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The Winnipeg Goldeyes had won 10 straight games against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks before Wednesday nights matchup at Shaw Park. Corey Brewer Jersey . The winning streak is over. The RedHawks got a two-run home run from C.J. Retherford and four RBI from Sawyer Carroll as they whipped the Fish 11-2 in front of a crowd of 7,054 at Winnipegs downtown ballpark. With a doubleheader victory on Tuesday night, the Goldeyes had already won the series, but on Wednesday, Fargo left town with their heads up. The Goldeyes had swept the previous two series against the RedHawks. In fact, the Goldeyes had a four-game winning streak stopped, while the RedHawks put an end to a four-game losing streak. The loss was a tough one for the Fish, who fell to 41-24 on the season. They are still in first place in the American Associations North Division but their lead has been cut to 2 1/2 games. "We just didnt throw any strikes for the first five innings and even the ones we threw, we gave up too much of the plate," said Goldeyes manager Rick Forney. "That Fargo team has a potent lineup and you cant throw pitches over the heart of the plate to them. "And we didnt even give our offence a chance. When you have 15 minute half innings, everything just gets out of rhythm. We have to do a better job throwing strikes early in the ballgame." Fargo scored a run in the second inning off Goldeyes starter Chandler Barnard and then ran Barnard out of the ballgame in the third by scoring five runs on five hits. The big blow was a two-run double by Erik Castro. Winnipeg scored a run in the second on a walk to Donnie Webb, a stolen base (Webbs league-leading 27th steal) and an RBI single by Reggie Abercrombie. With the score 6-1, the Goldeyes added a run in the third on a single by Jordan Guida, a wild pitch and an RBI single by Tyler Kuhn. However, the RedHawks got a two-run bomb from Retherford in the fourth and then added three more in the fifth and that was all she wrote. Fargo starter Brian Ernst (6-4, 5.40 ERA) earned the victory while Barnard (4-2, 4.19 ERA) suffered the loss. There was no save. The RedHawks finished with 11 runs on 11 hits while the Goldeyes managed just two runs on eight hits. The Goldeyes left immediately after Wednesdays game for Gary, Ind., where theyll play a three-game weekend series against the Gary Southshore RailCats beginning on Friday night. Matt Jackson (8-3, 3.53 ERA) will get the start for the Goldeyes in Game 1 while Stephen Hiscock (7-4, 4.24 ERA) will take to the bump for Gary. Winnipeg will return home right after Sundays game and on Monday, six members of the Goldeyes will participate in the 2014 Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries American Association All-Star Game festivities. Cheap Thunder Jerseys . Each day, TSN.ca provides the latest rumours, reports and speculation from around the NHL beat. Duck Calling With several marquee centres available via trade and expected to be available via free agency, the Anaheim Ducks could be primed to be big players in the coming days. Cheap Oklahoma City Thunder Jerseys . -- Canadian ski cross star Marielle Thompson accomplished two goals in one race Saturday. http://www.cheapthundersjerseys.com/?tag=cheap-paul-george-jersey . -- J.R. Sweezy was the one part of the Seattle Seahawks offensive line that had avoided injuries or having to change positions this season.NEW ORLEANS - Greivis Vasquez, now an integral member of the Raptors second unit, has celebrated wins over each of his three former teams in the last two weeks but Wednesdays victory over the Pelicans brought an even wider smile to the jovial point guards face. He played a big part in Fridays upset win over Memphis - the team that drafted him - a week after defeating the Kings, the team that traded him Toronto. However, this one meant a little more, though it took him a couple minutes to admit it. "I just want to win," Vasquez said, initially downplaying his return to New Orleans after the Raptors overcame an abysmal start to knock off the undermanned Pelicans 107-100. Sandwiched between his brief time in Memphis and Sacramento, Vasquez spent two seasons playing for the New Orleans franchise, formally known as the Hornets. There he enjoyed his best moments, individually, of his career. "This is a very special place for me because they gave me the key, they labelled me a starting point guard, they gave me a chance to showcase my game," said Vasquez, who finished second in most improved voting with the Hornets last season, averaging a career-highs in points (13.9) and assists (9.0) before he was traded to Sacramento this past summer. "I was really angry when they traded me," he admitted. "I know its part of the business so that makes it a little sour when you come back but you always want to beat your former team." With the game in the balance down the stretch, Vasquez looked and played like a scorned man. The Raptors backup point guard, like the rest of his new team, got off to an unexpectedly slow start against a Pelicans club missing its best player, all-star forward