XBL 2008 kicks off for Houston & St. Cloud. Ted Simmons (1977) huge for the Hornets: a homer and a triple for five RBIs. Houston 000 020 301 6 11 0 St. Cloud 002 100 010 4 5 0 W: Rogers, L: Lincecum

The St. Cloud Cyclones continued their improbable march towards the XBL crown Wednesday night against the home-team Memphis Dawgs. Ted Lilly went the full nine for the Cyclones, allowing only one run and five hits. Four of the five Cyclone runs came off the long ball. Eliezer Alfonzo hit two solo shots, both as a [...]

St. Cloud (Cain) at Memphis (Redman) The St. Cloud Cyclones blew into Memphis and handed the Dawgs their third straight loss. The Cyclones broke a 2-2 tie in the fifth on a lead-off home run by Pedro Feliz and four more hits to put them ahead by three. Mark Teahen homered in the sixth to [...]