Milkmen Rally, Lambson Dominant – American Association Daily
American Association Daily provides insights, features, and recaps of the action from around the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions. In today’s edition of American Association Daily, the Sioux Falls Canaries blank the St. Paul Saints and the Milwaukee Milkmen battled back from six runs down to defeat the Chicago Dogs.
Milkmen Rally to Down Dogs, 8-7
The Milwaukee Milkmen trailed 7-1 after two innings on Wednesday, but did not allow that to sour their mood. Instead, the team rallied for two in the fifth and four in the seventh to tie the score before scoring the winning run in the ninth to defeat the Chicago Dogs, 8-7.
Christian Correa drove in the winning run and Jake Matthys earned the victory with three perfect innings of relief. He struck out five. Karch Kowalczyk came on in the ninth to earn his first save of the season. Brett Vertigan had three hits and two RBI for Milwaukee. Edwin Arroyo and Michael Crouse each homered for Chicago
Chicago Dogs Recap by Sam Brief
Lambson Dazzles, Goldeyes Blank RedHawks
Mitch Lambson tossed six shutout innings, combining with two relievers as the Winnipeg Goldeyes blanked the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, 5-0. Lambson allowed three hits and two walks while striking out three. Kent Hasler pitched two perfect innings of relief and Victor Capellan came on in the ninth, striking out the side to finish off the shutout.
Wes Darvill had two hits and drove in two to lead the Winnipeg offense. Logan Hill also had two hits and scored two runs. Correlle Prime had two of the five hits the RedHawks recorded.
Winnipeg Goldeyes Recap by Steve Schuster
Culbreth, Canaries Blank Saints, 3-0
Ty Culbreth allowed three hits over six innings of work, combining with three relievers as the Sioux Falls Canaries blanked the St. Paul Saints, 3-0. The Canaries starter allowed single hits in the first, third, and sixth, and was only in any sort of trouble in the third when he gave up a two-out single followed by a walk, but induced a fielder’s choice to end the threat. Culbreth walked one and struck out two.
Sioux Falls scored their first run in the top of the second when Ryan Long led off with his first homer of the season. In the fifth, they extended their lead when Andrew Ely and Jabari Henry scored on a back-to-back errors.
Sioux Falls Canaries Recap by Adam Bertsch
St. Paul Saints Recap by Sean Aronson
Transactions
St. Paul: Signed C Cody Young
Winnipeg: Released RHP Joe Lienhard
