Goldeyes in First Place After Win Over Canaries
WINNIPEG, MB – The Winnipeg Goldeyes (43-33) broke a 6-6 tie with five runs in the seventh inning and went on to defeat the Sioux Falls Canaries 12-6 Thursday evening at Blue Cross Park. Combined with the Kansas City Monarchs’ loss to the Lake Country DockHounds, the victory moved Winnipeg into sole possession of first place in the American Association West Division.
Sioux Falls (39-38) opened the scoring in the top of the first inning when Grady Mee scored on Michael Curialle’s sacrifice fly to left field.
Winnipeg answered with four runs in the bottom half. Designated hitter Ray-Patrick Didder led off with a single and scored on third baseman Ramón Bramasco’s single to right field. Centre fielder Noah Marcelo followed with a single before shortstop Keshawn Lynch doubled to left, bringing home Marcelo and second baseman Adam Hall for a 3-1 lead. Lynch later stole third and scored on an error to make it 4-1.
The Canaries moved back in front in the second. After three runners reached base, Mee hit a grand slam to left field that gave Sioux Falls a 5-4 advantage.
Sioux Falls added to the lead in the fourth when TJ Racherbaumer doubled home Trevor Achenbach to make it 6-4, but the Goldeyes responded again in the bottom of the inning. Didder singled and scored on Hall’s base hit to left. Hall then stole second before Marcelo doubled to left to tie the game 6-6.
The score remained even until Winnipeg broke through in the seventh. Hall and Marcelo opened the inning with singles and executed a double steal before Canaries reliever Will Levine balked home Hall with the go-ahead run. Left fielder Jiandido Tromp followed with an base hit to left field that scored Marcelo and extended the lead to 8-6.
Right fielder Max Murphy singled before first baseman Kevin García delivered the decisive blow, a three-run home run to right field that pushed Winnipeg’s advantage to 11-6.
The Goldeyes added their final run in the eighth when Bramasco doubled and Lynch drove him in with his second double of the night.
Left-hander Ryo Kohigashi started for Winnipeg and allowed six earned runs on four hits over five innings, striking out five and walking three. Right-hander Aidan Newton (W, 3-0) followed with two scoreless innings, surrendering one hit while striking out one and walking one. Quinn Waterhouse and Willian Suárez each worked a scoreless inning to finish the game.
Levine (L, 4-5) was charged with four earned runs on four hits over two-thirds of an inning.
Winnipeg finished with 16 hits. Marcelo went 3-for-5 with a double, an RBI, two runs scored, and a stolen base, while Didder was 3-for-5 with two runs scored. Lynch drove in three runs with a pair of doubles, and García drove in three with his seventh-inning home run.
The Goldeyes open a three-game series with the Sioux City Explorers Friday at 7:00 p.m. at Blue Cross Park. Right-hander James Bradwell (0-3, 13.01 ERA) is scheduled to start for Winnipeg, while Sioux City will counter with right-hander Nathan Mertens (2-1, 3.94 ERA). Friday is Manitoba Social Night and will feature post-game fireworks.
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 6:30 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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