ROSEMONT, Ill. — Dillon Thomas and B.J. Lopez both drove in two runs and Fargo-Moorhead's bullpen held off Chicago in the late innings as the RedHawks salvaged the final game of a weekend series 6-4 on Sunday before 4,729 at Impact Field.
The RedHawks dropped the first two games on Friday and Saturday but edged back above .500 at 5-4 following Sunday's win. They are off Monday ahead of a three-game series at Lincoln beginning at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday, May 23.
On Sunday, the RedHawks scored a run in the first inning when Evan Alexander led off the game with a double and later scored on Thomas' ground out.
In the third, F-M plated three runs on John Silviano's RBI double and Lopez' two-run single. The RedHawks added a run in the sixth on Alexander's run-scoring single.
The Dogs rallied for two runs in the fifth and two more in the sixth to pull within a run. But Thomas homered to lead off the ninth and relievers Tanner Riley and Reid Birlingmair combined on 2-1/3 scoreless innings.
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Chicago threatened in the ninth but the RedHawks turned a double play and Birlingmair got a ground out with two Dogs on to end the game.
F-M starter Kevin McGovern got the win, going 5-1/3 innings and allowing two runs on five hits. He walked four and struck out four.
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