The Sioux Falls Canaries gritted out a 5-3 victory against the Lincoln Saltdogs on Thursday night to salvage a game in a three-game series and win the season series finale between the two teams.
The Sioux Falls Canaries' bats fired off a barrage of 20 hits on Friday night, including five from J.P. Ramirez, and the Birds cruised to an 11-3 defeat of the Lincoln Saltdogs at Haymarket Park.
The Sioux Falls Canaries lost their bid to break the team record for consecutive home wins on Sunday afternoon with a 9-1 loss to the Gary SouthShore RailCats.
The Sioux Falls Canaries cracked 13 hits and tied a team record with seven stolen bases, but a comeback bid fell short in an 8-7 loss on Wednesday night to the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks.
Fresh off of a four-game series sweep of Sioux City, the Sioux Falls Canaries swept the weekly American Association awards on Monday.
The league announced that Canaries pitcher Kyle Ruwe was named Pitcher of the Week, and leadoff hitter Nick Van Stratten was named Hitter of the Week.
After missing on two prior chances, the Sioux Falls Canaries won their fourth game in a row for the first time this year with a 2-0 defeat of the Sioux City Explorers on Friday night at the Birdcage.
What eluded a Sioux Falls Canaries pitcher for four years has now happened twice.
For the second time in three days, a Canaries hurler went the distance and shut out an opponent. This time, Ben Moore threw a three-hit, complete-game shutout to beat the Sioux City Explorers 8-0 on Thursday night at Sioux Falls Stadium.
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.
Nick Van Stratten went 3-for-5 with three RBI and broke the Canaries single season record for triples in Sioux Falls' 9-0 victory over Lincoln Tuesday night at Sioux Falls Stadium. Kyle Ruwe tossed a complete-game shutout to pick up his fifth win of the season.
The Lincoln Saltdogs scored four unanswered runs over the last three innings to defeat the Sioux Falls Canaries 7-4 Sunday afternoon at Sioux Falls Stadium.