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Weber, Goldeyes make it six in a row
Goldeye Jon Weber (right) is congratulated by teammate Price Kendall after he hit a two-run bomb in the Goldeyes 8-1 win over the St. Paul Saints Friday at Shaw Park. (JOE BRYKSA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS) Photo Store
Jon Weber stood out, Jose Duran fit in and Brian Beuning fired strikes as the Winnipeg Goldeyes won their sixth straight game on Friday at Shaw Park.
Weber hit a three-run home run in the second inning after scoring a run in the first to lift the Goldeyes to an 8-1 win over the St. Paul Saints before 5,238 fans.
Duran scored two runs in his first game as a Goldeye while Beuning, back with the Goldeyes for a second time this season on his days off from his career as a Minnesota state trooper, struck out five of seven batters he faced in the final two innings. Beuning now has an ERA of 0.69.
"We’re playing good baseball right now and every single person putting on this uniform is doing something to make our team better. That’s why we’re playing so well," said Weber, who is hitting .320. "Guys are stepping up and that’s what a good team does and it’s what we’ve got to do if we’re going to be here at the end."
The Goldeyes (32-20) and St. Paul (23-28) will meet again today at 6 p.m. at Shaw Park with Ace Walker (2-2, 3.09) slated to start for Winnipeg. It will be the third in the four-game set and 11th in the 12-game homestand. Winnipeg is first place in the American Association’s North Division.
"This team knows how to win, they don’t need me to win. I’ve just got to come in and find a fit, try to find your roll on the team and be consistent," said Duran, a shortstop who can also play second and third base. "This team has been winning with what it has been doing so I just want to come in, play hard and help them get some more wins."
Duran, who has hit .302 and .336 in the past two seasons, was placed on waivers by mutual agreement after he and the Kansas City manager "didn’t see eye-to-eye" and decided to part ways.
Duran already knew Goldeyes second baseman Price Kendall as the two participated in the AA’s Independent Prospect Tournament last winter in St. Petersburg, Fla.
"Everybody in the league knows this is a premier team, so when you get an opportunity to play with a team like this, you take it," Duran said. "I’ve always heard great things about Winnipeg and coming up last year, I saw it. The fans, the park, the city, everything about it. It just seems like a nice fit."
Fish manager Rick Forney said he had no worries about team chemistry, adding both Buening and Duran to the lineup during a five-game winning streak.
"In this game, you can end up playing with a guy you met 10 years ago," Forney said. "There’s so much travel in baseball, you start at a young age and play with new people all the time, it becomes part of their lives."
The Goldeyes took a 2-0 first-inning lead on an RBI double by Yurendell de Caster and an RBI by catcher Luis Alen. It was 6-0 Goldeyes after two innings on a Kendall RBI double and Weber’s three-run homer.
St. Paul’s only run came in the fifth. Winnipeg added a pair of runs in the eighth on Chris Roberson’s two-run double.
Todd Privett went six strong innings for the Fish to pick up the win.
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