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They needed a little help from their opposition, but the Winnipeg Goldeyes continue to close the gap in the American Association wild card race. The Goldeyes scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning without a hit to beat the Sioux City Explorers 6-5 Monday night at Lewis and Clark Park in Iowa.With the win, Winnipeg is now just three games back of the Gary SouthShore RailCats in the American Association wild card race and have won six of their last seven games. After the Explorers snagged an early 1-0 lead, the Goldeyes slapped two runs on the board in the fourth and fifth innings.An error by Sioux City left fielder Yusuke Inoguchi in the fourth allowed Ryan Scoma to score on a Ray Sadler fly ball. Sadler wound up on third base on the play and scored a batter later thanks to a Josh Mazzola single. In the fifth, Scoma singled with two outs and scored on a triple Sadler, who touched home plate again on a Mazzola single. Sioux City chipped away with a run in the bottom of the fifth inning and then struck for three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, as they loaded the bases with one out and Goldeyes reliever Chris Kissock walked in a run and gave up a two-run single to Leugim Barroso. “(Brendan) Lafferty and Kissock have been pitching their butts off for us this year,” Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea said on the TSN 1290 post-game show. “Eventually they are going to give up some runs.” Three walks by the Sioux City bullpen in the top of the ninth inning loaded the bases. Scoma hit a ground ball up the middle, which forced out Chris Salamida, who was pinch-running for Yurendell de Caster, at second. However, Explorers shortstop Barroso threw the ball away trying to turn a double play, allowing the tying and winning runs for Winnipeg to score.“I was pretty confident we were going to score. Weve been doing it recently, so theres no reason to think it was going to change,” Vermilyea said.Scoma and Mazzola paced the Goldeyes with two hits each. Goldeyes starter Matt Rusch battled for seven innings, giving up just two runs on eight hits. Despite blowing the save, Kissock picked up his second win of the save. Patrick Keating shut the door in the ninth to earn his 16th save of the season. The Goldeyes and Explorers meet again in Sioux City Tuesday night. Game time is 7 p.m. The pre-game show on TSN 1290 with Paul Edmonds begins at 6:30 p.m. Adidas Zx Flux Kopen . The Earthquakes (6-9-7) were coming off a 5-0 loss at home last Saturday to FC Dallas. Even with the draw, the Sounders (13-7-3) climbed back into a tie for both the Western Conference and overall top spot in MLS. Seattle, West co-leader Real Salt Lake and East leader Sporting Kansas City all have 42 points. 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The 26-year-old Boll had two goals and one assist with 126 penalty minutes in 54 games with the Blue Jackets in 2011-12.Jim Rutherford didnt expect to fill all the holes on the Pittsburgh Penguins roster in a day. Good thing, because it didnt happen. Not even close. Still, the new general manager isnt panicking despite losing six players in free agency, including defencemen Brooks Orpik and Matt Niskanen, and talented winger Jussi Jokinen. Less than a month into the job, Rutherford is taking a pragmatic approach to replenishing the talent around stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. The process began Tuesday when the Penguins signed defenceman Christian Ehrhoff, forward Blake Comeau and goaltender Thomas Greiss to one-year deals. The team also retained forward Marcel Goc. Hardly the kind of splashy signings made elsewhere -- Washington spent $67.5 million alone to bring in Orpik and Niskanen -- but Rutherford isnt complaining. "We dont necessarily have to have our team all set for a playoff run in September," he said. Ehrhoff came onto the market over the weekend after the Buffalo Sabres bought out the final seven seasons his 10-year contract. The 31-year-old will make $4 million next season in Pittsburgh. The German-born Ehrhoff has 69 goals and 313 points in 692 games, and Rutherford believes Ehrhoffs skill set will fit in well under new coach Mike Johnston. "He plays a lot of minutes, 23-24 a game, can play right or left defence, power play, penalty kill," Rutherford said. "Hes in great shape and a great team guy. He can really skate and with the kind of team we have, having a guy back there that can skate and move the puck is important." Rutherford is confident the young defencemen in Pittsburghs minor league system will give the Penguins a solid blue linne even without Orpik -- the longest-tenured defenceman in team history -- and Niskanen, who cashed in after a career year.dddddddddddd Still, Rutherford didnt waste a chance to grab Ehrhoff despite the shortness of the deal. "He loved the opportunity to come with the Penguins," Rutherford said. "He just felt that, lets give it a one-year try with a good team and have a chance to win and then well look at it at the end of the season." Comeau provides depth as a third or fourth line forward. The 28-year-old had five goals and 11 assists in 61 games for the Columbus Blue Jackets last season. Greiss, who went 10-8-5 with a 2.29 goals-against average for Phoenix in 2013-14, will compete with Jeff Zatkoff for the backup spot behind Marc-Andre Fleury. The signings give the Penguins depth, but also leave plenty to address going forward, including who is going to play with Malkin after the departure of Jokinen and James Neal. The Penguins traded Neal to Nashville for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling on Friday, and Jokinen left on Tuesday to sign a four-year deal with the Florida Panthers. Hornqvist is a candidate to fill out a top six spot, and the return of Pascal Dupuis from a knee injury and Beau Bennett from a wrist injury should give the Penguins some options. Rutherford didnt rule out a run at free agent forward Nikolai Kulemin -- who happens to be a good friend of Malkins -- but isnt sure the money will work. "Theres always a chance but it would take someone getting very, very creative to figure out how that contract fits into our cap," Rutherford said. ------ AP Sports Writer John Wawrow in Buffalo, NY contributed to this report. ' ' '