The slow bats in the previous match were quickly pushed to the wayside as Adam Hall and his Winnipeg Goldeyes collected ten hits to beat the reigning Miles Wolff Cup Champion Kansas City Monarchs 5 - 2.
On a warm afternoon in Kansas City, 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.
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