{"id":194483,"date":"2026-09-03T12:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/194483\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:34:44","slug":"goldeyes-punch-postseason-ticket-in-fargo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/194483\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldeyes punch postseason ticket in Fargo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Left-hander\u00a0Kevin Vaupel\u00a0worked five strong innings as the Winnipeg Goldeyes (53-42) defeated the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 6-2 Wednesday evening at Newman Outdoor Field to clinch a postseason berth.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/UriH6jpRXdz?e=68b67219e9&amp;c2id=9b6391a6b886821ee6e755dd7f9f4355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Boxscore<\/a><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWinnipeg opened the scoring in the top of the third inning. Designated hitter\u00a0Jiandido Tromp\u00a0drew a walk and first baseman\u00a0Roby Enr\u00edquez\u00a0singled before third baseman\u00a0Ram\u00f3n Bramasco\u00a0brought Tromp home with an infield single.<\/p>\n<p>The Goldeyes doubled their lead in the fourth when shortstop\u00a0Ray-Patrick Didder\u00a0tripled to centre field and scored on a base hit by centre fielder\u00a0Noah Marcelo.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nWinnipeg made it 3-0 in the fifth. Tromp reached on an error by RedHawks shortstop Aidan Byrne and advanced on a wild pitch before scoring when Bramasco reached on a fielder&#8217;s choice and Byrne committed a throwing error.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFargo-Moorhead (49-45) pulled to within a run in the bottom half. Right fielder Jes\u00fas Lujano singled and catcher Juan Fern\u00e1ndez doubled before first baseman Jos\u00e9 Sermo delivered a two-out, two-run single to left field.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Goldeyes restored their three-run advantage in the eighth. Right fielder\u00a0Max Murphy\u00a0and left fielder\u00a0Keshawn Lynch\u00a0singled before Tromp drove both runners home with a double to right field that made it 5-2.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSecond baseman\u00a0Adam Hall\u00a0tripled in the ninth and scored Winnipeg&#8217;s final run on Marcelo&#8217;s sacrifice fly to centre field.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nVaupel (5-5) allowed two runs on eight hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out two.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nArij Fransen\u00a0worked a scoreless sixth, walking one and striking out two.\u00a0Eli Saul\u00a0did not allow a hit in a scoreless seventh, walking one.\u00a0Sage Ferguson\u00a0kept Fargo-Moorhead off the scoreboard in the eighth, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one, and\u00a0Derrick Cherry\u00a0retired the side in order in the ninth.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRedHawks right-hander Kyle Crigger (6-7) allowed three runs, two earned, on five hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out eight.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nTromp finished one-for-three with a double, two runs scored, and two runs batted in. Bramasco and Enr\u00edquez each had two hits, while Marcelo drove in two runs. Hall&#8217;s triple was his eighth of the season, while Didder&#8217;s was his fifth.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe Goldeyes have qualified for postseason play for the first time since 2024 and the 22nd time in franchise history.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nA Winnipeg victory over Fargo-Moorhead Thursday will ensure the Goldeyes finish no worse than second in the American Association West Division.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe series concludes Thursday at 7:02 p.m. Right-hander\u00a0Landen Bourassa\u00a0(2-3, 3.78 ERA) is scheduled to start for Winnipeg, while Fargo-Moorhead will counter with left-hander Parker Harm (5-2, 5.62 ERA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left-hander\u00a0Kevin Vaupel\u00a0worked five strong innings as the Winnipeg Goldeyes (53-42) defeated the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 6-2 Wednesday evening at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":194484,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-194483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}