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Haerther Heroic in Goldeyes Win

June 11, 2013 - American Association (AA)
Winnipeg Goldeyes News Release


This time Casey At The Bat delivered.

Monday night at Shaw Park, Goldeyes first baseman Casey Haerther hit a grand slam home run in the fifth, drove in the tying run on a ground out in the seventh and then drove home the winner with a single in the bottom of the ninth as the Goldeyes beat the Wichita Wingnuts 7-6.

Haerther finished with three hits on five trips and drove in six runs, as he led the Goldeyes to their 13th win of the season and put a halt to a three-game losing streak. The Goldeyes also came back from a 5-1 deficit thanks to Haerther's heroics.

With the win, the Goldeyes improved to 13-11 and remained in second place in the American Association's North Division, just a half a game back of first-place Fargo.

"On the home run, I got a fastball away," said Haerther who drilled the pitch over the rightfield wall. "I didn't want to let him get to the splitter so I was sitting on the fastball.

"I got a fastball on the single to win it, too. I figured he'd try to get ahead and throw me a fastball on the first pitch. I didn't hit it very hard, but sometimes you don't have to hit it very hard."

Wichita took a 2-0 lead in the first, but the Goldeyes came back with a single in the first as Ryan Scoma doubled home Amos Ramon.

With the Wingnuts leading 5-1 heading into the bottom of the fifth, newcomer Tyler Graham singled, Ramon singled and Mazzola walked and then Haerther took a fastball on a 1-0 count over the Manitoba Hydro sign in right field.

Wichita regained the lead 6-5 in the sixth, but Haerther's ground out in the seventh scored Graham from third and the game was tied again.

Then, in the ninth, Haerther came up with the bases load and nobody out and he hit a first-pitch single to right to score Ramon with the game-winning run.

"Yeah, that felt like last year's playoffs," said Ramon who had a four-hit night. "We really needed that as a team. We got down early, but we didn't give up. We played a real good ball game. We played good defense and started to hit. Hitting is just confidence and we started to get some confidence back tonight."

The top of the Goldeyes order came through big time on Monday. Graham, who was just acquired from Fargo, went two-for-five with two runs scored; Ramon went four-for-five with three runs scored; Scoma went one-for-four with an RBI and Haerther was three-for-five with a run scored and six driven in.

Goldeyes closer Patrick Keating (1-0, 0.90 ERA)) got the win, while Wichita's Lincoln Holdzkom (1-1, 1.64 ERA) suffered the loss.

The two teams will go at it again on Tuesday night at Shaw Park at 7:05 p.m. Right-hander Matt Rusch (4-1, 2.05 ERA) will get the start for Winnipeg, while Jon Link (4-1, 2.08) will take to the hill for Wichita.

Tickets for all Goldeyes games are available through Ticketmaster by clicking on Ticketmaster.ca, calling 1-855-GOLDEYE or visiting any Ticketmaster outlet, including the Shaw Park box office.

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