On little sleep after travelling back from Quebec in the morning and under soggy conditions, Winnipeg Goldeyes pitcher Chris Salamida made sure the Goldeyes started a seven-game homestand with a win. Bobby Hull Jersey . Salamida went eight innings to lead the Goldeyes (25-14) to a 4-1 victory over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (23-18) in front of 5,023 rain-soaked fans at Shaw Park Friday night. Thanks to the St. Paul Saints losing to the Sioux Falls Canaries, Winnipeg now has a three-game lead on the RedHawks and Saints in the American Associations North Division. After giving up the games first run in the top of the fourth inning off an infield single, Salamida retired the next 13 consecutive RedHawks and his teammates did the rest. "When you have a defence like that, its pretty easy to pitch," Salamida said. "You cant ask for a better situation." The Goldeyes quickly took the lead in the bottom of the fourth, as Reggie Abercrombie singled in Ray Sadler and Donnie Webb scored thanks to a balk by Fargos starting pitcher Drew Bowlin. Winnipeg added a run in the seventh when Casey Haerther singled in Ryan Pineda and another in the eighth when Luis Alen dropped a single into right field to score Abercrombie. "We came off a pretty good road trip and everybody is swinging the bat pretty well right now," Abercrombie said. Haerther led Winnipeg with three hits in the game to improve his league-leading batting average to .376. Salamida, who allowed just one run in eight innings of work and struck out seven, improved his record to 3-3 with the win. "I hated facing him when I was in Sioux Falls and I have even more praise being on his team than when I played against him," Abercrombie said of Salamida. "When hes on, its pretty hard to hit him." Bowlin suffered his first loss of the year for Fargo, while Chris Kissock pitched the ninth inning for his seventh save of the season. The second game of the four-game series between the Goldeyes and RedHawks goes Saturday night at Shaw Park. Lefty Nick Hernandez (3-0, 3.51) will take the ball for Winnipeg against Fargos Taylor Stanton (1-4, 3.72). The game was delayed 34 minutes by rain. Teppo Numminen Jersey .C. United on Saturday night and boost the Unions playoff hopes. Nick DeLeon scored in the 36th minute for United (3-23-6), which had ample opportunities to build on its lead but went its 10th straight match without a victory. Josh Morrissey Jersey . -- Miguel Angel Jimenez quickly shifted his focus back to the Ryder Cup after winning his first Champions Tour event. http://www.hockeyjetsauthority.com/connor-hellebuyck-jets-jersey-c-23/ . The Indians scored twice in the top of the ninth, getting the go-ahead run on a wild pitch by closer Matt Lindstrom. Axford (0-1) came in seeking his fifth save in as many chances.SALT LAKE CITY - Scrapping together enough offensive energy was no simple task for the Utah Jazz in their first post-Christmas game.Everything changed in the fourth quarter, when Utah finally found a rhythm and pulled away for an 88-71 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday night.Once it came down to the fourth quarter, everybody just wanted to get the game over with, Jazz centre Derrick Favours said. We picked up the energy and picked (up) the intensity. Got enough stops on defence to help the offensive end. Everybody took their time. Everybody touched the ball and made shots.Favours had 17 points, 15 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead Utah.With his team clinging to a three-point lead, Favours converted a three-point play and drove for a dunk on back-to-back possessions. It pushed the Jazz lead to 74-66 with 4:52 remaining. Those two baskets touched off an 18-3 run to seal the win.Trey Burke added 17 points, Gordon Hayward chipped in 15 and Enes Kanter finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz (10-20), who won for the fourth time in their last five games.Tony Wroten scored 20 points and Robert Covington added 17 for the Sixers (4-25), who could not overcome a sluggish offensive performance before halftime.The Jazz outscored Philadelphia 52-30 in the paint and finished with a 20-7 advantage in second-chance points.The Jazz limited the Sixers to just 12-of-40 shooting (30 per cent) from the field before halftime. Michael Carter-Williams particularly struggled, shooting just 1 of 13 in the first two quarters. He finished the game 2 of 20.Its tough, Carter-Williams said. I just need to bounce back from it. I cant dwell on it. Its going to definitely push me to get better — I wont forget moments like this.Favours helped Utah get off to a quick start. He blocked three shots in the first 5 minutes and added three baskets, culminating in a dunk that gave the Jazz a 12-5 lead. Utah pushed its advantage to 23-10 late in the first quarter when Hayward made a pair of baskets and a pair of free throws on three straight possessions. Steve Mason Jersey. After taking a 44-32 halftime lead, the Jazz let it slip away during a sluggish third quarter start. Utah missed 11 straight shots to open the period. The Sixers wasted no time taking advantage of the prolonged drought - opening the half with a 15-2 spurt.Covington fueled the run with a pair of 3-pointers and then Wroten tied the game with a driving layup. The Sixers finally took a 47-46 lead on a free throw from Jerami Grant with 6:21 left in the quarter.We were down 14 and we found a way to compete and claw our way back on the road, Sixers coach Brett Brown said. We just couldnt sustain it, and its just a really true learning lesson that guys have to understand - especially on this side of the world in the Western Conference.Utah trailed only briefly. The Jazz scored six unanswered points to go back in front 53-47.Philadelphia cut it to 60-59 on a basket from JaKarr Sampson early in the fourth quarter. The Jazz kept the Sixers at arms length. Burke converted a 3-point play just a minute later to keep Utah from falling behind.I wouldnt call it sloppiness, Burke said. I just felt like we didnt hit shots. I didnt think we were sloppy. I just felt like we had a lot of good looks that we didnt make, but our defence made up for it.TIP-INSJazz: The Jazz outscored the Sixers 17-3 in second-chance points in the first half. ... Favours notched his ninth double-double of the season and matched season highs in rebounds and blocked shots. .. The Jazz set a season high with 10 blocked shots.76ers: The Sixers just scored 12 points in the first quarter and 32 before halftime. Both totals represented a season-low for a Jazz opponent. .. Philadelphia is 3-3 this season when holding an opponent below 90 points.UP NEXT76ers: Visit Golden State on Tuesday.Jazz: Visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. Cheap NFL Black Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Wholesale NFL Hoodies Cheap NFL Autographed Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale Jerseys 2020 Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping ' ' '