Salamida Stellar, 'Eyes Down Xs
August 6, 2013 - American Association (AA)
Winnipeg Goldeyes News Release
If the Winnipeg Goldeyes intend to make the playoffs this year, they'll likely have to win every series for the rest of the season. Tuesday night they took a step toward winning the first one.
Chris Salamida provided the Goldeys with a quality start, while Kevin Moesquit, Luis Alen and Tyler Graham drove in the runs, as the Fish beat the Sioux City Explorers 3-1 in front of 5,579 at Shaw Park.
With the win, in the first game of a three-game series against the X's, the Goldeyes put a halt to a three-game losing streak and improved to 38-36 on the season. Winnipeg moved six games of the Gary SouthShore RailCats in the American Association wild card race.
"Chris (Salamida) did a good job tonight," said Goldeyes manager Rick Forney. "It's what we needed from our starter. We didn't throw it very well on Saturday and Sunday and with our hitting starting slowly tonight, we needed a strong pitching performance from Chris.
"We did a good job with our situational hitting in the seventh and eighth innings and we were able to push across enough runs to win."
Sioux City opened the scoring in the fifth as Anthony Kaskadden singled home Sam Judah. But that was it for the Explorers.
Winnipeg scored twice in the seventh as Casey Haerther led off with a double, went to third on a single by Fehlandt Lentini and scored on a sacrifice fly by Kevin Moesquit. Later, with runners on the corners, Tyler Graham dropped a bunt single down the first base line, squeezing home Lentini from third to make it 2-1.
In the eighth, Josh Mazzola singled, went to third on a single by Haerther and scored on a sac fly by Alen.
The Fish had nine hits in the ball game, six of them in their final two at-bats. Mazzola, Haerther and Ryan Scoma all had two-hit nights. Scoma is now hitting .352 and has moved into second spot in the race for the American Association's batting title.
Winnipeg starter Salamida (2-0, 3.26 ERA) got the win, while Sioux City starter Ryan Lucero (1-3, 4.83 ERA) took the loss. Patrick Keating (2.65 ERA) came on and picked up his 14th save of the season by pitching a quick, scoreless ninth.
The Goldeyes and Explorers will play Game 2 of this three-game series on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. Andy Noga (3-10, 6.33 ERA) will start for Sioux City, while Matt Rusch (5-3, 4.13 ERA) will head to the bump for Winnipeg.
Tickets for all Goldeyes games are available through Ticketmaster by calling 1-855-GOLDEYE, clicking on Ticketmaster.ca or visiting any Ticketmaster location, including the Shaw Park box office.
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