Goldeyes Fall to Saltdogs in Series Finale
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs (33-41) defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes 8-3 at Haymarket Park Sunday afternoon.
Lincoln opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning when third baseman Calyn Halvorson singled to right field to bring home right fielder Cary Arbolida.
The Saltdogs added two more runs in the third on a pair of solo home runs. Left fielder Jairo Pomares hit his 12th of the season to right field before Arbolida connected for his tenth two batters later, giving Lincoln a 3-0 lead.
Lincoln extended its advantage to five runs in the fifth. Shortstop Nick Shumpert led off with a double and scored on Arbolida’s sacrifice fly to centre field. First baseman Jake Hjelle then drove in Pomares with a sacrifice fly to left.
The Saltdogs made it 6-0 in the sixth. Centre fielder Cam Phelts drew a one-out walk and stole second base before scoring on Pomares’ double.
Winnipeg (40-33) broke through in the top of the seventh. First baseman Raphaël Pelletier drew a leadoff walk and moved to second on a groundout by right fielder Max Murphy. Left fielder Jiandido Tromp followed with a run-scoring double to left field, and shortstop Ray-Patrick Didder singled home Tromp two batters later to trim the deficit to 6-2.
The Goldeyes pulled to within three in the eighth when centre fielder Noah Marcelo hit a two-out solo home run to right field. It was Marcelo’s 13th home run of the season.
Lincoln answered with two insurance runs in the bottom half of the inning. Halvorson walked, catcher Jacob Morrow singled, and Phelts walked to load the bases before Shumpert singled home Halvorson and Morrow to make the score 8-3.
Lincoln starter Jacob Hughes (W, 4-2) gave up one run on two hits in six innings. Hughes walked four and struck out seven.
Luke Boyd (L, 8-4) allowed five runs on seven hits over four innings. He walked three and struck out two.
Arij Fransen,
Sage Ferguson, and
Willian Suárez pitched out of the bullpen.
Didder went 2-for-3 with a run batted in for the Goldeyes, while Tromp doubled and drove in a run. Winnipeg finished with just five hits.
The loss gave Lincoln the series two games to one.
After an off-day Monday, the Goldeyes return to action Tuesday at Blue Cross Park when they will host the Sioux Falls Canaries in the opener of a three-game series. Left-hander Kevin Vaupel (3-5, 5.75 ERA) is scheduled to start for Winnipeg, while Sioux Falls is expected to counter with right-hander Garrett Martin (3-4, 5.99 ERA).
Fans can join 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 will be 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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