Goldeyes’ Darvill feasts on Canaries pitching
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Wes Darvill’s return to the Winnipeg Goldeyes this season could not have gone any better.
The 27-year-old infielder from Richmond, B.C., is having a tremendous season and helped lead his team to another victory Wednesday night at Shaw Park. Darvill had a single, double and home run and drove in two runs as the Fish beat the Sioux Falls Canaries 9-3 before 3,430 spectators.
Darvill is now hitting .332 on the year, which not only leads the Goldeyes but is among the best batters in the 12-team American Association. He’s been named an all-star for next week’s showcase event in St. Paul and is showing increased power at the plate, now with seven homers and 26 RBI, in addition to his usual sterling defence.
Darvill was a key part of the Goldeyes team that won back-to-back championships in 2016 and 2017, but headed south after the Los Angeles Dodgers organization signed him for the 2018 season. Darvill played as high as triple-A but was ultimately cut loose last winter.
The Goldeyes, of course, were happy to have him back. And Darvill hasn’t disappointed.
Darvill wasn’t the only star in Wednesday night’s lopsided win, which came on the heels of a similar 11-2 drubbing of Sioux Falls one night earlier. Third baseman Dominic Ficociello and veteran outfielder Reggie Abercrombie each drove in a pair of runs, while second baseman Alex Perez and catcher Cody Young also had run-scoring hits.
On the mound, pitcher Parker French had one of his best outings of the season. The 26-year-old righty from Texas scattered four hits over six scoreless innings, improving his personal record to 3-3. Joel Bender pitched two scoreless innings of relief before closer Victor Capellan, in to get some work in what was a 9-0 lead at the time, surrendered three runs in the ninth.
The Goldeyes got some help on the out-of-town scoreboard Wednesday as both Fargo-Moorhead and St. Paul lost. Winnipeg is now 61/2 games behind the front-running RedHawks and 41/2 behind the second-place Saints. The top two teams in the North Division make the playoffs, along with the top two from the South Division.
The Goldeyes will aim to sweep the Canaries when the three-game series wraps up tonight, with first pitch set for an earlier-than-usual 6 p.m.
mike.mcintyre@freepress.mb.ca
Twitter: @mikemcintyrewpg
Mike McIntyre is a sports reporter whose primary role is covering the Winnipeg Jets. After graduating from the Creative Communications program at Red River College in 1995, he spent two years gaining experience at the Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in 1997, where he served on the crime and justice beat until 2016. Read more about Mike.
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