SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO.com) — Ryan Zimmerman carried a perfect game into the eighth inning on Wednesday and Josh Rehwaldt drove in four as the Canaries topped Gary SouthShore 9-1 at the Bird Cage Wednesday night. Rehwaldt belted a 429-foot homerun in the sixth inning to open the scoring and added a two-run double in the seventh. Trevor Achenbach followed with an RBI sacrifice fly to put the Canaries in front 4-0 after seven innings.
The Railcats broke up Zimmerman’s perfect game bid with a one-out double in the top of the eighth and scored on a two-out base hit. The Birds responded by plating five runs in the home half to break the game open. Derek Maiben and Liam Spence delivered back-to-back RBI singles before Rehwaldt tacked on a sacrifice fly. Mike Hart smacked a two-run homerun and Zimmerman retired the Railcats in order in the ninth inning.
The Canaries are now 34-19 overall and will wrap up the three-game series with Gary SouthShore on Thursday.
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