Wednesday is Aberdeen’s first day off of the season with the team playing nineteen games since Opening Night on June 18. Currently the IronBirds sit in third place behind Staten Island and Brooklyn in the New York-Penn League McNamara Division with a 9-10 record, three-and-a-half games behind first place Staten Island, a team with a […]
IronBirds Capitalize on Spinner Mistakes, Win 6-2
On a hot Aberdeen evening, the IronBirds put the heat on the Lowell Spinners early and never looked back in a 6-2 victory on Tuesday night at Ripken Stadium. While on Tuesday night, the IronBirds used a franchise-record 19 hits to secure a victory, the team took advantage of three errors by Lowell to take […]
Franchise-Record Pushes Aberdeen Past Lowell, 9-6
Aberdeen saved its best fireworks for the Fifth of July, as an offensive explosion sent the team on a 9-6 victory over Lowell on Monday night. Centerfielder Trent Mummey’s bunt single in the fifth inning was the IronBirds’ 14th hit of the evening, tying the team’s season-high and designated hitter Kipp Schutz’s RBI single two […]
Spinners Outpitch IronBirds, 3-1
The pitching on Sunday night kept any fireworks to a minimum in Lowell’s 3-1 victory over Aberdeen. The lone spark came in the fifth inning when Sean Killeen drilled a pitch from Tim Adleman over the left field wall to break a 0-0 tie. Adleman (0-1, 2.51) had his longest outing as a pro in […]
Yankees Take Rubber Game 4-2
On NASCAR Night at Ripken Stadium, Aberdeen looked more like midget cars compared to Staten Island’s stock cars as the Yankees never looked back in a 4-2 victory over the IronBirds. The IronBirds attempted another late inning comeback, scoring runs in the sixth and seventh, but it was not enough as the Yankees took the […]
Yankees Outslug IronBirds, Win 10-8
Baltimore Orioles closer Mike Gonzalez allowed two runners he inherited from Jason Gurka (0-1, 5.68) to score and Staten Island to take a 7-5 lead in the bottom of the sixth en route to a 10-8 Yankees (5-6) victory over Aberdeen (5-7) Tuesday night at Ripken Stadium. Gonzalez came on with one out and runners […]
Schutz Powers IronBirds to 4-2 Victory
Paced by Kipp Schutz’s go-ahead two-run home run in the sixth inning, the Aberdeen IronBirds put together the big inning the team had been looking for on the way to dispatching the Staten Island Yankees 4-2. “We just got some timely hits,” manager Gary Kendall said. The IronBirds (5-6) had been stymied by Staten Island […]
Cyclones Overwhelm IronBirds, Win 6-3
The Brooklyn Cyclones used a bevy of extra-base hits to kill any momentum the Aberdeen IronBirds were hoping to carry over from Saturday night’s come-from-behind victory to dispatch the IronBirds 6-3 Sunday night at Ripken Stadium. Brooklyn (6-4) jumped out to an early lead on lefthander Mike Gonzalez (0-1, 18.00), who was making a rehab […]