Tonight the Kernels begin a four game home series with the Quad Cities River Bandits, the Midwest League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The River Bandits are the defending Midwest League champions. These are the final four games of the home stand before the Kernels hit the road for a nine game road trip [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — The arm is electric. The results have been thus far, too. Austin Wood’s first two starts for the Cedar Rapids Kernels couldn’t have been scripted better. It’s way early, but the kid looks like an ace. “It’s been fun,” Wood said after his five hitless innings helped his team complete a [...]
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Name: Chevy Clarke Position: Outfield Age: 20 Height/Weight: 5-11, 200 pounds Bats/Throws: Switch/Right Hometown: Oviedo, Fla. Noteworthy: First-round pick of the Los Angeles Angels in 2010, No. 30 overall. Prepped in suburban Atlanta. Was a summer, travel ball teammate of Kernels teammate Kaleb Cowart. His .216 in 38 games as a rookie for the Angels’ [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Textbook. Get him on, get him over, get him in. That’s what the Cedar Rapids Kernels did Tuesday night in the ninth inning. Textbook. That was the clutch at-bat Abel Baker provided to score the winning run in a 4-3 victory over Clinton before 530 nicely chilled fans at Veterans Memorial Stadium. This [...]
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Name: Lay Batista Position: Pitcher Age: 22 Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 180 pounds Bats/Throws: Right/Right Hometown: Santiago, Dominican Republic Noteworthy: Signed by Los Angeles Angels as non-drafted free agent on June 11, 2007. Spent first two seasons of professional baseball as third baseman, hitting .178 in 50 games for Dominican Summer League Angels. Converted to pitcher in [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Wendell Soto‘s little league moment came in the fifth inning. The Cedar Rapids Kernels shortstop camped under as routine a popup as you’ll ever see, waited for the baseball to settle into his glove for the third out … and dropped it. An embarrassing error. “Oh, my gosh,” Soto said. “I don’t think [...]
continue »Each day inches us closer to summer, and that means the Cedar Rapids Kernels Summer Reading Program is back in full swing and ready to entertain. The program kicked off its 14th consecutive year this Monday morning at St. Jude Elementary school in front of an energetic young audience. Mr. Shucks, our favorite mascot, even [...]
continue »Tonight is the Home Opener! The Kernels open up the home portion of the schedule with a seven game home stand, starting tonight at 6:35 vs. the Clinton LumberKings. The Kernels took two of three from the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers on the road to begin the season. The Kernels won the opener on Thursday, 7-2. [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Funny how Kaleb Cowart and Chevy Clarke just can’t get away from each other. Not that the Cedar Rapids Kernels teammates mind. They’ve been friends since playing summer travel baseball on the same Atlanta area team at age 14. “We’ve got a great history together,” Clarke said. A history that has extended [...]
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Name: Abel Baker Position: Catcher Age: 21 Bats/Throws: Left/Right Hometown: Denton, Texas Noteworthy: Hit .306 in 48 games last season for Rookie-level Orem. Had 10 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 33 RBIs. A seventh-round pick of the Los Angeles Angels in 2011 first-year player draft out of Grayson County College in Texas, the [...]
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