never looked back Thursday night, defeating the Down East Bird Dawgs 12-2 at Hinchliffe Stadium. BROCKTON ROX 2 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 17 – The Québec Capitales completed the series sweep on Thursday night with a 17-2 win over the Brockton Rox at Stade Canac. NEW YORK BOULDERS 13 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 8 – The Boulders built a 13-1 lead, then had to hold off the Trois-Rivières Aigles 13-8 in Thursday night’s rubber match at Stade de Trois-Rivières, where TJ Stanton joined Jamie Keefe as the only managers in franchise history to rack up 300 career regular season wins. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 5 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 1 – The Schaumburg Boomers took the lead in the seventh but needed to wait through a long delay in frame to make the victory official, notching a sixth straight win by a 5-1 final over the Joliet Slammers to sweep the road series on Thursday night. OTTAWA TITANS 2 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 5 – A nearly two-hour delay was not enough to slow down the ThunderBolts Thursday night, as the Bolts took down the Ottawa Titans 5-2 at Ozinga Field. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 4 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 5 – The Mississippi Mud Monsters (31-49) completed a 5-4 comeback victory for their first win against the Washington Wild Things (55-26) this season Thursday evening. DOUBLEHEADER GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 2 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 3 – GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 2 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 3 – The Evansville Otters (49-32) won back-to-back one-run games against the Gateway Grizzlies (36-45) on Thursday night, taking both games of the doubleheader 3-2.

Sussex County erupted for 13 runs, while Down East answered a late New Jersey comeback with five runs in the ninth to clinch their series. Québec also secured a series win and Washington earned their second straight victory, bringing both teams’ magic numbers down to eight, while Schaumburg extended their winning streak to five games. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 13 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 3 – The Sussex County Miners (39-40) crushed the Tri-City ValleyCats (30-49), 13-3, on Wednesday night at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 12 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 7 – The Down East Bird Dawgs blew a six-run lead, watched New Jersey tie it in the eighth, then answered with a five-run ninth inning to pull away for a 12-7 victory over the Jackals at Hinchliffe Stadium Wednesday night, winning the series and inching to within 5.5 games of a playoff spot at 36-44. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 11 @ FLORENCE Y’ALLS 2 – The Lake Erie Crushers (32-47) dominate division foe Florence Y’alls (47-33) scoring 11 runs in the first four innings. Lake Erie pitching ensured the victory, surrendering just two runs all night. BROCKTON ROX 4 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 10 – The Québec Capitales took the series on Wednesday night with a 10-4 win over the Brockton Rox at Stade Canac. NEW YORK BOULDERS 2 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 5 – The Trois-Rivières Aigles carried a no-hit bid into the ninth inning on Wednesday night, with Anthony Escobar leading the way in a 5-2 victory over the New York Boulders at Stade de Trois-Rivières. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 12 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 9 – After plating 10 runs in the opener of the week-long series in Mississippi Tuesday, Washington followed it with a 12-run performance, at one stage leading 10-0, on its way to a second-straight win to open the week in Pearl by a final of 12-9. Kyle Edwards’ four-hit night and six times on base along with Andrew Czech’s three-RBI and two hits highlighted the night offensively, while Drew Stegura took a no-hit bid into the seventh in his fourth pro start. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 6 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 3 – The Schaumburg Boomers made it five consecutive victories by notching a 6-3 decision over the Joliet Slammers on the road Wednesday night. OTTAWA TITANS 7 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 2 – The Ottawa Titans (46-33) snapped a two-game slide with a bounce-back 7-2 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts (40-40) on Wednesday night.

