Winnipeg Goldeyes Highlights: June 8, 2022 at Kansas City

and former big leaguer matt adams   same matt adams who spent 10 years in the major  leagues and 118 home runs at the major league   level a left-handed hitter he crowds the plate  lucas from the high set and the pitch hit in the   air to deep right field murphy going back out of  the warning track he's at the wall and it's gone matt adams with his ninth home run  of the year a two run shot to right   center that just clears the fence and the  monarchs take an early two-to-nothing lead   against former major league right-hander  josh lucas first pitch is swung and hit   in the ear to deep left field rivera back  back to the wall he looks up and it's gone david thompson it's his ninth home run of the year  that times him for the american association lead   a solo shot waits back at a first pitch slider  from josh lucas and just clears the short porch   down the left field line so  three nothing kansas city thorped out of the belt the payoff pitch wide shot  towards left that'll get down for a base and roll   towards the wall hill trots in from third to score  martinez went to second the fell by guerrero way   off the mark it's backed up by gillespie down the  right field line and andrew martinez stands on   second with an rbi double it pulls the gold eyes  within three to one and the tying run will bat   here in the top half of the fifth blackham set  below the belt and the pitch breaking ball blocked   in front here comes river to the plate the flip  is over to how to block him and rivera scores it's   now three to two pound pitch high fly ball deep  left field rivera back he looks up and it's gone john hernandez with his league  leading 10th home run of the year a solo shot at three and two to left to the  monarchs get the run back it's now 4-2 kansas city   and the bottom half of the sixth inning they  want a pitch and a high fly ball to right   pretty team more feet back onto the warning  track back to the wall leaping and it's gone matt adams with his second home front of the night  he ties for the league lead now it's his tenth of   the year and the monarchs lead at six to two in  the bottom half of the seventh another two pitch   hit hard towards the middle to play sweeney knocks  it down he flips the second the thought of first   is modern time do they get the up though at second  in the score is proven it's now six to three the   one-two pitch swing and a missy struck about in  a fastball and the ball game is over janice from   the grain strikes out the side in order in the top  of the ninth and the kansas city monarchs take the   opener of this two-game series from the winnipeg  gold eyes by a final score of six to three