BIRDS’ WINNING STREAK SNAPPED IN WINNIPEG
Winnipeg, MB – The Sioux Falls Canaries saw their six-game winning streak come to an end Tuesday night, falling to the Winnipeg Goldeyes 9-3 at Blue Cross Park.
Winnipeg opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning but Peter Zimmermann responded with a solo home run in the top of the second to put Sioux Falls on the board.
The Goldeyes answered with a solo shot of their own in the third and added three more runs in the fifth. Matt Ruiz led off the top of the sixth with a single and later scored on a base hit from Josh Rehwaldt.
Winnipeg tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the sixth and another in the seventh. The Canaries added a run on an error in the eighth but were unable to close the gap.
Rehwaldt and Jordan Barth each recorded two hits as Sioux Falls dropped to 19-16 overall. The series continues Wednesday at 6:30 pm.
