League Champs Go out Winners: Bears Finish Season with 5-2 Victory over Pens

(Hershey, PA) - The Hershey Bears ended a memorable 2020-21 season with a victory, defeating the rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, 5-2, in front of 1,329 fans at GIANT Center on Sunday evening. It was the club's 10th straight win on home ice, and helped Hershey end the season with a 24-7-2-0 record, claiming the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the AHL's regular season champions, and the North Division crown in the truncated AHL season. Both Connor McMichael (1g, 3a) and Brett Leason (2g, 1... Full Story

Rattlers Revenge: Wisconsin's Four-Run Ninth Topples Peoria

PEORIA, IL - A tough series ended on a positive note for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Sunday afternoon at Dozer Park. The Timber Rattlers let two different leads get away from them and were down to their last strike against the Peoria Chiefs, but four runs in the ninth inning gave Wisconsin a 9-7 victory over the High-A Central League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Wisconsin (6-6) took the lead with two runs in the second inning. Gabriel García started the inning with a double. Jesús Lujano followed with another double to score García. Je'Von Ward smacked an RBI singl... Full Story

Indians Win Series Finale in Walk-Off Fashion 

INDIANAPOLIS - Christian Bethancourt singled on a line drive to center field to score Travis Swaggerty and seal the Indianapolis Indians comeback victory over Toledo for their first walk-off win of the season on Sunday afternoon, 6-5. Indy dug out of a 5-0 hole in the triumph for its 14th comeback win since 2005 when facing a deficit of at least five runs. Toledo (3-8) took the lead early and sent eight batters to the plate in the top of the first inning, posting five runs on two home runs off Chase De Jong. Derek Hill belted the first pitch of the game over the wall in left-center, and Yar... Full Story

Two-Out Rallies Lead Chasers to Series Win over Clippers

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Omaha Storm Chasers scored six two-out runs to come from behind and defeat the Columbus Clippers, 8-3, on Sunday at Huntington Park. Omaha (8-4) earns a series win over Columbus (6-5) and retains sole possession of first place in the Triple-A East Midwest Division Standings. The Chasers took the lead in the seventh, when outfielder Bubba Starling smashed a solo homer to left against right-hander Kyle Dowdy (Loss, 1-1) to put Omaha up, 4-3. Next, after catcher Freddy Fermin singled with two outs and outfielder Edward Olivares walked, Fermin scored on a throwing error by... Full Story

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Jose Godoy of the Tacoma Rainiers at bat (Jeff Halstead)

See All Today's Images The following minor league and alternative professional sports teams on OurSports Central have been viewed the most over the last seven days:

1. B.C. Lions - Canadian Football League (CFL)
2. Gastonia Honey Hunters - Atlantic League (AtL)
3. Wheeling Nailers - ECHL (ECHL)
4. Jacksonville IceMen - ECHL (ECHL)
5. Allen Americans - ECHL (ECHL)
6. Columbia Fireflies - Low-A East League (Low-A East)
7. North Carolina Courage - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
8. Grand Rapids Griffins - American Hockey League (AHL)
9. Henderson Silver Knights - American Hockey League (AHL)
10. Wichita Thunder - ECHL (ECHL)

The most recent minor league and alternative professional sports teams added to OurSports Central:

• Binghamton Black Bears - Federal Prospects Hockey League (FPHL)
• Las Vegas - Indoor Football League (IFL)
• Abbotsford - American Hockey League (AHL)
• Billings - Champions Indoor Football (CIF)
• Team Quebec - Frontier League (FL)
• NJ/NY Gotham FC - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
• Ottawa Aces - North American Rugby League (NARL)
• Toronto Wolfpack - North American Rugby League (NARL)
• San Francisco Rush - North American Rugby League (NARL)
• San Diego Swell - North American Rugby League (NARL)

OurSports Central provides coverage of select alternative and minor league professional sports leagues in addition to the top junior hockey leagues and college wood bat baseball leagues:

BASEBALL
Affiliated Minor League Baseball
AA Central, AA Northeast, AA South, AAA East, AAA West, AzFL, AzL, GCL, High-A Central, High-A East, High-A West, Low-A East, Low-A Southeast, Low-A West, ML, MLBDL
College Wood Bat Baseball
ApL, Northwoods
Independent Minor League Baseball
AA, AtL, FL, Mavericks, PA, Pecos, PL

BASKETBALL
Men's Minor League Basketball
BIG3, CEBL, G League, NBL Canada
Women's Basketball
WNBA

FOOTBALL
Indoor/Arena Football
CIF, IFL, NAL
Outdoor Football
CFL, XFL

HOCKEY
Junior Hockey
NAHL, OHL, QMJHL, USHL, WHL
Minor League Hockey
AHL, ECHL, FPHL, SPHL
Women's Hockey
NWHL

LACROSSE
Indoor Lacrosse
NLL
Outdoor Lacrosse
PLL

OTHER
Other Sports
MLR, NARL
Other Women's
NPF, WTT

SOCCER
Indoor Soccer
MASL
Outdoor Soccer
CPL, MLS, USL, USL1
Women's Soccer
NWSL