Another solid outing from starter Mark Holliman and home runs from Juan Diaz and Josh Asanovich gave the Winnipeg Goldeyes a 5-2 victory over the Lake County Fielders on Tuesday night.
The win was significant for a number of reasons:
(1) It gave the Goldeyes a 15-10 record, the first time this season the Fish have been more than four games above .500 and it moved them past the Kansas City T-Bones into second place in the Northern League.
(2) It gave the Goldeyes their third straight win, their longest road winning streak of the season and a win on Wednesday night in lake County will give the Fish their longest winning streak of the season – home or away.
(3) It gave the Goldeyes a 3-1 record on this Chicagoland road trip (Monday night’s game at Lake County), and with one more win, they’ll be guaranteed a .500 record on the road.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the Goldeyes victory on Tuesday night – besides Juan Diaz’s eighth homer of the year and Asanovich’s second in as many games – was Holliman’s performance.
The Goldeyes’ outstanding righthander struck out seven to take over the league lead in strikeouts (34), lowered his ERA to 2.19 (fifth in the NL) and won his third game of the season (second in the NL).
Without question, this Goldeyes team hits well enough to win 60-70 games if it gets enough pitching. Holliman has shown that he’ll provide this team with six-seven solid innings every time out. Stephen Flake, Ace Walker, Chris Salamida and Antony Bello have all shown they can be lights out. The bullpen is improving every time out and Ian Thomas, Zach Baldwin, Philip Roy, Ulysses Roque and Bobby Korecky have all had outstanding appearances.
Hitting is fun and entertaining. People buy tickets to watch hitting. But all baseball fans know that pitching wins championships. After a 7-2 loss at Schaumburg in the first game of this road trip, the Goldeyes allowed only seven runs in their next three games.
It’s a simple assumption: Shut down the opposition and suddenly there is no pressure on the hitters.
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