Goldeyes get it all in win over Gary

Aharon Eggleston had a tough road trip through Chicagoland last week. Tuesday night, he snapped out of his mini-slump.

Eggleston has had three hits in four trips, scored two runs and drove in two more and made a spectacular catch in centerfield as he led the Goldeyes to a 9-3 victory over the Gary SouthShore RailCats at Canwest Park in downtown Winnipeg.

“We’ve been battling,” said Eggleston, as he was named Shaw TV’s Player of the Game. “Today we got to the park early, we got lots of swings in the cage, took extra batting practice, we were ready to go tonight. I think it showed in the results.”

It sure did. The Goldeyes pounded out 12 hits and put up four crooked numbers – three in the first, two in the third, two in the fifth and two in the sixth.

Besides Eggleston, red-hot Kevin West, newcomer Justin Justice and veteran Vince Harrison each had two-hits while Juan Diaz got everything going for the Goldeyes with a three-run home run in the first inning. Harrison and Justice each drove in two runs.

“We got off to a great start,” said Eggleston. “And Sal gave us a great effort. We had everything going tonight. We just have to keep it going.”

Starter Chris Salamida had a tremendous outing. He allowed just one run on seven hits through the first seven innings before getting tagged for three hits and a pair of runs in the ninth. Ulysses Roque came on with a man on and nobody out in the ninth and retired the three men he faced to give the Goldeyes their 18th win of the season.

At 18-13, the Goldeyes are in third place in the Northern League, but both first-place Fargo and second-place Kansas City lost on Tuesday night, so the Fish are just two games back of Fargo and a half-a-game behind the T-Bones.

Wednesday night, the Goldeyes play Gary in the final game of this three-game set. Ace Walker will toe the slab for the Fish. Game time tonight is 7 p.m.