"We played a good first half and we really put them under

A stellar start from Chris Salamida put the Winnipeg Goldeyes back in the win column. Salamida worked into the seventh inning as the Goldeyes completed a series win with a 4-2 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries on Sunday. The game was shortened to a seven inning affair with Saturdays suspended game being completed earlier in the afternoon. The Goldeyes dropped that game 2-1. “They were two good baseball games,” said Goldeyes manager “(Champion) gave us all we could handle, but we got some solid at-bats and timely hitting. The pitching was good all day and Salamida gave us a great start.” The Goldeyes started the scoring in the third inning. Fehlandt Lentini began the inning with a single and a stolen base. He would be driven in on a Tyler Graham single to give Winnipeg an early 1-0 lead. They would add another run in the next inning when Ray Sadler hit an opposite field solo home run. It was Sadlers team-leading 16th of the season and his sixth as a member of the Goldeyes. Winnipeg would break it open in the fifth with a pair of runs. Amos Ramon started it off with an run scoring chopper that bounced past a drawn in Sioux Falls infield. Then, with the bases loaded, Sadler picked up another RBI on a sacrifice fly that scored Ramon. After putting two batters on in the seventh, Salamida was relieved by Patrick Keating with one out. Both runners would score on a Nick Van Stratten base hit but Keating stopped the Sioux Falls rally there and finished off a Goldeyes win.Salamida improved to 3-0 on the season with the win. He struck out four Canaries. All three of Salamidas wins in 2013 have come at home. Adam Champion was tagged with the loss for Sioux Falls. He was responsible for all four runs, which he gave up on six hits and four walks. The Goldeyes will travel to Sioux City on Monday as they begin a four-game series with the Explorers. Game time tomorrow is set for 7 p.m. Canaries Pitchers Shut Down Fish The Winnipeg Goldeyes couldnt solve the mystery of four Sioux Falls Canaries pitchers and as result, the Fish lost Saturday nights suspended game on Sunday afternoon. The Goldeyes were held to one run on only three hits as the Fish fell 2-1 to the Canaries in a game that was completed on Sunday afternoon after the first 3 1/2 innings were played in the rain on Saturday night. Sioux Falls had a 1-0 lead heading into Sunday afternoon after Nick Van Stratten singled home Anthony Trajano in the top of the third. The Canaries extended the lead to 2-0 when Stephen King scored on a Cory Morales single. Winnipeg cut the lead to 2-1 in the fifth when Luis Alen walked, went to second on a single by Fehlandt Lentini, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Graham and scored on a ground out by Amos Ramon. But that was it. 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Barrett also kicked two conversions and four penalties but his efforts were only good enough to earn the Hurricanes a consolation bonus point. The Hurricanes have just one win from five games, which should put even more pressure on embattled coach Mark Hammett now that the teams playoff hopes are almost gone with less than a third of the season completed. The Highlanders won their opening match against the Auckland-based Blues before dropping close games to the Chiefs and the Western Force. Fridays win was their second in four games, lifting them to secoond behind the Chiefs in the New Zealand conference at the start of the sixth round.dddddddddddd "We played a good first half and we really put them under pressure," Highlanders captain Nasi Manu said. "But I think when we came out in the second half we were guilty of defending the lead and not playing much rugby and, like a dangerous Hurricanes side, they almost caught us." Sopoagas outstanding kicking performance helped give the Highlanders an 18-9 lead in the first half. Phil Burleigh and Patrick Osborne then scored second-half tries to give the Highlanders a 35-12 lead after 56 minutes. "It was a tricky first half in which penalties ruled the day and we couldnt get into it," Hurricanes captain Conrad Smith said. "But we felt pretty good and then we just got caught chasing the game again. We coughed up a try and there were a few 50-50 moments but good sides respond better than that." ------ Highlanders 35 (Phil Burleigh, Patrick Osborne tries; Lima Sopoaga 2 conversions, 7 penalties), Hurricanes 31 (Beauden Barrett 2, Ben Franks tries; Beauden Barrett 2 conversions, 4 penalties). Halftime: 18-9. ' ' '