LINCOLN, NE (Dakota News Now) -The Canaries built an 8-1 lead midway through the fifth inning on Wednesday but Lincoln came storming back, walking off the Birds 9-8 with a solo homerun in the bottom of the ninth.

Jordan Barth opened the scoring with a two-out RBI single in the first inning before the Saltdogs tied things up in the second. Drey Dirksen crushed a two-run homerun in the fourth before Sioux Falls plated five runs in the fifth. Jabari Henry belted a two-run homerun and Dirksen drew a bases loaded walk before Matt Ruiz drove in two more with a single.

Lincoln responded with five runs of their own in the bottom half to get within 8-6 and tied the game with two runs in the sixth. The tie score held until the ninth when the Saltdogs won the game on a walkoff solo homerun.

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