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By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Blake Gaskey’s final pitch of the 89 he threw on Thursday was a called third strike to end the seventh inning. There was no better way his night could end, in a stadium that has …

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Troy Peltz knew when he went to the plate, but his Burlington Bees teammates were reminding him. “They were like, ‘Cycle watch. Cycle watch,’” Peltz said, laughing. Peltz didn’t …

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Owen Oreskovich has managed the Burlington Bees in the Prospect League long enough to know that, when the final weeks of the season arrive and roster comings and goings begin, th…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Rowen Bergeron is a long way from home, but he brought his power with him. Bergeron hasn’t been with the Burlington Bees as long as some of the others — there was this little mat…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Three former Burlington Bees went in the final rounds of the Major League Baseball draft on Sunday — a sign, Bees manager Owen Oreskovich said, of what has been built in the orga…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Adam Kudronowicz came to the Burlington Bees this summer as a two-way player. His biggest impact has been at the plate. Kudronowicz is hitting .390 heading into the two-day All-S…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Bryce Loker’s time with the Burlington Bees will be brief. But the right-hander from Omro, Wisconsin thinks the four starts he gets will be a good lesson for what he is going to …

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP His family drove 15 hours to watch him play, so Rowen Bergeron put on a show. And, his family made sure to mention, there was gumbo waiting for him afterwards. Bergeron hit a pai…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Lucas Krebs redshirted this season as a freshman at Illinois, which meant his summer in the Prospect League with the Burlington Bees was going to be important. He might not be ou…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Ten pitches in the first inning is an economical way to start the game. The three-up, three-down beginning of the day for Burlington Bees starter Quinn Wilfong in Sunday’s Prospe…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The rally that disappeared in the shattered remains of Dalton Miller’s bat capped a frustrating week for the Burlington Bees. The 7-5 loss to the O’Fallon Hoots in Saturday’s Pro…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Tanner Reinartz is getting his first full lesson in the difference between wood bats and metal bats. Reinartz, playing for the Burlington Bees in the Prospect League this summer …

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It was quite the introduction. Now comes the getting-to-know-you part of the season for the Burlington Bees. The Bees opened the Prospect League season on Tuesday night with a 9-…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The body language was what Burlington Bees manager Owen Oreskovich wanted to see in his first team meeting on Sunday. “They seemed excited yesterday about everything,” Oreskovich…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The body language was what Burlington Bees manager Owen Oreskovich wanted to see in his first team meeting on Sunday. “They seemed excited yesterday about everything,” Oreskovich…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The timing was right, Raegan McCowan said, to make a move. And now the former Western Illinois guard has a new home. McCowan announced on Thursday that she was transferring to Ho…

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It didn’t take long, JD Gravina said, for the high of a championship season to wear off. Gravina’s Western Illinois women’s basketball team shared the Ohio Valley Conference regu…

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