Sussex County and Down East each opened their series with 1-0 shutout victories, while Florence rallied past Lake Erie and New York needed 10 innings to defeat Trois-Rivières. Québec, Evansville, Schaumburg, Washington, and Windy City also picked up series-opening wins on Tuesday. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 1 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 0 – The Sussex County Miners win game one of the three game series, winning by a score of 1-0 against the Tri-City ValleyCats. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWSG 1 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 0 – Stephen DiTomaso led off the game with a home run, and Drew Henderson did the rest, delivering seven scoreless innings in the best start of his season as the Down East Bird Dawgs edged the New Jersey Jackals 1-0 at Hinchliffe Stadium Tuesday night, opening the series with a shutout victory. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 4 @ FLORENCE Y’ALLS 6 – The Florence Y’alls (47-32) picked up a comeback 6-4 win over Lake Erie on Tuesday night to open a six-game homestand. BROCKTON ROX 4 @ QUÉBEC CAPTIALES 12 – The Québec Capitales defeated division rivals Brockton Rox 12-4 on Tuesday night, taking game 1 of the series at Stade Canac. NEW YORK BOULDERS 11 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 9 – The Boulders outlasted the Trois-Rivières Aigles, 11-9 in 10 innings to take a 3-hour, 52-minute series opening marathon on Tuesday night at Stade Quillorama. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 0 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 6 – The Evansville Otters (47-32) got another quality start from Colby Morse as the long ball led the way in a game one win against the Gateway Grizzlies (36-43) on Tuesday night, 6-0. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 7 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 3 – The Schaumburg Boomers scored three runs in the sixth and added three insurance tallies in the ninth to pull away from the Joliet Slammers and grab a 7-3 victory in the opener of a six-game roadtrip on Tuesday night. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 10 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 5 – Behind a barrage of offense in the second half of the game and six multi-hit performances, Washington took the opener in Pearl against Mississippi, 10-5. A returning Zach Kirby yielded two runs over 5.2 innings for his sixth win of the season, moving to 6-0 in the effort. OTTAWA TIANS 6 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 9 - Seven runs across the first two innings for the Windy City ThunderBolts offense proved to be enough Tuesday night, as the Bolts defeated the Ottawa Titans 9-6 at Ozinga Field.

AVON, OH – With playoffs one month away, two hopeful contenders had winning weeks thanks in part to strong individual performances. Windy City ThunderBolts utility man Justin Fogel recorded seven extra-base hits in six games, drove in 11 runs, and posted a 1.744 OPS to earn Player of the Week. Meanwhile, Evansville Otters right-handed pitcher Alex Valdez pitched six scoreless innings out of the bullpen to claim Pitcher of the Week. Evansville Otters right-handed pitcher Alex Valdez threw six shutout innings in relief across four games to earn Pitcher of the Week. Valdez made his first appearance in game two of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Joliet Slammers, striking out two over two scoreless innings. Valdez pitched again on Thursday against Joliet and struck out another two batters during a perfect eighth inning. He pitched another perfect inning on Saturday against the Washington Wild Things, striking out one. The Otters turned to Valdez again on Sunday, and he pitched another two perfect innings in a win over the Wild Things. Valdez is in his third season with the Otters. He joined the team in July 2024 after spending the previous two years with the American Association’s Kansas City Monarchs. Valdez also pitched for four seasons within the Arizona Diamondbacks organization from 2018 to 2022, reaching as high as Single-A with the Visalia Rawhide in 2021 and 2022.

AVON, OH – With playoffs one month away, two hopeful contenders had winning weeks thanks in part to strong individual performances. Windy City ThunderBolts utility man Justin Fogel recorded seven extra-base hits in six games, drove in 11 runs, and posted a 1.744 OPS to earn Player of the Week. Meanwhile, Evansville Otters right-handed pitcher Alex Valdez pitched six scoreless innings out of the bullpen to claim Pitcher of the Week. Windy City ThunderBolts utility man Justin Fogel recorded a hit in all six of his team’s games this week. He recorded one of the League’s best offensive performances of the season on Wednesday against the New York Boulders, going 5-for-5 at the plate with three doubles and a home run. Fogel followed up his big day with another home run against the Boulders on Thursday. He stayed hot against the Tri-City ValleyCats, homering for the third-straight game in the series opener on Friday. Fogel ended his week with another two-hit game on Sunday, picking up a double and driving in another run. Fogel is in his first season with the ThunderBolts. Windy City acquired him from the Ottawa Titans on June 4. Fogel split his 2025 season between the Titans, the MLB Draft League’s Trenton Thunder, and the University of Memphis.

