Winnipeg Goldeyes Daily Clippings Tuesday, July 7 , 2020
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WINNIPEG GOLDEYES DAILY CLIPPINGS TUESDAY, JULY 7th , 2020 - Goldeyes Fall Short in Classic Battle—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 7/5/20 - Hair Leads RedHawks to First Win of the Year—Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, 7/5/20 - A Mini Miracle—Winnipeg Sun, 7/5/20 - Baseball is Back, and Goldeyes Open With 9-5 Win—Winnipeg Sun, 7/4/20 - Kelly ‘Super Thankful’ to be Playing Baseball as RedHawks Open Season Against Rival Winnipeg—INFORUM (Eric Peterson), 7/4/20 - Goldeyes Get Set for Some Game Action—Winnipeg Free Press (Hayden Goethe), 7/3/20 - Goldeyes Holding Out Hope of Playing Some Games in Winnipeg in 2020—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 7/3/20 - RedHawks Games at Newman Expected to Feel Different for Fans This Summer Due to COVID-19—INFORUM (Eric Peterson), 7/3/20 - Fishing Around in Fargo—Winnipeg Free Press (Hayden Goethe), 7/2/20 - ‘It’s a Breath of Fresh Air:’ New Goldeyes Just Happy to be Back on the Diamond—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 7/2/20 - Mitchell Lambson Interview (Audio Link)—680 CJOB (Christian Aumell), 7/2/20 - Goldeyes Manager Forney ‘More Than Happy’ to Play in Fargo—INFORUM (Eric Peterson), 6/27/20 - Fish Take to Field in Fargo—Winnipeg Free Press (Taylor Allen), 6/26/20 - Goldeyes to Broadcast Unique Season in CJNU—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 6/25/20 - ‘We’re Just All Thankful to Have Some Baseball’—Winnipeg Free Press (Mike McIntyre), 6/25/20 - Challenges Facing Goldeyes Baseball (Video Link)—CTV Winnipeg (Joey Slattery), 6/25/20 - ‘It All Doesn’t Seem Real’: Goldeyes Rick Forney Deals With Tragedy, Pandemic, as Camp Opens—Winnipeg Sun (Paul Friesen), 6/25/20 - Goldeyes Add Three Pitchers to Roster—Winnipeg Sun (Paul Friesen), 6/23/20 - Goldeyes GM Talks Play Catch Week, Team Prepares for ‘Strange’ Season Away From Home—Global News Winnipeg (Sam Thompson), 6/22/20 - Goldeyes Add Three, Including Team Canada Righty—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 6/22/20 - Goldeyes Sign Nine Players, Release 10, Ahead of American Association Training Camp—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 6/19/20 - Goldeyes Add Power Bat, Pitcher From High-Minors—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 6/18/20 - Goldeyes Pitcher, Wife Kept Apart by a Closed Canada-U.S. Border During Pandemic—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 6/18/20 - Goldeyes Grab Ex-MLBer Sweeney in League Draft—Winnipeg Free Press (Taylor Allen), 6/17/20 - Goldeyes Select Nine Players in American Association Dispersal Draft—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 6/17/20 - Goldeyes Players Ready to Play Ball in What Promises to be ‘Extremely Competitive’ Season—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 6/17/20 - Goldeyes Acquire Nine Players in Dispersal Draft—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 6/16/20 - No Home Pond for Fish—Winnipeg Free Press (Taylor Allen), 6/16/20 - ‘There is no Financial Incentive’: Goldeyes Embark on a High Risk, Little Reward 2020 Season Away From Home (Video Link)—CTV Winnipeg (Joey Slattery), 6/15/20 - Goldeyes Announce New 2020 Schedule—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 6/15/20 - Goldeyes Home Field Will be Fargo, N.D.—Winnipeg Free Press (Staff), 6/13/20 - Winnipeg Goldeyes Will Play in 2020, But All Games Will be on the Road—Winnipeg Sun (Ted Wyman), 6/13/20 - Goldeyes Baseball Will be Back This Summer—But Not in Winnipeg—CBC Manitoba (Staff), 6/12/20 - Goldeyes to Operate as Road Team, Will Play 2020 Season—Winnipeg Goldeyes (Steve Schuster), 6/12/20 GOLDEYES FALL SHORT IN CLASSIC BATTLE STEVE SCHUSTER – WINNIPEG GOLDEYES – SUNDAY, JULY 5th FARGO, ND – The Winnipeg Goldeyes (2-1) lost 8-7 to the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in 11 innings at Newman Outdoor Field on Sunday afternoon. Tied at 7-7, Drew Ward led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a single to centre and advanced to second on Leobaldo Pina’s bloop single to centre. Trey Hair then doubled to the centre field wall to score Ward with the game-winning run. Ward narrowly beat Wes Darvill’s relay throw to the plate. The Goldeyes led 7-6 in the bottom of the ninth when Hair worked a bases loaded walk that forced home Correlle Prime. Prime opened the inning with an infield single, Ward walked, and Pina was hit by a pitch to load the bases. The RedHawks (1-2) took a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first on RBI singles from Prime and Pina. Brennan Metzger singled home a run in the second, and