Exploring SIngelton
On Tuesday night, former Outlaw Nick Singleton knocked down the St. Paul Saints, the No.1-ranked club in this week's OB Indy Top 10, in his seventh start this season for the Sioux City Explorers. Singleton, who is now 2-3 with a 2.79 ERA, threw six innings, gave up seven hits and three runs, struck out four and walked three.
The great back story about Singleton being in the Explorers rotation is that he is playing for former Reno Silver Sox manager Les Lancaster and is now a teammate with former Silver Sox nemesis Dusty Bergman. It is often forgotten that in last year's Fourth of July on-field brawl between the Silver Sox and Outlaws at Nettleton came as a result of a bean-ball battle between Singleton and Bergman at Nettleton.
Because it was catcher Ricky Bambino who actually charged the mound after getting pegged by a Bergman offering, he is looked at as the main Outlaws member involved. Bergman, also the pitching coach for the Explorers this year (a fairly valid excuse for struggling to be effective), is 0-7 in seven starts with a 6.41 ERA.