Ottawa extended their winning streak to four games and their unbeaten series streak to 10, while Down East clinched a series win and moved within one victory of the first sweep in franchise history. Washington shut out Evansville for the second straight night, Schaumburg erupted for 18 runs, Sussex County swept their doubleheader against New York, and Brockton, Québec and Gateway also earned wins, while Windy City and Tri-City split their doubleheader. TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 5 @ OTTAWA TITANS 12 – The bats got going early as the Ottawa Titans (45-31) beat the Trois-Rivières Aigles (27-50) by a final score of 12-5 on Saturday night, extending the win streak to four and the series unbeaten streak to ten in a row. FLORENCE Y’ALLS 7 @ BROCKTON ROX 8 – The Brockton Rox earned their second consecutive win over the Florence Y’alls (45-32) on a game-winning sacrifice fly, securing an 8-7 victory. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 9 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 4 – Kalae Harrison homered and drove in three runs as the Down East Bird Dawgs pulled away for a 9-4 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers at ForeFront Field Saturday night, clinching the series win and setting up a chance at the first sweep in franchise history Sunday afternoon. EVANSVILLE OTTERS 0 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 2 – The Washington Wild Things shut out the Evansville Otters for a second straight game to win by a score of 2-0 Saturday night at EQT Park. The Wild Things improved to 53-24 on the season, extending their lead in the Central Division to eight games, while the Otters move to 45-32 with the loss. NEW JERSEY JACKALS 9 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 11 – The Québec Capitales erased an early deficit with an eight-run inning on Saturday night, rallying past the New Jersey Jackals for an 11-9 victory. JOLIET SLAMMERS 5 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 9 – The Gateway Grizzlies were down 5-0 in the fifth inning on Saturday against the Joliet Slammers, but proceeded to surge late, scoring nine unanswered runs in their final four turns at bat for a crucial, 9-5 victory at Arsenal BG Ballpark that evened the weekend series at one game apiece. MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 4 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 18 – The Schaumburg Boomers scored in six different innings and cruised to an 18-4 victory over the Mississippi Mud Monsters before another full house at Wintrust Field (7,920) on Saturday night. DOUBLEHEADERS SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 16 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 9 SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 7 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 6 – The Sussex County Miners swept Saturday’s doubleheader against the New York Boulders at Clover Stadium, taking the opener 16-9 before completing the sweep with a 7-6 victory in the nightcap. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 4 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 3 – The ThunderBolts held off the Tri-City ValleyCats for a 4-3 win in game one of a doubleheader before dropping the nightcap 7-5 for a split at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium Saturday night. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 5 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 7 – The Tri-City ValleyCats scored six runs in the first two innings and took the nightcap of a doubleheader against the Windy City ThunderBolts, 7-5, in front of 2,321 hearty souls at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on August 8.

Brockton snapped Florence’s 11-game winning streak with a walk-off win in the 10th, while Schaumburg celebrated a walk-off victory in front of a franchise-record crowd of 8,203. Ottawa continued their strong stretch with a 10-2 win, Washington got eight shutout innings from Kobe Foster, and Down East and Joliet also earned series-opening victories, while Québec swept their doubleheader against New Jersey. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 7 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 2 – Stephen DiTomaso drove in four runs, including a two-run triple in a four-run sixth inning, as the Down East Bird Dawgs cruised to a 7-2 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers at ForeFront Field Friday night, picking up a series-opening win and improving to 33-43 on the season. FLORENCE Y’ALLS 10 @ BROCKTON ROX 11 – The Brockton Rox snapped the Florence Y’alls’ 11-game winning streak with a walk-off sacrifice fly in the 10th inning, outlasting Florence 11-10 in a back-and-forth battle. TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 2 @ OTTAWA TITANS 10 – The Ottawa Titans (44-31) continued to roll, picking up a 10-2 win over the Trois-Rivières Aigles (27-49) on Friday night, powered by stellar pitching and offence. EVANSVILLE OTTERS 0 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 7 – I n his second game back from the injured list and first home game since July 11, All-Star Kobe Foster picked up right where he left off. Foster ended the night completing eight shutout innings with 10 strikeouts in the Wild Things 7-0 victory over the Eva nsville Otters, which was also highlighted by a big night at the plate from Jeff Liquori for the second night in a row. JOLIET SLAMMERS 5 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 2 – The Joliet Slammers scored three runs in the 10th inning to pull away from the Gateway Grizzlies for a 5-2 victory in Friday night’s series opener at Arsenal BG Ballpark. MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 6 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 7 – Kellum Clark coaxed a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the ninth inning to cap a wild finish as the Schaumburg Boomers returned home from a nine-game roadtrip to the largest crowd in franchise history (8,203) and celebrated a 7-6 victory over the Mississippi Mud Monsters on Friday night. DOUBLEHEADER NEW JERSEY JACKALS 4 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 8 – NEW JERSEY JACKALS 2 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 6 - The Québec Capitales swept Friday night’s doubleheader against the New Jersey Jackals, winning the completion of a suspended May 24 game 8-4 before taking the nightcap 6-2.

