Alan DeRatt

On Tuesday night, everything went right for the Sioux Falls Canaries. Everything, that is, until the ninth inning.

The Sioux Falls Canaries won an 11-inning marathon on Monday night, topping the St. Paul Saints with 1-0 victory at Midway Stadium.

The Sioux Falls Canaries and Winnipeg Goldeyes split the final two games of a three-game series on Sunday afternoon at Shaw Park in Winnipeg.

The Winnipeg Goldeyes scored three runs in the bottom half of the ninth inning to walk off with a 6-5 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries on Friday night.

The Sioux Falls Canaries continued their hot stretch of pitching Saturday night, defeating the Sioux City Explorers 3-1 at Sioux Falls Stadium. The win completes a four-game sweep of the Xs, is the Birds fifth in a row and 10th in their last 13 contests.

Nick Van Stratten continued his torrid hitting by collecting four hits and scoring the winning run in the Sioux Falls Canaries 6-3 victory over the Sioux City Explorers Wednesday night at Sioux Falls Stadium.

The Sioux Falls Canaries may be playing their best baseball of the season so far. The Canaries never trailed on Saturday night but had to sweat out a three-run, ninth-inning rally from the Gary SouthShore RailCats before clinching the three-game series with an 8-6 win at the U.S. Steel Yard.

The Sioux Falls Pheasants have signed last season’s starter-turned-closer Alan DeRatt to a 2013 contract.