the RedHawks made it 4-0 in the third on a Blake Grant-Parks fielder’s choice. With the bases loaded and two outs, John Gorman relieved Goldeyes’ starter Kevin McGovern and retired Metzger on a flyball to right field to keep Winnipeg within four runs. In the top of the fifth, Logan Hill was hit by a pitch leading off, took second when Jordan George walked, and advanced to third on a Roy Morales flyball to centre. With runners on the corners and one out, Darvill lined a sacrifice fly to left that plated Hill with the Goldeyes’ first run. Winnipeg rallied for four runs in the top of the sixth to take its first lead. Kevin Lachance and Darnell Sweeney opened the frame with consecutive singles. A wild pitch moved runners to second and third, and following a RedHawks’ pitching change, Kyle Martin lined a single to centre that scored Lachance and Sweeney to make it 4-3 Fargo-Moorhead. On the next pitch, Hill launched a two-run home run to left-centre to give Winnipeg a 5-4 advantage. Eric Wood doubled home Lachance in the top of the seventh, while George added a sacrifice fly that made it 7-4. Hair narrowed the gap to 7-6 in the bottom of the seventh with a two-run home run to right. Mitchell Osnowitz (1-0) picked up the win in relief with two scoreless innings over the 10 th and 11 th . Garrett Harris (0-1) took the loss in relief for Winnipeg, allowing one earned run in one-plus inning. McGovern took a no-decision, allowing four earned runs on eight hits over two and two-thirds. McGovern walked four and struck out none. Ryan Williams started for the RedHawks and also took a no-decision, allowing three earned runs on three hits in five and one-third innings. Williams walked two and struck out three. Kent Hasler struck out the side in order during a scoreless bottom of the eighth. During the inning, Hasler struck out Cito Culver on a pitch in the dirt that ricocheted back towards the mound. Hasler recovered the ball and completed the dropped third strike play himself. The Goldeyes’ defence turned four double plays, including two that stranded the winning run on third base in the ninth and 10 th innings. The Goldeyes and RedHawks take Monday off and begin a new three-game series Tuesday night at Newman Outdoor Field. First pitch is scheduled for 7:02 p.m., and the Goldeyes will serve as the home team. All the action can be heard locally on 93.7 FM and worldwide at www.cjnu.ca For information on Goldeyes’ merchandise and 2021 season tickets, visit the Goldeyes’ official website at www.goldeyes.com HAIR LEADS REDHAWKS TO FIRST WIN OF THE YEAR FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS – SUNDAY, JULY 7 th FARGO, N.D. – The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks needed to come from behind for the third game in a row if they wanted to earn their first win of the season, and come back they did. After giving up seven straight runs to fall behind 7-4, Fargo-Moorhead came back to tie the game with three runs over the final three innings to send the game to extra innings before Trey Hair hit a walk-off double in the 11th inning to seal the RedHawks’ first win of the 2020 American Association season. Hair went 3-for-4 with a home run, the walk-off double, four RBIs, and two walks in the contest. Fargo-Moorhead started off quick with four runs in the first three innings before being shut down by Winnipeg reliever John Gorman in the middle innings. Two more runs in the seventh for the home team made it 7-6 Winnipeg and the game was tied when Goldeyes pitcher Tyler Rheault walked in the game-tying run with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. Winnipeg got out of two straight innings in the ninth and tenth with 4-6-3 double plays that stranded a RedHawks runner on third. Drew Ward and Leobaldo Pina, who picked up his 700th career professional hit in the first inning of this afternoon’s game, led off the bottom of the 11th with singles before Hair crushed a ball to deep center field that Goldeyes center fielder Darnell Sweeney couldn’t track down. Ward came around to score from second and the RedHawks earned their first victory in 304 days. Fargo-Moorhead will head on the “road” for another three-game set against the Goldeyes beginning Tuesday night at Newman Outdoor Field. First pitch is set for 7:02 p.m. A MINI MIRACLE WINNIPEG SUN – SUNDAY, JULY 5 th It may not be eating ice cream with the enemy, but independent baseball’s fiercest rivals must co-exist in order for the American Association to complete the small miracle that is the 2020 season. For the past quarter century, the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks have entertained fans with some of the most intense on-field competition the industry has seen.