Canaries Rally Past Goldeyes in Series Opener
WINNIPEG, MB – The Winnipeg Goldeyes (24-28) built an early lead but couldn’t hold off a persistent Sioux Falls Canaries (30-23) offense, falling 12-5 in the series opener Tuesday evening at Blue Cross Park.
The Goldeyes struck first in the bottom of the first inning. Matthew Warkentin, the reigning American Association Batter of the Week, continued his torrid stretch with a two-run homer to left that scored Jacob Robson and gave Winnipeg a 2-0 lead.
Sioux Falls answered quickly in the top of the second with a Peter Zimmermann RBI single that scored Calvin Estrada to cut the lead in half.
The Goldeyes restored their two-run advantage in the bottom half of the inning on a Robson sacrifice fly that brought home Ray-Patrick Didder to make it 3-1.
The back-and-forth continued in the third, as Jabari Henry’s RBI single plated Matt Ruiz to bring the Canaries back within one.
In the bottom of the fourth, Winnipeg pushed its lead to 5-2. With Didder and Kevin García on base, Robson hit into a fielder’s choice, but an error on the throw to the plate allowed both runners to score.
From there, it was all Sioux Falls. Henry led off the fifth with a solo homer, and Mike Hart followed later in the inning with a three-run shot that gave the Canaries their first lead at 6-5.
The visitors added on with a Josh Rehwaldt sacrifice fly in the sixth, a two-run homer from Estrada in the eighth, and three more in the ninth—highlighted by a two-run single from Henry, his third and fourth RBIs of the game.
Thomas Dorminy (W, 7-0) remained perfect on the year, picking up the win despite allowing five runs (three earned) over five innings. He gave up four hits, walked two, and struck out two.
The Canaries bullpen combined for four scoreless innings. Will Levine, Ryan Richards, Cole LaLonde, and Christian Cosby limited the Goldeyes to just two hits the rest of the way.
James Bradwell (L, 0-1), making his Goldeyes debut, took the loss. The right-hander allowed six runs on nine hits with one walk and five strikeouts over five innings.
Out of the bullpen, Derek Cherry worked 1.2 innings and gave up one run on one hit. Ben Onyshko tossed 1.1 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Landon Leach allowed four runs in 1.1 innings, while Joe Jaco, making his professional debut, surrendered one run on two hits in the ninth.
The series continues Wednesday evening at 6:30 p.m. CDT at Blue Cross Park. Luke Boyd (1-5, 5.64 ERA) takes the mound for Winnipeg against Ryan Zimmerman (1-4, 11.48 ERA) for Sioux Falls.
Fans can join me, Trevor Curl, for all the action live on CJNU 93.7 FM and online at cjnu.ca, with the pregame show beginning at 6:00 p.m. The game will also be broadcast in French on Envol 91 FM with Yanick LaRoche handling the play-by-play. The video stream of all Goldeyes games is available free of charge at AABaseball.TV.
For information about Single Game Tickets, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please visit Goldeyes.com/Tickets.
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