KANSAS CITY, KS – The slow bats of yesterday were quickly pushed to the wayside as the Winnipeg Goldeyes collected ten hits to beat the reigning Miles Wolff Cup Champion Kansas City Monarchs 5-2. On a warm afternoon in KCK, Winnipeg played their best game of the preseason where pitching, fielding, and hitting all came together in perfect harmony. The scoring started right off the bat when Rob Emery drilled a single into left field scoring Max Murphy who had a pitch previously doubled off the left field wall giving Winnipeg a 1-0 lead. In the top of the third inning, Keshawn Lynch found the jet stream to left field and tattooed his first home run in a Goldeyes uniform into the visitors’ bullpen to make it a 2-0 lead. In the next inning, Miles Simington led off the frame with a base hit and swiped second. A few batters later, Ramón Bramasco chopped an RBI single down the third base line and Simington would trot home giving the Fish a three-run advantage after the third inning. Later, in the top of the sixth, Murphy would blast his first home run this year atop the visitors' bullpen to push the needle even further to 4-0. The final run for the Goldeyes came in the top of the eighth inning when Andy Armstrong led off with a double the opposite way, getting to third on a stolen base. Dayson Croes ’ hard groundball to the shortstop scored Armstrong giving Winnipeg their fifth and final run. The Monarchs’ bats were the quiet ones today as Goldeyes starter Landen Bourassa carved up Kansas City’s lineup twirling five innings of two-hit ball and striking out six. Grant Townsend was first out of the pen throwing two solid innings walking two and striking out one. Tasker Strobel followed and pitched well in his one inning of work. A swinging bunt single and a two-run home run hit by Kansas City’s Ross Adolph reduced the Goldeyes’ lead to 5-2. Strobel would come back and strike out the next batter and get a flyout to end his inning with two strikeouts. Ryder Yakel came into the ballgame with a save situation and sat the Monarchs down one, two, three with two flyouts and a strikeout mixed in securing the Winnipeg win. Following the game, Goldeyes Manager Logan Watkins was more than pleased with his club’s effort. “I’m again pleasantly surprised.” Watkins continues. “Obviously in Lincoln, you know the scoreboard wouldn’t say we played well or hit well in that second game. I continue to see guys making strides in the box.” When asked about how his pitching staff looked, Watkins has enjoyed watching his staff grind out innings in the new year. “ Colton Eastman was fantastic in Sioux Falls, Zac Reininger looked great in Lincoln only giving up a couple of solo home runs but other than that he looked solid. Joey Matulovich and Landen Bourassa both looked fantastic. When Marshall Kasowski comes in, we expect him to fit in nicely. And Travis Seabrooke will get the ball tomorrow, so hopefully he can continue the trend of what the starting pitchers have shown so far.” Not to mention how well the bullpen has pitched up to this point, the Goldeyes pitching staff has looked excellent here in 2024. Winnipeg will wrap up the preseason with another matchup in Kansas City Tuesday at 12:00 Noon. The pregame show will get underway at 11:30 a.m. on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca. The Goldeyes begin the 2024 season on the road versus the Cleburne Railroaders on Thursday, May 9. The Home Opener is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. against the Chicago Dogs at Blue Cross Park. For information about 2024 Season Tickets, Mini Packs, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please complete and submit the form below. 

LINCOLN, NE - In a low-scoring affair, the Winnipeg Goldeyes were only able to muster two hits in a tough 3-2 loss to the Lincoln Saltdogs at Haymarket Park Sunday afternoon. The scoring started early in an interesting way due to some unfortunate circumstances for the Saltdogs. Jackson Lindley got the start for Lincoln and in the top of the second inning after recording a strikeout, he threw the next pitch to Rob Emery and immediately felt discomfort. The coaching staff on both sides agreed to end the top of the second and move into the bottom of the frame. Goldeyes starter Joey Matulovich went out for the bottom of the third and gave up a solo home run to make the game 1-0 Lincoln. For the next four innings, the Goldeyes couldn’t scrap anything together until the top of the seventh when the bases were loaded up from three walks. Max Murphy stepped up and hit a medium deep fly ball to centre field, which was just deep enough to score to score Andy Armstrong and tie the game 1-1. Lincoln would immediately retake the lead in the bottom of the frame on another solo home run, this time off Justin Courtney making the game 2-1. The Saltdogs would play add-on in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI double off Nick Trogrlic-Iverson pushing the game to 3-1. In the top of the ninth inning, Ramón Bramasco led off with a double down the left-field line and scored on an RBI groundout by Keshawn Lynch moving the deficit to 3-2, but the effort was too little too late. Matulovich got the start for the Goldeyes. He went five strong innings giving up the one run while striking out seven. Courtney was first out of the bullpen. He pitched two innings, striking out three, walking one, and gave up one run. Trogrlic-Iverson was the last pitcher out of the bullpen. He pitched an inning, giving up one run, and struck out a batter. Logan Watkins knows the offense is still settling into the new season. “You know, how do you call it a loss? We had an inning rolled where we only had one batter come to the plate. So, I think maybe that was going to be the inning where we put up a four spot,” he joked. “It was a good game. Really well pitched on our end, Joey (Matulovich) was efficient and sharp. Guys are still getting their timing back at the plate a little bit, and Lincoln has some good arms this year, so it's good for them to step in there (the box) and see good pitching.” The Goldeyes head off to Kansas City, Kansas to take on the reigning Miles Wolff Cup Champion Monarchs for game Monday and Tuesday to finish off their preseason slate. Monday’s contest, originally set for 6:35 p.m., has been moved to 2:00 in the afternoon. The pregame show will get underway at 1:30 on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca. The Goldeyes begin the 2024 season on the road versus the Cleburne Railroaders on Thursday, May 9. The Home Opener is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. against the Chicago Dogs at Blue Cross Park. For information about 2024 Season Tickets, Mini Packs, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please complete and submit the form below.

