MARTIN DOMINATES AS CANARIES SWEEP LINCOLN
Sioux Falls, SD – The Sioux Falls Canaries led wire-to-wire all weekend long, completing a three-game sweep of Lincoln with a 6-2 victory behind a dominate outing from Garrett Martin on Sunday.
Grady Mee opened the scoring with a solo homerun to begin the third inning. Mike Hart followed with a walk and later scored on a groundout.
The Birds struck for three runs in the bottom of the fifth. Josh Rehwaldt drew a bases loaded walk, Michael Curialle followed with a run-scoring single and Joe Vos added a sacrifice groundout.
Sioux Falls built a six-run lead in the seventh with back-to-back one-out doubles from Curialle and Vos.
The Saltdogs scored twice in the top of the eighth; a sacrifice groundout and a solo homerun but could not climb any closer.
Martin worked 7 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on three hits. Hart, Curialle and Anthony Hall each finished with two hits as the Canaries improve to 29-27 overall.
The Birds open a three-game series with Winnipeg Tuesday night at 6:35pm.
