The home field at Veterans Memorial Stadium will change from Perfect Game Field to PG Cares Field for the 2023 season, it was announced Tuesday. Perfect Game scouting service was created in Cedar Rapids as a baseball club and has provided naming rights at Memorial Stadium since 2009.
Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Kernels
Minor League Sports Jan. 19, 2023 5:59 pm16d ago
Cedar Rapids Prairie graduate, former Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy University player Corbin Day will serve as a hitting coach for the 2023 Cedar Rapids Kernels, it was announced Thursday. Day has been an assistant coach at Kirkwood. Brian Dinkelman will return as Kernels manager.
Minor League Sports Nov. 9, 2022 4:30 pm87d ago
Third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand, who played 74 games for the Cedar Rapids Kernels before getting promoted and eventually traded, is the 2022 Midwest League Most Valuable Player.
Minor League Sports Sep. 17, 2022 5:25 pm140d ago
The South Bend Cubs scored four runs in the top of the first inning and rolled past the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 9-3, Friday night in the deciding third game of their Midwest League Western Division championship playoff series.
Minor League Sports Sep. 16, 2022 9:14 am141d ago
The Cedar Rapids Kernels scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, on one hit, three walks, a hit by pitch and run-scoring balk to beat the South Bend Cubs, 5-3, in Game 2 of the Midwest League Western Division playoff series. The winner-take-all Game 3 is Friday night in Cedar Rapids.
Minor League Sports Sep. 14, 2022 12:40 pm143d ago
The South Bend Cubs scratched across a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to rally past the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 2-1, Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Midwest League Western Division championship playoff series.
Minor League Sports Sep. 12, 2022 3:33 pm145d ago
The Cedar Rapids Kernels have qualified for the Midwest League playoffs all nine years they have been affiliated with the Minnesota Twins. This year’s team plays South Bend in the Western Division finals, which begin Tuesday.
Minor League Sports Sep. 12, 2022 9:33 am145d ago
South Bend beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels in Sunday’s regular-season finale, 9-2. The Kernels went 73-58 overall. These teams face off in the Midwest League playoffs, beginning Tuesday night.
Sep. 12, 2022 9:34 am145d ago
Photos from the South Bend Cubs’ 9-3 win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
Minor League Sports Aug. 22, 2022 10:56 am166d ago
The Cedar Rapids Kernels beat Wisconsin in five of six games of their Midwest League series this week. It’s a good sign for a ballclub prepping for the upcoming playoffs.
Aug. 22, 2022 10:17 am166d ago
Kernels win series finale, 7-3
Minor League Sports Aug. 28, 2022 9:21 am160d ago
Cedar Rapids Kernels pitcher Jon Olsen was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in 2018, but didn’t begin his pro baseball career until last season because of injuries and the COVID pandemic. After a second Tommy John surgery in the offseason, he’s back again and grateful.
Minor League Sports Aug. 17, 2022 10:02 am171d ago
Cedar Rapids Kernels shortstop Brooks Lee was the first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins recently, the eighth overall selection. Despite going 2 1/2 months between games after his college season ended, Lee has done nothing but hit since he turned pro.
Minor League Sports Aug. 16, 2022 3:38 pm172d ago
Cedar Rapids Kernels relief pitcher Matt Mullenbach has had a ton of pleasant memories emerge this 2022 season. The Waukee graduate is pitching near home, pitching very well and got to pitch last week at the Field of Dreams.
Minor League Sports Aug. 16, 2022 4:13 pm172d ago
Movie magic and baseball: a classic American experience