SIOUX CITY, IA – The Winnipeg Goldeyes (24-24) split a doubleheader with the Sioux City Explorers at Lewis & Clark Park Wednesday Evening. The Goldeyes won the opener 9-0, while Sioux City (22-24) took the nightcap 4-1. Both were seven inning contests. Box Score – Game One Box Score – Game Two Zac Reininger (W, 4-3) pitched a complete game, five-hit shutout in game one, striking out five in the process. The Goldeyes scored twice in the top of the fourth. First, designated hitter Max Murphy came in on catcher Rob Emery ’s ground out to shortstop. Second baseman Dayson Croes then singled to centre to drive in centre fielder Miles Simington . Winnipeg sent 13 batters to the plate in the seventh and crossed the plate seven times to extend their lead to 9-0. Right fielder Roby Enríquez belted a three-run double to centre field before Emery smacked a grand slam home run to left-centre. Sioux City starter Jaren Jackson (L, 0-1) allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings of work. In the second game, the Goldeyes opened the scoring in the top of the first on right fielder Murphy’s double to right that scored first baseman Enríquez. The Explorers tied the game in the third inning when shortstop Nick Shumpert singled to right field bringing second baseman Daniel Lingua in to score. Sioux City added three more in the fifth to move in front 4-1. Catcher Jake Ortega scored on centre fielder Scott Ota’s sacrifice fly to right. The next batter, left fielder John Nogowski, hit a two-run home run. Austin Drury (W, 2-3) pitched five innings and gave up one run on five hits. He struck out six. Kyle Marman (S, 6) worked the last two frames for the Explorers. Joey Matulovich (L, 5-2) surrendered four runs on eight hits, while fanning four. “Zac did a great job in game one. Seven scoreless, you can’t ask for much more than that,” said Goldeyes manager Logan Watkins . “His biggest strength is throwing strikes, and he did that, and we had a couple of innings where we put some runs on the board. It was good to get that cushion late. In game two they had that one inning where they got things going with a couple of bunts, but I thought for the most part Joey threw pretty well.” The series concludes Thursday at 7:05 p.m. CDT when lefty Travis Seabrooke (2-1, 2.42 ERA) starts for Winnipeg. Sioux City will send right-hander Braunny Muñoz (4-1, 4.41 ERA) to the mound. Trevor Curl will have the pregame show on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca at 6:30 p.m. The video stream of all games is also available free of charge at AABaseball.TV . The team returns home Friday, July 5 for a three-game series against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Blue Cross Park. Friday is Rock Night with post-game fireworks. Saturday is Ghostbusters Night, with a screening of the original 1984 film on our spectacular new videoboard after the game, and the weekend will conclude with Sunday Family Fun Day. For information about 2024 Season Tickets, Mini Packs, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please complete and submit the form below. 

SIOUX CITY, IA – Tuesday’s American Association contest between the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Sioux City Explorers at Sioux City’s Lewis & Clark Park has been postponed due to rain. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader Wednesday, July 3, with the first game getting underway at 5:35 p.m. CDT. The nightcap will begin approximately 30 minutes after the completion of game one. Both will be scheduled for seven innings. The opener will see the Goldeyes send right-hander Zac Reininger (3-3, 4.86 ERA) to the mound while lefty Jaren Jackson (0-0, 2.53 ERA) is expected start for Sioux City. Joey Matulovich (5-1, 2.13 ERA) gets the ball for Winnipeg in game two, with southpaw Austin Drury (1-3, 9.85 ERA) starting for the Explorers. Trevor Curl will have the pregame show on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca at 5:00 p.m. The video stream of all games is also available free of charge at AABaseball.TV . The team returns home Friday, July 5 for a three-game series against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Blue Cross Park. Friday is Rock Night with post-game fireworks. Saturday is Ghostbusters Night, with a screening of the original 1984 film on our spectacular new videoboard after the game, and the weekend will conclude with Sunday Family Fun Day. For information about 2024 Season Tickets, Mini Packs, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please complete and submit the form below.

WINNIPEG, MB – Winnipeg Goldeyes right-hander Joey Matulovich has been chosen as the American Association’s Rawlings Pitcher of the Month, the league announced Monday. Matulovich (pronounced mah-TOO-loh-vitch) was 3-1 in June, with a 1.59 earned run average, and 48 strikeouts. He was named Pitcher of the Week on June 10 after he won both his starts, allowing just one earned run in the process. A 7-2 victory over Kane County at Blue Cross Park June 3 was followed up with a spectacular complete game, 14 strikeout performance in an 8-1 triumph over the Milwaukee Milkmen in Franklin, Wisconsin June 9. The 26-year-old is 5-1 on the season with a 2.14 ERA, is tops in the circuit in strikeouts (71) and is tied with teammate Landen Bourassa for the league lead in innings pitched (59.0). A native of Walnut Creek, California, Matulovich joined the Goldeyes during the first week of the 2023 campaign and finished the season with a 5-9 record and a 3.93 ERA 20 starts. His 121 strikeouts were just three shy of the league lead, and he ranked fifth with 116.2 innings pitched. Matulovich was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 20th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft out of the University of California (Berkeley, California). He spent parts of five seasons in the Brewers’ system, reaching as high as Class-A Advanced with the Midwest League’s Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Matulovich appeared in 95 career games in the affiliated minor leagues, primarily out of the bullpen. He compiled a 12-10 record with a 4.66 ERA and two saves. Matulovich is the first Goldeyes player to garner a monthly honour since Luis Ramírez was named Pitcher of the Month in June 2022. Winnipeg has Canada Day off before opening a three-game series against the Explorers in Sioux City, Iowa Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. CDT. Right-hander Zac Reininger (3-3, 4.86 ERA) will start for the Goldeyes while lefty Jaren Jackson (0-0, 2.53 ERA) is expected to take the mound for Sioux City. Trevor Curl will have the pregame show on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca at 6:30 p.m. The video stream of all games is also available free of charge at AABaseball.TV . The team returns home Friday, July 5 at 7:00 p.m., when the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks visit Blue Cross Park. For information about 2024 Season Tickets, Mini Packs, Skysuites, and Group Packages, please complete and submit the form below.