{"id":701680,"date":"2026-05-29T14:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701680\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T14:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:10:17","slug":"six-run-third-sinks-goldeyes-in-gary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/701680\/","title":{"rendered":"Six-run third sinks Goldeyes in Gary"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gary SouthShore RailCats (5-7) won the rubber match of a three-game series at U.S. Steel Yard Thursday evening, defeating the Winnipeg Goldeyes<\/a> 9-3.

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\nFor the second game in a row, the RailCats scored in their first at-bat, when second baseman Nick Podkul hit a sacrifice fly to left field that brought designated hitter Cooper Weiss in to make it 1-0.<\/p>\n

The Goldeyes (5-7) took a 2-1 lead in the top of the third as centre fielder\u00a0Noah Marcelo\u00a0belted a two-out double to right field scoring left fielder\u00a0Keshawn Lynch. One batter later, third baseman\u00a0Ram\u00f3n Bramasco\u00a0lined a base hit to left field that drove in Marcelo.

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\nGary SouthShore put six runs on the board in the bottom of the third inning to take a 7-2 lead. Right fielder Scout Knotts tied the contest with a single to right that plated Weiss. Next, first baseman Joe Suozzi hit a two-run double to right field that scored Podkul and Knotts to make it 4-2 RailCats. Olivier Basabe and Suozzi then came in on a throwing error after third baseman Camryn Williams\u2019 fielder\u2019s choice, extending the lead to 6-2. Finally, catcher Colin Summerhill doubled to centre field to bring Williams in for a 7-2 cushion.<\/p>\n

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In the home half of the sixth, Gary SouthShore centre fielder Korry Howell came in on a passed ball to make it 8-2, and Weiss scored when Podkul grounded into a double play.

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\nWinnipeg reduced the deficit by one run in the top of the ninth inning on catcher\u00a0Rapha\u00ebl Pelletier\u2019s single to right that drove in shortstop\u00a0Ray-Patrick Didder. It was Pelletier\u2019s first professional run batted in.

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\nPeyton Long (W, 2-1) started and went seven innings for the RailCats. He allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out five. Joan Valdez pitched the final two frames, surrendering a run on three hits. He struck out three. Neither Gary SouthShore pitcher walked a batter.

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\nMitchell Lambson\u00a0(L 1-2) gave up seven runs \u2013 five earned on seven hits over five innings. He struck out two and walked four.\u00a0Weston Lombard\u00a0and\u00a0Eli Saul\u00a0worked the final three innings for the Goldeyes.

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\nFollowing the game Winnipeg made the brief journey northwest to Rosemont, Illinois, where they will open a three-game weekend series with the Chicago Dogs Friday at 6:30 p.m. The Goldeyes have not announced their starting pitcher. Chicago is expected to send right-hander Dwayne Marshall (0-0, 2.25 ERA) to the mound.

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\nThe Goldeyes return home<\/a> to Blue Cross Park Monday, June 1 to begin a season-long 10-game homestand with the first of four against the Sioux Falls Canaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Gary SouthShore RailCats (5-7) won the rubber match of a three-game series at U.S. Steel Yard Thursday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701681,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-701680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}