Dave Melton

The Northwest Indiana Oilmen had no intention of driving to Lemont for a possible Game 3 of the Midwest Collegiate League Championship Series. Starting pitcher Christian Howell made sure that...

LEMONT, Ill. — In 10 years, ask Northwest Indiana Oilmen shortstop Jake Plastiak about Game 1 of the 2018 Midwest Collegiate League finals, and he’ll have plenty to discuss. He...

The Northwest Indiana Oilmen had come agonizingly close to taking the lead. Three hitters struck out in the sixth inning with runners on second and third and none out. Shortstop...

Christian Howell knows he’s reaching the end of his career with the Northwest Indiana Oilmen. “I realized that a couple hours after my last regular-season start,” the pitcher said. “I...

Before it started, Northwest Indiana Oilmen infielder Nate Montgomery suggested the first-round playoff series with the Southland Vikings was going to have plenty of runs. “It’ll be a slugfest,” Montgomery...

For much of the last month, infielder Jackson Dvorak has been penciled into the No. 3 spot in the Northwest Indiana Oilmen lineup, indicative of his second-half surge at the...

When Team Serbia catcher Danilo Cvijovic was 12 years old, he went to play soccer and ended up discovering baseball. “Near the soccer field was a baseball practice,” he said....

RailCats manager Greg Tagert kept using the word “special” when describing infielder Randy Santiesteban. “He’s a special player in the making,” Tagert said. “Not only at our level, but even...