LINCOLN, NE (Dakota News Now) -The Canaries survived a late Lincoln rally Thursday night, topping the Saltdogs 13-11 in ten innings.

Matt Bottcher opened the scoring with a sacrifice flyout in the third inning before Calvin Estrada cranked a three-run homerun. Lincoln fought back with three runs in the fifth inning and took the lead scoring twice in the sixth.

The Canaries sent ten batters to the plate during a seven-run seventh inning and did not trail after that. Scott Combs scored on a wild pitch to tie the game before Bottcher smacked a go-ahead two-run single. Estrada extended the lead to 8-5 with an RBI base hit before Jordan Barth smacked a three-run homerun.

The Saltdogs got a run back in the bottom of the eighth and forced extras with five runs in the ninth. Josh Rehwaldt score

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