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The Winnipeg Goldeyes surrendered hits to the Wichita Wingnuts in only the fifth and eighth innings, but Wichita made them count. Wichita scored six runs in the fifth and three more times in the eighth, as they defeated the Winnipeg Goldeyes 9-6 in the final exhibition game for both teams. It was Winnipegs first time back in Wichita since they clinched last seasons American Association championship. The Goldeyes struck first against Wingnuts reliever Kristhiam Linares, who replaced starter Ryan Hinson after two innings. In the third, Leonard Davis doubled off the right field wall to bring home Jordan Guida to start the scoring. Winnipeg added two more off Linares in the fourth inning off a sacrifice fly from Amos Ramon and a RBI groundout by Guida, as the Goldeyes took a 3-0 lead. Winnipeg starter Pete Gehle retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced, but ran into trouble in the fifth. With two outs and one run already across the plate, Jared McDonald laid down a drag bunt and beat second baseman Amos Ramons throw to first to make it 3-2. That prompted Goldeyes manager Rick Forney to come out and replace him with newly-signed Dan Martony. "Gehle came out and gave us four strong innings. We sent him out there for the fifth just to get him up and down a little more," said Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea. "Its the longest hes gone so far so his legs were getting a little tired and he left a couple balls up. I thought he was out of the inning with that play at first base but the umpire called him safe." Martony was promptly greeted with four consecutive hits. Rodriguez highlighted the barrage with a two-run double to left-center and clean-up hitter CJ Ziegler capped the inning by driving home Rodriguez on a seeing-eye single. In all, the Wingnuts sent 10 men to the plate in a six-run inning and grabbed a 6-3 lead. "Its a tough situation to come into. Guys are on base and its his first time pitching in a year," said Vermilyea. "Well get him back out there. Its been that big inning that been our problem this spring training, pitching-wise." It didnt take long for the Goldeyes to respond, as Josh Mazzola led off the sixth with a home run to dead center. Winnipeg would finish the inning with three runs on five hits to tie the game. Nick Liles drove in Guida to tie it at six right after a Fehlandt Lentini RBI single made it a one-run game. In his first at-bat of the game, Stephen Yoo doubled off Goldeyes reliever Chris Allen to lead off the eighth. He would score the go-ahead run on an Abel Nieves base hit. Nieves stretched the lead to two after scoring on an error charged to the third baseman Davis. Kahaulelio drove home the games final run on a single to center, which was booted by Lentini for the Goldeyes third error of the inning. Nick Walters earned the win for Wichita after working a scoreless eighth. Josh Dew worked a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up the save. Jake Kahaulelio and John Rodriguez each drove in two runs at the top of the Wingnuts order.Chris Allen got tagged with the loss for Winnipeg after being roughed up in the eighth. He allowed three runs – only one was earned – on five hits and struck out one. Jordan Guida went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and two runs scored.Zapatillas Salomon España . Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said. Zapatillas Salomon Baratas España . LOUIS -- Attorneys for the St. http://www.baratassalomon.es/ . It says Pocklingtons lawyer filed the appeal Friday in a California court. CTV Edmonton also says Pocklington gave a $100,000 cash deposit as part of the conditions of his bail, and that he will be out on bail until his appeal is heard. Salomon Baratas Chinas . There was no hesitation from the 40th-ranked Pospisil, from Vernon, B.C., who admitted that he cut back on his training sessions over the last few days to conserve energy as the long ATP season finishes next week at the Paris Masters. Salomon Baratas España . Artturi Lehkonen, Joni Nikko and Ville Leskinen had the other goals for Finland (1-0) while Juuse Saros stopped 28 shots. Tim Robin Johnsgard had the lone goal for Norway (0-2).UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- No. 21 Rhode Island had its first real test of the season -- and passed.E.C. Matthews hit two late 3-pointers and finished with 18 points in the Rams 76-71 comeback victory over No. 24 Cincinnati on Saturday in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament.Kuren Iverson added 15 points and 10 rebounds, and Jared Terrell and Hassan Martin each scored 14 points for URI (4-0), which will face top-ranked Duke for the championship Sunday.I was coaching high school seven years ago, driving vans and mini-cheese buses around, coach Danny Hurley said. Now were nationally ranked and playing Duke for a championship. The premier program in the country that embodies everything youd want in a college program. It kind of means a lotJacob Evans scored 25 points and Kyle Washington had 23 for Cincinnati (2-1).Rhode Island trailed by 12 points and was down 39-31 at halftime, but took the momentum in the second half.Iverson gave the Rams their first lead with just under 14 minutes remaining, 49-48, with a pair of free throws.But the Bearcats responded by scoring the next six points, and the teams went back-and-forth from there.Matthews 3-pointer from the left corner put Rhode Island up 63-58. His 3-pointer from the other side made it 74-69 with 21 seconds left and the Rams held on to win, despite never leading by more than five points.We practice really hard. The A-10 and our practices prepared us for (the tough game), Terrell said. Everybody has to play defense at a high level. They do the same thing. But when you do it every day, you get used to it.Troy Caupain had seven of his 12 points in the opening minutes; including a jumper that gave the Rams a 14-4 lead. They would stretch that to 24-12 before the Rams began their comeback.Rhode Island cut the lead to 36-31 before a 3-pointer by Washington gave Cincinnati an eight point halftime lead.There was a scary moment in the first half when URI point guard Jarvis Garrett fell hard underneath his teams basket and was taken from the floor on a stretcher.He appeared to hit his head on a cameraman on his way to the ground, snapping his neck back.He lay on the floor being treated for several minutes and was placed in a neck brace before walking under his own power to the stretcher.dddddddddddd He was taken to a hospital for evaluation.We did get a text from him, Hurley said. Our guys love for him and love for each other as brothers just caused them to raise their level and want it even more.BIG PICTURECincinnati: The Bearcats were playing what amounted to a road game, just 41 miles from the URI campus. The American Conference pre-season favorites will try to bounce back from their first loss of the season on Sunday.They were the tougher team, said Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin. They taught us a lot about ourselves today and our deficiencies with physical and mental toughness.Rhode Island: Coach Danny Hurleys team outscored its first three opponents by an average of 90-66, but had to show resilience in this one, battling back from a 12-point first half deficit. No. 1 Duke is a handful the Blue Devils will be playing their third game in less than a week on Sunday and are extremely short on depth because of injuries.POLL IMPLICATIONS:Cincinnati may fall out of the Top 25, but shouldnt be hurt much by an early season loss to the nations No. 21 team, as long as they take care of business Sunday against Penn StateRANKING THE WINRhode Island beat a Top 25 opponent for just the second time during Hurleys coaching tenure. The only other win came against No. 21 Nebraska in 2014. The Rams are 15-96 against ranked teams.UP NEXTRhode Island is next in line to take a shot at No. 1 Duke. The Blue Devils remain on top until the new poll is released Monday -- despite losing to Kansas 77-75 on Tuesday. Duke beat Penn State in Saturdays first game.Cincinnati gets the consolation matchup in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off and will play Penn State on Sunday. The Nittany Lions could not manage a second-half run and lost to the Blue Devils 78-68 on Saturday.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 ' ' '