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The Winnipeg Goldeyes stuck their formula of grabbing an early lead and relying on great pitching to run their season-opening winning streak to eight games Friday night. Justin Garcia was given an early 2-0 lead and struck out 12, as the Goldeyes (8-0) defeated the Lincoln Saltdogs (4-5) 5-1 in the second game of their four-game series before 3,310 fans at Haymarket Park in Nebraska. With the win, the Goldeyes continue to have a two-game lead over the St. Paul Saints in the American Associations North Division and extended their franchise record winning streak to begin a season. The eight-game streak is also tied for the third longest winning streak in team history. The Goldeyes won eight consecutive games in 1999 and 2009. Josh Mazzola hit a two-run home run in the top first inning, Casey Haerther singled in Mazzola in the third inning and Amos Ramon cracked a two-run triple in the sixth inning to account for Winnipegs scoring. "Its easier to pitch when you have a lead," Goldeyes pitching coach Jamie Vermilyea said on the TSN 1290 post-game show. "This is eight in a row where we have scored first and it makes it a lot easier on the pitching staff." Mazzola, Haerther and Ryan Scoma each had two hits for the Goldeyes. Scoma, who went two-for-three in the game, is now batting .529 on the season. Aside from his 12 Ks, Garcia walked just one through six and a third innings and allowed just a RBI double to Ian Gac in the bottom of the first inning. Its Garcias second win in as many starts to begin the season. "The defence is going to be on their toes if youre not walking guys and throwing strikes. Its really as simple as that," Vermilyea said. Kaohi Downing, Brendan Lafferty and Aaron Correa combined for 2 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Ben Henry suffered the loss for Lincoln. He surrendered all five of Winnipegs runs. The Goldeyes and Saltdogs will meet again Saturday night in Lincoln. Winnipeg can claim its third consecutive series to start the season with a win. Game time is 7:45 p.m. Coverage with Paul Edmonds on TSN 1290 begins at 6 p.m. with Around the Association. Cheap Air Jordan 2 Retro Black Friday . -- There were a lot of firsts for the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Wholesale Nike Air Jordan Retro . -- Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson asked his players a simple question during Fridays morning shootaround: How many of them had ever been on a team 14 games over . http://www.airjordandealsblackfriday.com/?tag=cheap-air-jordan-9-retro-black-friday . Reassurance came from Paul Tesori, his caddie and close friend whose newborn son is in intensive care in a Florida hospital. "Paul sent me a text this morning, just told me he loved me and wanted to go out and fight as hard as I would any other day," Simpson said Sunday after doing just that. Cheap Nike Air Jordan Retro . Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots on Saturday in the Oklahoma City Barons 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat. The Oilers signed Bryzgalov to a one-year $2 million contract last Friday after shedding payroll by dealing defenceman Ladislav Smid to the Flames. Cheap Air Jordan 13 Retro Black Friday . -- If this was Aaron Gordons final home game at Arizona, and it almost certainly was, then he went out in style. England concluded their autumn series with a resounding 39-6 victory over Canada at Twickenham.Simon Middletons team ran in seven tries as they overwhelmed the opponents they defeated 21-9 in the 2014 World Cup final.The result moves England back up to second in the global rankings behind New Zealand after they had slipped below Canada following last weekends 20-25 defeat by the Black Ferns.Middleton said: That was a brilliant way to end the series. I am really pleased with the manner in which the team exeecuted our game plan.ddddddddddddIt is always special to come out and play at Twickenham and the girls certainly delivered a great performance, both in attack and defence. There is still a lot for us to work on, but that has given us confidence today.Alex Matthews, Amy Cokayne, Danielle Waterman, Kay Wilson, Emily Scarratt, Lydia Thompson and Claire Allan scored Englands tries. ' ' '