Birmingham Barons News

Yeiper Castillo struck out seven batters in six innings in his Double-A debut, but the Tennessee Smokies failed to overcome a pair of late home runs as they fell to the Huntsville Stars, 6-2, Friday night at Smokies Park.

Birmingham kept the game close, but a two-run home run in the eighth inning by Jacksonville was too much as the Barons lost the first game of a five-game series on the road against the Suns 5-3 Thursday night.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama-- Penny the dog on the Birmingham Hide and Tallow Co. sign on 1st Ave.

JACKSON, Tennessee -- The Birmingham Barons won't have to play again until Thursday night in Jacksonville, and they have a lot to work on during those two days off.

JACKSON, Tennessee -- The Birmingham Barons took their recent offensive woes with them to Tennessee as they struggled at the plate in a 2-1 loss to the Jackson Generals.

The Birmingham Barons recorded their third sellout of the season and second in as many games at Regions Field.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The Birmingham Barons got four runs in the fourth inning and held the Montgomery Biscuits to two runs on two hits in a 5-2 home win Tuesday night.

Montgomery pitcher Matt Buschmann befuddles the Birmingham Barons 2-1 before an announced Business Persons Special crowd of 3,004. Birmingham came into the game as the Southern League leader in stolen bases.

Ross Stripling won his Double-A debut as the Chattanooga Lookouts defeated the Mobile BayBears 4-1 tonight in the rubber game of a Southern League series.

Just a block away from the new Birmingham Barons ballpark, Hostess Inc. has nearly 4.5 acres - a block and a quarter - up for sale.

It took 14 innings, but the Birmingham Barons came out on top of the Tennessee Smokies in a 12-11 slugfest Wednesday to push their winning streak to nine games.

A couple celebrating their first anniversary may have a new appreciation for Facebook after the social media site helped reunite them with a lost wedding band.

Not even Chattanooga's 14 runs or 15 hits were enough to secure a victory for the reeling Lookouts, who suffered a 16-14 setback to the Birmingham Barons in Sunday's series finale at Regions Field.

Demand for downtown Birmingham living space is at a peak, and that's got savvy real estate investors thinking about retail.

The Reno Aces ended a disappointing eight-game homestand on a high note Thursday night, beating the Las Vegas 51s, 5-1, at Aces Ballpark.

The Chattanooga Lookouts lost their third straight on Thursday evening, suffering a 6-2 loss to the Birmingham Barons 6-2 at Regions Field.

Montgomery Biscuits pitcher Victor Mateo throws against the Birmingham Barons during a Grand Slam School Day at Riverwalk Stadium on Monday.

The first 1,500 RooCup fans to enter Regions field for the Birmingham Barons game on Thursday, May 2 will receive a free Kangaroo Express RooCup and enjoy 25-cent refills on frozen and fountain drinks at Kangaroo Express all summer long.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama - The Birmingham Barons were held scoreless for the first time this season in a 3-0 shutout loss to the Montgomery Biscuits.

The roster of the Birmingham Barons has dipped to 24 as right-handed pitcher Salvador Sanchez has been placed on the disabled list.