Goldeyes defeat RedHawks in pitcher's duel
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July 26, 2020
By Steve Schuster
Winnipeg Goldeyes
FARGO, ND – The Winnipeg Goldeyes (14-8) beat the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 2-0 at Newman Outdoor Field on Sunday afternoon.
The Goldeyes served as the home team.
With the game scoreless in the bottom of the eighth inning, Darnell Sweeney hit a solo home run just to the right of centre field with one out. Two batters later, Kyle Martin walked, stole second base, and scored on a two-out single to centre from Logan Hill.
Victor Capellan pitched a scoreless top of the ninth to earn his fifth save of the season. Capellan is now just one save away from the American Association’s all-time record of 70.
Goldeyes’ starter Frank Duncan pitched seven shutout innings on six hits in a no-decision. Duncan walked none, struck out five, and threw just 93 pitches.
RedHawks’ starter Matthew Tomshaw also took a no-decision, pitching seven shutout innings on six hits. Tomshaw walked one and struck out seven.
Jose Jose (1-0) earned the win in relief after pitching a perfect top of the eighth.
Tyler Wilson (0-1) took the loss in relief for the RedHawks.
Martin singled in the top of the second, stretching his career-best hitting streak to 12 games.
It marked the Goldeyes’ first three-game sweep of the RedHawks at Newman Outdoor Field since July 4th-6th of 2014.
The Goldeyes open a three-game series against the Chicago Dogs on Tuesday night. First pitch from Impact Field is at 7:05 p.m. All the action can be heard locally on 93.7 FM CJNU and worldwide at www.cjnu.ca