Baker’s Homer Not Enough, Goldeyes Take Series

Kansas City, KS — Contrary to yesterday, it was a low scoring contest in which the Monarchs fell to the Goldeyes with a 3-1 loss on Tuesday night.

Just as they did a game ago, Winnipeg started fast and on the second pitch of the game, Ray-Patrick Didder cranked a solo homer to open up the contest. Three batters later, Noah Marcelo doubled the lead on a deep shot into center and the Goldeyes had a quick 2-0 lead.

In the fourth frame, Ramon Bramasco belted his second homer of the series and it became a three-run advantage.

The veteran, Michael Mariot got the start on the bump and went six innings while giving up three runs, but threw three punch outs. It was a good night overall from Mariot, but it was three swings of the bat from Winnipeg that proved to be costly.

The Monarchs really struggled to collect hits tonight as they only had four in total with four left on base. They finally cracked the scoreboard in the seventh frame when Luken Baker smacked his 11th bomb of the season and second in two games. The Houston, TX native talked about his approach and the game, “In the first couple at bats, he had thrown a couple pitches that I wanted back. He gave me another one and I put a good swing on it. As for the rest of the night, we just have to do a little bit better hitting good pitches to hit hard. We will come back better tomorrow, but tonight was a little frustrating. ”

Unfortunately, that was the first and only time KC would score a run as they went on to drop their third-straight loss. The Monarchs will look to respond tomorrow night in the final game of the series.