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  • Posted March 25, 2020
    Needing a successful road trip to stay in the American Associations wild card race, the Winnipeg Goldeyes were anything but successful Monday night to begin the trek through Minnesota and South Dakota. Chad Henne Super Bowl Jersey . The Goldeyes lost 14-1 to the St. Paul Saints at Midway Stadium in Minnesota in the first game of the four-game series and seven-game road trip, which concludes against the Sioux Falls Canaries on the weekend. The loss drops Winnipeg three games behind the Gary SouthShore RailCats, who were idle last night, for the leagues lone wild card playoff berth and the RailCats now have two games in hand on Winnipeg. The Goldeyes have 13 games remaining on their regular season schedule and have lost four of their last six games after winning seven of eight contests. Winnipeg starter Pete Gehle surrendered single runs in the first and second innings before giving up a two-run homer to St. Paul first baseman Brian Burgamy in the fifth inning. Goldeyes third baseman Amos Ramon singled in Kevin Moesquit in the top of the sixth inning to break St. Pauls shutout, but Winnipeg reliever Kaohi Downing was tagged by a Donald Blunt solo home run in the bottom of the frame to increase the Saints lead to 5-1. St. Paul added three more runs in the seventh inning off Gabe Aguilar for an 8-1 lead. After Winnipeg manager Rick Forney was ejected by home plate umpire John Durante for arguing balls and strikes following the top of the eighth inning, the game got way out of hand in the bottom of the frame. St. Paul touched Gabe Aguilar for four more runs and Blunt hit a grand slam off Goldeyes designated-hitter-turned-pitcher Casey Haerther as part of a six-run inning for the home side.  It capped a five-RBI night for Blunt. Of Winnipegs six hits in the game, three came from Ray Sadler, who went three-for-four in the contest. Ramon had the Goldeyes lone RBI. Gehle suffered the loss for the for the fourth consecutive start, which ties a Goldeyes franchise record, and combined with three relievers to allow 17 hits. Former Texas Ranger Mark Hamburger went eight innings for the Saints in a winning cause. The Goldeyes and Saints will go at it again in St. Paul Tuesday night. Winnipeg will look to rebound by sending left Chris Salamida to the mound, while St. Paul will counter with Billy Soule. Game time is 7 p.m.Jordan Lucas Super Bowl Jersey .C. - Goodyear has warned teams that increased speeds at Charlotte Motor Speedway will put a heavy emphasis on the right front tires in Saturday nights race a€” a potentially key development for drivers trying to advance in the Chase for the Sprint Cup Championship. Travis Kelce Super Bowl Jersey . Perez, 35, posted a 1-2 record with a 3.69 earned-run average in 19 relief appearances last season. His season ended Aug. 9 due to a torn ligament in his left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring training.Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Tyler Seguin finished with two goals and an assist to lead the Dallas Stars to a 4-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Cody Eakin and Ryan Garbutt also scored, Jamie Benn assisted on both Seguin markers and Kari Lehtonen turned aside 16-of-17 shots for the Stars, who ended a four-game skid. Thats the way we need to play, Dallas head coach Lindy Ruff said. It starts by your best players doing the right things. Seguin leads the league with 21 goals and 35 points this season. Sven Andrighetto scored Montreals lone goal in his NHL debut and Carey Price made 25 saves in defeat. The Canadiens have now lost six of their last seven games. The Stars opened the scoring on the power play with 8:37 remaining in the opening stanza. Jason Spezza threw the puck on net and Eakin was there to backhand it past Price. Seguin buried Benns feed through the crease over the shoulder of Price from the left side of the net as Dallas took advantage of a 5-on-3 man advvantage 3:09 into the second. Christian Okoye Super Bowl Jersey. The two combined for another goal with 7.8 seconds to play in the middle stanza. Benn won a faceoff back to Seguin, who sent fired the puck on net for a 3-0 advantage. Andrighetto moved in on net and backhanded a shot in close past Lehtonen to get Montreal on the board 2:21 into the third, but Garbutt tallied an empty- net goal with 1:04 to play to account for the final score. I saw an opening and just put it in, said Andrighetto. Of course its really nice that I was able to score, but it wouldve been a lot better if we won the game. Game Notes Stars forward Travis Moen, who was traded to Dallas for defenseman Sergei Gonchar on Nov. 11, played in his 700th career game ... The Stars are 6-2 with one tie in their last nine games against Montreal at American Airlines Arena ... Dallas forward Shawn Horcoff skated in his 900th game ... The season series concludes in Montreal on Jan. 27. ' ' '