LINCOLN, NE – The Winnipeg Goldeyes pitching staff rolled into Saturday's tilt feeling great, coming off a two-run performance the night prior. However, on a sunny afternoon on the campus of the University of Nebraska, it would be the hometown Lincoln Saltdogs who would prove to have the higher hand, winning 9-3. The scoring started early for the Saltdogs when the leadoff batter of bottom of the second inning homered off Goldeyes starter Zac Reininger . Two more solo blasts would be hit in the third and fourth innings giving Lincoln a 3-0 lead. Another couple of runs followed in the bottom of the fifth from an RBI single, and two-run double pushing the lead to 6-0. Three more runs would come into score from an RBI triple, and a couple of RBI groundouts to move the total runs for Lincoln to nine. The Goldeyes runs were few and far between. Andy Armstrong provided the Fish with their first run of the ballgame in the top of the seventh on an RBI double scoring Ramón Bramasco from first base cutting the deficit to five runs. In the top of the ninth, the Goldeyes put pressure on by loading the bases. An RBI walk by Keshawn Lynch brought in a run, and an RBI hit-by-pitch scored the second run of the inning by Adam Hall . What would’ve been a big inning for the Goldeyes turned for nothing due to the Saltdogs’ pitcher needing the inning to end on a predetermined pitch count. Reininger got the start today for Winnipeg. The right-hander from San Antonio, Texas went four innings giving up three runs, all on solo home runs. Left-handed pitcher Tasker Strobel was first out of the bullpen, a shaky start to his outing ended up with three runs scoring on his watch. He did settle in and got a quick one, two, three in his second inning of work. Grant Townsend made his spring debut twirling two innings of his own. A couple of unlucky breaks led to back-to-back extra-base hits which both runners ended up scoring on. Finally, Brady Schanuel threw in the final two innings. After not throwing a competitive pitch for a season, he looked a little all over the place but finished strong without giving up a run. Post-game, Logan Watkins was understanding of his pitching staff’s scuffle in the second exhibition game of the young season. “What to take away from today, I think Reininger looked pretty good. Gave up a couple of solo shots. Tasker had a tough inning and then bounced back and had a scoreless inning. So it was good to see a couple of other guys kind of getting a knock on some rust off.” Watkins continued. “Schanuel hasn't thrown in a couple of years. So, on the pitching side, you gave up whatever it was nine runs today, but still feel pretty good about what I saw. As far as hitting goes, we only scratched out three runs today but had 11 hits. So, because it's still I think guys are getting their timing down a little bit and starting to get comfortable in the box. So we didn't win today but still feel pretty good about and feel good that we're making some progress.” Ryan Holgate had three hits of his own which led the ballclub for the day. Watkins mentioned that he likes what he sees out of his young outfielder. “Really excited to have him (Holgate). I think he's got a lot of upside. I know he told me before he got to Winnipeg that he had barely gotten any at-bats, so hopefully the more we keep throwing them out there and more at-bats he gets the more comfortable he's going to get so it was really nice to see him hit some balls hard today.” The Goldeyes and Saltdogs meet again Sunday in Lincoln with the first pitch slated for 1:05 p.m. The pregame show will get underway 12:30 on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca. The Goldeyes begin the 2024 season on the road versus the Cleburne Railroaders on Thursday, May 9. The Home Opener is scheduled for Tuesday, May 21 at 6:30 p.m. against the Chicago Dogs at Blue Cross Park. For information about 2024 Season Tickets, Mini Packs, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please complete and submit the form below.