July 13: Goldeyes Bombed Again. Ready To Hit the Road.

The Winnipeg Goldeyes need a good road trip.

On a beautiful Sunday afternoon at Canwest Park, the Goldeyes were mauled 16-4 by the Gary SouthShore RailCats to complete a three-game sweep.

“Man, those guys were locked in,” said catcher Dustin Richardson. “It didn’t matter who the pitcher was, what the count was or what kind of pitch it was, they just teed off on it. They also hit some to holes I never thought they’d find while we hit some rockets right at people. But that will turn around. It’s baseball.”

Despite three hits and two runs batted in from Kevin West and two-hit games from Richardson and Dee Brown, the Goldeyes were never in this one. They fell behind 6-0 after four innings and seemed resigned to the fact the RailCats had their number.

It was 8-1 heading into the ninth as Gary scored eight runs off of two relievers in its final at-bat.

With the loss, Winnipeg dropped its fifth-straight game to fall to 28-18, leading second-place Gary by only three games in the race for first in the Northern League.

Right after the game, the Fish boarded the bus and headed off to Schaumburg.

“We need a road trip,” Richardson conceded. “We had four days off and that didn’t help us. We need to get together on a long road trip and start playing a lot of games. I’m looking forward to going to Schaumburg.”

The Fish will play four games in Schaumburg and then four more in Fargo – it’s eight games in seven days – before returning to celebrate Donnie Smith Night at Canwest Park on July 21.