Adam Hall’s Winnipeg Goldeyes scored twice in the top of the ninth inning to erase a 6-5 deficit, defeating the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 7-6 at Newman Outdoor Field.
Keshawn Lynch and Kevin García worked back-to-back bases-loaded walks off Fargo-Moorhead reliever Jon Beymer in the final inning to put the Goldeyes ahead.
Winnipeg scored twice in the opening Inning after Noah Marcelo came in on a Ramón Bramasco single and Hall trotted home on Max Murphy’s sacrifice fly.
The RedHawks moved ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the third inning when Juan Fernández hit a three-run home run.
The Goldeyes tied the game at 3-3 in the fifth on a lead off blast by Roby Enríquez and took a 4-3 lead in the seventh after T.J. Schofield-Sam singled and scored on Ray-Patrick Didder’s base hit.
Fargo-Moorhead went ahead 5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Jake Hjelle and Andy Nelson scored on Weston Lombard’s throwing error. Fernández then notched his fourth run batted in of the day with a single that plated Jesús Lujano and gave the home side a two-run cushion.
Winnipeg got one run back in the eighth as Marcelo singled, stole second base, and scored on Hall’s base hit that made it 6-5 RedHawks.
Ryo Kohigashi was one of five Goldeyes who pitched in relief of starter Mitchell Lambson. Winnipeg pitchers combined for 15 strikeouts on the day with Lambson, Derrick Cherry, Lombard, Kohigashi, and Kevin Vaupel each recording two. Noah Millikan fanned five.
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