The Winnipeg Goldeyes had a chance to sweep a doubleheader for the second time this season Saturday night, but it just wasnt in the cards on a wet night in Indiana.
[b]Pat Connaughton Jersey[/b] . Playing through a heavy mist at times, the Goldeyes lost 5-2 to the Gary SouthShore RailCats in Game 2 of Saturdays doubleheader. The split leaves Winnipeg three games back of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks for first place in the American Associations North Division. The Goldeyes grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning off a Casey Haerther RBI double, but the RailCats answered back with two runs in bottom of the second inning. Winnipeg tied the game in the top of the fourth inning when Fehlandt Lentini touched home plate off a Nate Samson ground out, but Gary scored two runs again in the bottom of the fourth inning to retake the lead and added on another run an inning later. At the plate, Nick Liles went three-for-three in the second game and went six-for-six in the doubleheader. Goldeyes starter Ryan Sasaki took the loss in his Goldeyes debut. He allowed four runs, three of which were earned, in three innings of work. Ari Ronick got the win for Gary, while Ian Durham earned the save. The two teams will meet in the rubber match Sunday afternoon at U.S. Steel Yard in Gary, Ind. at 2:10 p.m. Coverage on FAB 94.3 FM begins with 55 with Forney at 12:30 p.m. Goldeyes cool down RailCats in extra innings An error by the Gary SouthShore RailCats left the door unlocked and the Winnipeg Goldeyes smashed through it in extra innings. Winnipeg scored three runs with two out in the top of the ninth inning to beat Gary 5-2 in Game 1 of Saturday nights doubleheader, which was scheduled to go seven innings. The Goldeyes win ended Garys eight-game winning streak. With one out in the top of the ninth, Mike Coles reached base for Winnipeg on an error by the RailCats shortstop Zac Mitchell. Coles stole second base and, after Amos Ramon struck out, scored on a single by Josh Mazzola. Nick Liles would then double in Mazzola and score on a single from Casey Haerther. Gary struck for two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning with two runs off Goldeyes starter Mark Hardy to start the scoring, as Zac Mitchell hit an RBI double for the RailCats and scored a batter later on a Chase Tucker single. Winnipeg tied the game half an inning later in the top of the sixth inning. After the Goldeyes loaded the bases with three consecutive singles, Haerther scored Ramon on a sac fly and Fehlandt Lentini singled to score Josh Mazzola. Liles, who entered the game as a pinch runner for an injured Leonard Davis, and Lentini each had three hits of Winnipeg, while Casey Haerther had two RBI. Brendan Lafferty pitched 2/3 of an inning of relief to earn the win, while Patrick Keating came in for the ninth inning for his seventh save of the season. Hardy turned in a quality start by giving up just two runs in six innings of work, while Chris Kissock had 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Boomer Potts suffered the loss for Gary.
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[b]Cameron Reynolds Jersey[/b]. "But I dont have any problem punching him in the face. Because on the night, were not really going to be mates. Were fighting for our future." Walsh watched the show, saying he had no issues with how he was portrayed other than he has a better sense of humour than the show suggested. "Ill take it," he said. "They didnt make me look bad." And while he had no problem seeing himself on TV, he said he didnt like hearing himself. "Watching yourself, you see yourself in the mirror every day," he said. "Unless you dont like looking at yourself and then maybe youve got a few problems. But listening to yourself, thats something you dont get a chance to do often, so that was a bit of a wig-out." Walsh, who lives in Sydney, said life has not changed much for him since taking part in the show. He attributes that to MMA still facing an uphill battle in Australia. "Im hoping guys like myself, Chris can kind of grow that sport because in the last five years its kind of taken a spiral downwards from what it was when I first started." Australia, he says, needs top-flight fighters like Canada has had in Georges St-Pierre and Rory MacDonald. Walsh has other options than fighting for a living. He studied construction property at the University of New South Wales, finishing his degree at Georgia Tech and started studying law in Australia before quitting a semester later to pursue fighting. A year later, the former rugby player was on the UFC TV show. "For me its not about the money," he said. "Its like the furthest thing from the money and the glory and stuff. Its just something I like doing and I set a goal long ago that this was something and Ive kind of followed through on that. "Ive had to kind of buck a lot of trends, parents telling me I should get a job and all that kind of stuff. Because I come from a good family, good parenting, good education. So this was harder for me I think in a lot of ways than it was if I didnt have the choice. I had so many other things I could have been doing: making money, using my degree, travelling ... but I chose this path. "It was a little bit harder I think, but its a lot more fulfilling." Having made it onto a UFC card has proved to family and friends that his dream was worth chasing, he said. ' ' '
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