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After catcher Jamie Ritchie tied the game at 2-2 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, pinch-hitter Alex Hernandez won it for the ValleyCats with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the tenth on Tuesday night at Joe Bruno Stadium...

Sitting at 38-19 and seven games up in the Stedler Division of the New York-Penn League, the Tri-City ValleyCats are gearing up for a run at a second straight league title. And the great season for the group in Troy continued this weekend as four ValleyCats were named to the NYPL All-Star Game, set to take place on Aug...

The Tri-City ValleyCats finished up a six-game homestand Monday night at Joe Bruno Stadium by beating the State College Spikes (Cardinals) by a score of 4-1. The 'Cats got seven hits in the win, as well as a dominant pitching performance by righty Joe Musgrove...

Shenendehowa graduate Branden Cogswell began his professional baseball career this week, playing for the Beloit Snappers, the full season A-ball affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. He's 1-8 through two games, and hit at the top of the order on Wednesday night...

Jacob Goebbert of the San Diego Padres will become the 31st former Tri-City ValleyCat to play in the big leagues when he sees his first action with the club. The outfielder was called up to replace Yonder Alonso, who was put on the disabled list Thursday...

After a season-opening five-game homestand, the Tri-City ValleyCats sit at 3-2. While it's too early to make judgments about the team, broadcaster Sam Sigal drops by to talk about what he's seen in the early going.

Wow. What another great weekend for Capital Region sports. College First off, Shenendehowa graduate and University of Virginia second baseman Branden Cogswell helped lead the Cavs to an opening-game win at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb...

The Houston Astros are set to call up top prospect George Springer. Despite reports that the ‘Stros were waiting until at least May to delay his arbitration clock, Houston needs his bat to help a lineup that is hitting just .185 through the first 14 games of the season...

In what has been a storybook season (for the most part) for the ValleyCats, Saturday night didn't fit the script as the Cats were not only beaten, a rare event, but they were in fact no hit in losing to Vermont.

It's no secret that the Tri-City ValleyCats are a popular summer attraction in the Capital Region. And the proof is in the numbers.

Former Tri-City ValleyCat Hunter Pence went from the worst team in Major League Baseball to a team that's in 1st place in the NL East. On Friday night, the Houston Astros traded Pence to the Philadelphia Phillies for a package of highly rated prospects.

The Capital Region is known for its quirks such as a State Capital with no dome (the only one of its kind in the nation) and the UFO-looking-thing we call The Egg. But one of my biggest beefs in this area is Joe Bruno Stadium.