BIRDS START HOT, ROLL PAST FARGO-MOORHEAD
Sioux Falls, SD – The Sioux Falls Canaries scored five runs in the first inning and never looked back, topping Fargo-Moorhead 9-3 on Saturday.
Christian Edwards tossed a quick first inning on just eight pitches and the Canaries offense wasted no time in the bottom half. Joe Vos singled, stole second base and reached third on an error. He would score on a sacrifice groundout from Anthony Sharkas before Anthony Hall tripled. Jabari Henry drew a walk and Mike Hart plated Hall with an RBI single before Michael Curialle ripped a three-run homerun.
The RedHawks got a run back in the second inning on a two-out RBI single but left the bases loaded.
The 5-1 score held until the sixth inning when Trevor Achenbach knocked in two with a double. Fargo-Moorhead got a run back with an RBI double in the top of the seventh before Scott Combs responded with a two-run single in the home half.
The RedHawks could only muster an eighth inning RBI single down the stretch.
Achenbach, Hart, Hall and Kwitzer each finished with two hits while Edwards fanned six over five innings to earn his first American Association victory. The Birds (10-5) are the first team in the league to reach the ten-win mark and will wrap up the series with Fargo-Moorhead on Sunday at 4:05pm.
