By Adam Bertsch

The Winnipeg Goldeyes defeated the Sioux Falls Canaries 16-4 on Sunday afternoon.

Winnipeg got a great start from Mitchell Lambson along with a few big innings offensively to take the series.

The visitors got on the board first in the opening inning on an RBI single by Logan Hill to make the score 1-0.

Winnipeg scored another run in the top of the second on a RBI single by Wes Darvill extending the lead to 2-0.

Five more runs came in the top of the fourth on a three-run home run by Jonathan Moroney. Two batters later Darnell Sweeney hit a two-run home run to make the score 7-0.

The Goldeyes added four more in the top of the fifth. It was a sacrifice fly by Jordan George, an RBI single by Moroney and two-run home run by Wes Darvill to push the lead to 11-0.

The Birds got on the board in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a sacrifice fly by Clint Coulter to cut the score to 11-1.

Another five runs came across in the top of the seventh for Winnipeg thanks to five straight hits including a two-run double by George. Darvill, Hill and John Nester all drove in runs as well to make the lead 16-1.

The Birds gained a run on a single from Damek Tomscha in the bottom of the seventh cutting the deficit to 16-2

Roy Morales hit a two-run single in the bottom of the eighth to cut into the score 16-4.

Lambson earned the win allowing two runs over seven innings with no walks and five strikeouts. Kurt Heyer took the loss for the Birds.

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The Sioux Falls Canaries hit the road to take on the Fargo-Morehead RedHawks on Tuesday, August 18. First pitch in Fargo is scheduled for 7:02 p.m.

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