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WINNIPEG, MB – The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks marched north of the border and continued their recent winning ways as they stole game one of four with the Winnipeg Goldeyes 3-1 before a crowd of 5,519 at Shaw Park on Friday night.

Both aces, Nick Hernandez and Brandon Mann, were on the mound and they both were pitching in and out of trouble for the first two frames. Both teams allowed runners to make it to second base but Fargo-Moorhead broke through in the third inning.

With two outs, Drew Muren sent a single up the middle and would be driven in on a Chad Mozingo double to center making it 1-0. Mozingo would then score on a Luke Bailey single poked to right and the ‘Hawks had grabbed a 2-0 lead.

The Goldeyes would score their only run of the night on a Casio Grider fielder’s choice in the fifth but other than that it was all Brandon Mann. The lefty would retire the side in order in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings and would give way to Mike Nesseth for the ninth inning. Mann added seven more strikeouts to his league leading total and now needs just five to break Ben Moore’s single season strikeout record set back in 2011. He allowed one unearned run on seven hits.

Already having extended his hitting streak to 18 games earlier with a double, Joe Dunigan belted a solo homer giving the RedHawks an insurance run making it 3-1. Dunigan has been on a tear as of late, and has increased his average from .227 to .252 during his streak.

Nesseth came on to close down the ninth. Facing Grider with runners on second and third and two outs, he caught him swinging to end the game while earning his 17^th save of the season.

With the win, Fargo-Moorhead improves to 38-52 and has won eight of their last ten games. Winnipeg slips to 42-48 with the loss. The two teams return tomorrow night with Ty Kelley taking the hill for the RedHawks. All games can be heard on 740 AM The Fan with Brad Anderson on the call. 

Game Date: 08/28/2015

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks  3 AT Winnipeg Goldeyes  1

                                 YTD                                   YTD
Fargo              AB  R  H BI   AVG  Winnipeg           AB  R  H BI   AVG
Z.Penprase SS       4  0  1  0  .293  C.Grider SS         4  0  0  0  .303
D.Muren CF          4  1  1  0  .275  A.Heisler LF        4  0  1  0  .327
C.Mozingo LF        4  1  2  1  .309  R.Abercrombie CF    4  0  1  0  .305
L.Bailey C          3  0  1  1  .244  C.Haerther 1B       3  0  1  0  .315
J.Dunigan RF        4  1  2  1  .252  J.Mazzola 3B        4  0  1  0  .292
C.Valerio 1B        4  0  1  0  .268  T.Pugh RF           4  0  1  0  .279
M.Wing 3B           4  0  0  0  .242  L.Alen DH           4  1  2  0  .286
R.Pineda 2B         4  0  1  0  .268  B.Boyer 2B          3  0  2  0  .256
J.Tescher DH        4  0  0  0  .000  R.Babineau C        3  0  0  0  .221
                   35  3  9  3                           33  1  9  0

Fargo                0 0 2   0 0 0   0 0 1 -  3  9  1
Winnipeg             0 0 0   0 1 0   0 0 0 -  1  9  0
2B--C.Mozingo (32), J.Dunigan (17), C.Valerio (12), C.Haerther (16).
HR--J.Dunigan (13). RBI--C.Mozingo (57), L.Bailey (40), J.Dunigan (56).
SH--R.Babineau (0). SB--Z.Penprase (26), R.Pineda (5), C.Grider (19),
J.Mazzola (9). CS--C.Grider (7), C.Haerther (2). E--M.Wing (5). 
LOB--Fargo 6, Winnipeg 9. DP--B. Boyer(2B) - J. Mazzola(3B) - C.
Haerther(1B), R. Pineda(2B) - Z. Penprase(SS) - C. Valerio(1B). 
                                                                YTD
                                 IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR     ERA
 Fargo
B.Mann (W,6-9)                  8.0   7   1   0   3   7   0    4.23
M.Nesseth (S,17)                1.0   2   0   0   0   1   0    2.63
                                9     9   1   0   3   8   0
 Winnipeg
N.Hernandez (L,8-7)             7.0   6   2   2   1   5   0    2.88
R.Varner                        1.0   1   0   0   0   2   0    3.62
A.Smith                         1.0   2   1   1   0   2   1    5.13
                                9     9   3   3   1   9   1
SO--D.Muren, L.Bailey, J.Dunigan, C.Valerio, M.Wing, R.Pineda 2, J.Tescher
2, C.Grider, A.Heisler 2, R.Abercrombie 3, J.Mazzola, T.Pugh. BB--L.Bailey,
C.Grider, C.Haerther, B.Boyer. BF--B.Mann 32 (583), M.Nesseth 5 (104),
N.Hernandez 27 (507), R.Varner 4 (121), A.Smith 5 (328). P-S--B.Mann
125-87, M.Nesseth 16-14, N.Hernandez 100-68, R.Varner 13-9, A.Smith 22-14. 
T--2:40.  A--5515

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