Windy City, Ottawa, Washington, Florence, Gateway and Evansville all clinched series victories on Thursday night, while New Jersey swept a doubleheader from Trois-Rivières. Florence extended their winning streak to 11 games, and Ottawa completed another comeback behind Jackie Urbaez's extra-inning three-run homer. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 7 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 1 – Carlos Peña hit two home runs and Ramon Rodriguez held the New York Boulders to just one run as the Windy City ThunderBolts won the rubber game from New York 7-1 at Clover Stadium Thursday night. OTTAWA TITANS 6 @ BROCKTON ROX 3 – The Ottawa Titans (43-31) completed a comeback for a 6-3 win over the Brockton Rox (33-42) in extra innings on Thursday night, powered by a Jackie Urbaez three-run home run. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 4 @ WASHINGTON WILD THING 7 – The Washington Wild Things took care of business to secure a series victory over the Down East Bird Dawgs by a score of 7-4 at EQT Park on Thursday night. FLORENCE Y’ALLS 4 @ SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 1 – The Florence Y’alls (45-30) completed a sweep of the Sussex County Miners on Wednesday thanks to a scoreless start from Nathan Lawson and back-to-back home runs in the fourth leading to a 4-1 win. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 1 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 7 – The Gateway Grizzlies took control early in Thursday night’s rubber game at Arsenal BG Ballpark, scoring five runs in the first four innings to back six shutout frames from Ty Good (6-2) to beat the Schaumburg Boomers 7-1 and seal a huge series win. JOLIET SLAMMERS 1 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 4 – The Evansville Otters (45-30) had a massive sixth inning to take the four-game series win from the Joliet Slammers (30-45) on Thursday night, 4-1. DOUBLEHEADER TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 7 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 8 – TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 0 @ NEW JERSEY JACKALS 2 –

Ottawa erased a five-run deficit to complete their comeback in Brockton, while Evansville swept a doubleheader from Joliet to secure the series. Windy City, Mississippi, Down East, Tri-City, Florence and Schaumburg also picked up victories, with Florence extending their winning streak to 10 games and Schaumburg rallying from five runs down behind a go-ahead grand slam. OTTAWA TITANS 9 @ BROCKTON ROX 8 – Down by as much as five runs, the Ottawa Titans (42-31) mounted a comeback to defeat the Brockton Rox (33-41) by a narrow 9-8 final on Wednesday afternoon. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 8 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 7 – Justin Fogel had five hits and four RBIs to lead the ThunderBolts to an 8-4 win over the New York Boulders at Clover Stadium Wednesday afternoon. MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 10 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 4 – After both offenses scored three runs through the first two innings before both pitchers settled in, the Mississippi Mud Monsters (30-44) slugged their way to a 10-4 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers (30-44) Wednesday afternoon. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 9 @ WASHINGTON WILD THING 6 – The Down East Bird Dawgs steal game two from Washington after a two-double, 5 RBI, and a sudden death home run performance from All-Star Christian Adams to take a 9-6 win over the Wild Things on Wednesday night. Down East and Washington combined for 27 hits and 20 strikeouts in the middle game of the three-game set. QUÉBEC CAPITALES 4 @ TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 7 – The Tri-City ValleyCats scored twice in the bottom of the first, second, and third innings on the way to a 7-4 win over the Quebec Capitales in front of 2,909 Hot Dog enthusiasts at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on August 5. FLORENCE Y’ALLS 5 @ SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 3 – With their backs against the wall, Florence Y’alls (44-30) reliever Will Carsten loaded the bases with nobody out in the bottom of the ninth of a tie game. He escaped it with a fielder’s choice play at the plate, strikeout, and lineout to take a 5-3 extra-innings win and extend their win-streak to 10. SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 8 @ GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 7 – The Schaumburg Boomers were trailing 6-1 entering the eighth but scored seven times, capped by a go-ahead grand slam from Kellum Clark, rallying to stun the Gateway Grizzlies on the road with an 8-7 decision on Wednesday night. DOUBLEHEADER JOLIET SLAMMERS 3 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 8 JOLIET SLAMMERS 4 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 6 – The Evansville Otters (44-30) rode great hitting to a doubleheader sweep against the Joliet Slammers (30-44) on Wednesday night, taking game one 8-3 and game two 6-4.























