...Brainerd Mighty Gulls to find out. In Friday's Dispatch, Henke takes batting practice. On Sunday, Northwoods League RBI leader John Purdom talks about his time with the Gulls. Bus trips can range from an hour to St. Cloud with a return trip each...

...the grass mowed into a striped pattern. In an hour, the park would be alive with fans and the upcoming game. It was a beautiful time for a baseball game and a beautiful time for dreams. Sunday: Northwoods League RBI leader John Purdom.

...also rank second in the league. Goodman, a starting pitcher, has a 2-1 record and 3.31 ERA. Purdom is the league RBI leader with 31. He is hitting .266. Adams is second in the league with 20 stolen bases and a .449 on base percentage. He...

...with multiple hits in the game. Blake Denischuk led the charge by going 2-for-4 with two RBI. Northwoods League RBI leader John Purdom was 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, his 43rd of the season. Ryan Finan was 2-for-3 with two runs...

...said. "It takes a lot of guts to do that and allow somebody else to win the game." That brought Northwoods League RBI leader John Purdom to the plate. He had gone 0-for-4 in his previous at bats, but with the infield playing in and the...

...the first 12 batters in order. "Aaron was tremendous, as always," Brainerd head coach Kyle Crookes said. League RBI leader John Purdom drove in Brainerd's go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh with a bases-loaded, two-run single...

...outfielder and first baseman, is hitting .333 and leads the Panthers with 17 doubles and is tied atop the team's RBI leader board with 49. The Dayton, Ohio, native has started 48 games this year as a true freshman and has a .976 fielding...

...led the team with a fielding percentage of .977. Martinson finished with a fielding percentage of .973. The team RBI leaders were Wagner with 32, Martinson with 29 and Olson with 27. In the pitching department, sophomore Jenny Sovich officially...

...Molitor was thrown out three times this season -- all at Jacobs Field. ... Indians OF Juan Gonzalez, the AL's RBI leader, missed his third straight game with an ear infection.

...I worked hard to put the zeros up after that." Brainerd scored once in the second on Tim Gray's single and league RBI leader John Purdom knocked in another in the third with a sacrifice fly. The Gulls added three runs in the fifth thanks to...