and Vasquezs former running mate Anthony Davis. When Vasquez entered the game late in the first quarter, Toronto was already down by seven. That deficit would balloon to 13 a few minutes later, as the Pelicans had their way with the shorthanded Raptors in the paint, getting what they want, when and however they wanted it. The Raptors spent most of the second half clawing back, unable to get over the final hurdle until Vasquez vaulted them over it. With two minutes remaining on the clock and the score knotted up at 94 - Toronto had led for a total of 51 seconds in the game at that point - the former Hornet put the Raptors on top with one of his patented floaters. After misfiring on a three from the corner - one he thought he had made - moments later, Vasquez followed his shot, grabbed the rebound - Torontos 22nd offensive board of the night, a season-best - and covered the lay-up, also getting fouled on the play. After completing the three-point sequence, the Raptors found themselves up by five in a game they badly needed, having dropped their last two. They would not relinquish that lead. "I was blessed enough to be out there at the end of the game," said Vasquez, who scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter. "Ive been wishing I could get out there at the end of these games and (Coach) gave me an opportunity." "I had a rough first half and then the second half I was on a mission," he continued. "I like close games. Im not afraid. I will never be afraid. I am the type of player who would risk everything. Thats how I got the (starting job) here in New Orleans. They saw me playing in Memphis against San Antonio and OKC in my rookie year and they thought I was a starting guardd. Cheap Thunder Jerseys China. " The Pelicans missed just three shots in the opening quarter, dropping 32 points on the winded Raptors - playing in the second game of a back-to-back, having lost Tuesday in Atlanta - without Davis, their leading scorer. Shooting over 75 per cent until the latter half of the second quarter, New Orleans torched the visitors on dribble drives in the paint. "I didnt recognize the team in the first quarter," Dwane Casey said. "I told them they were playing like they were in a rec league in the summer time (but) we picked it up." The game began to turn midway through that frame, as the Raptors closed the half on a 23-10 run, hitting nine of their final 10 shots. Despite shooting 36-per-cent in the second half, the Raptors clawed and scraped their way back into the game. DeMar DeRozan carried them offensively, scoring 16 of his game-high 31 points in the second half and the team out-rebounded New Orleans 31-18, including a 14-2 advantage on the offensive boards. Amir Johnson - playing on a sore ankle, again - grabbed eight of his nine rebounds in the second half, Tyler Hansbrough - starting in place of the injured Jonas Valanciunas - pulled down eight of his season-high 13. Simply put, they wanted it more. "This game was about mental toughness, physical toughness more so than skill," said Casey. "No matter who youre playing you have to bring that each and every night and I thought our guys did." Undermanned frontcourt The Raptors were without two of their top three bigs in Valanciunas, who missed his first game of the season with a lower back sprain and Patrick Patterson, still out with an elbow injury. Valanciunas sustained the injury turning to set a screen in the third quarter of Tuesdays loss to the Hawks and was unable to suit up in New Orleans. Although his back is still tight, the Raptors centre underwent treatment before the game and plans to do the same during Thursdays off day, hoping to return on Friday at home to the Thunder. De Colos quiet impact Without attempting a single shot in the first half, only taking one in the game, Nando De Colo helped ignite the Raptors and change the game with his energy, effort and decision making. Logging 14 minutes, the most hes played since he was acquired from San Antonio at the trade deadline, De Colo was credited with sparking his new teams second-quarter run that cut their deficit from 14 to one going into intermission. "Oh man, he was unbelievable," Kyle Lowry said of De Colo, who went scoreless but added two rebounds and three assists. "You cant forget a guy like that. Thats what I always say, were 15 strong. Nando hasnt played that much but tonight he really changed the game, just moving, speed, defence, just his overall effort and knowledge of the game." Nearing a milestone on the road With the victory, the Raptors picked up their 18th road win of the season, most since the 2001-02 campaign and are getting closer to the franchise record of 20 set the year prior. Toronto has seven road games to go and can finish at or above .500 away from home for the first time in team history if they can win at least three of them. Theyll face only one winning team on the road - the Heat - the rest of the way. Wednesdays visit to New Orleans also marked the Raptors final road game against Western Conference opponents, finishing the season 8-7 in those contests. 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