Winnipeg Goldeyes starter Matt Rusch said the team wanted to win the final game of the season and beat the playoff bound Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks. Monday night in front of 7,954 spectators at Shaw Park, it was mission accomplished. As Rusch went 6 1/3 innings, allowing only two runs on seven scattered hits, the Goldeyes batters pounded out 11 hits and beat the RedHawks 6-5 to win the final game of the 2013 season. With the victory, the Goldeyes took the final series of the year from Fargo and improved to 56-44 on the season, not good enough to make the playoffs, but good enough to have the fourth best percentage in the league and finish 2013 with a better record (56-44) that the club had in 2012 (55-45) when it won the American Association championship. “None of these guys on this team were going to quit,” said Rusch on the Shaw TV post-game show. “We knew we werent going to the playoffs, but we wanted to win the final game of the season and beat Fargo in the final series. We wanted to do it for ourselves, the organization and all those great fans.” Thanks in no small way to Ruschs effort, the Goldeyes got the job done. Fargo opened the scoring in the third with a run on a wild pitch, but Winnipeg answered with three in the bottom of the fourth. The teams leading hitter, Ryan Scoma, singled and went to third on a double by Ray Sadler. Then both Scoma and Sadler scored on a single by Luis Alen. After Alen went to second on a wild pitch, he came home on an RBI single by Fehlandt Lentini. After Fargo scored a run in the fifth and another in the eighth to tie it, the Goldeyes put up three in the bottom of the eighth, as Tyler Graham led off with a bunt single, stole second and scored on a single by Amos Ramon. With two out, Sadler walked and then Ramon scored from second on a single by Casey Haerther and Sadler scored on a double by Luis Alen. It got tense in the ninth as Fargo scored twice and had runners on first ad second with two out, but Chris Kissock struck out Buddy Sosnoskie to end the game and the season. Brendan Lafferty, making his league-high 53rd appearance, picked up the win (5-2, 3.49 ERA) while Kissock (2.70) notched his third save. Together, Kissock and Lafferty made 103 appearances this season, more than any other bullpen duo in the American Association. Former Goldeyes reliever Chris Bodishbaugh (3-2, 3.99 ERA) took the loss for Fargo. Forney used seven pitchers and all of his position players in the finale, which meant that Josh Mazzola played in all 100 games this season. Luis Alen was the star of the game, going three-for-four with a run scored and three driven in. He finished the season with a .315 batting average, second on the team to Ryan Scoma (.341), while playing 93 of 100 games at catcher. 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A two-sport star at San Diego State before getting selected by the Padres in the third round of the 1981 draft, he was beloved for his achievements on the field and his humility on and off it. Gwynn never hid his affection for San Diego, embracing his "Mr. Padre" nickname and declining to leave San Diego as a free agent on numerous occasions. After retiring from the Padres following the 2001 season, Gwynn became SDSUs baseball coach. Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson and ex-Padre Trevor Hoffman were among the speakers who addressed the crowd of about 20,000 from a stage erected in right field, just in front of the No. 19 carved into the outfield grass. A podium was placed between three No. 19 Gwynn jerseys, two from the Padres World Series appearances in 1984 and 1998 and one from San Diego State. The left-field scoreboard showed a collage of pictures that ranged from Gwynn tipping his hat to the crowd and to him clutching his Hall of Fame plaque. And, of course, one displaying that warm smile. "We all know Tony was a great player, a great Hall of Famer," Jackson said. "That is known when he got 97 per cent of the vote -- that puts him in the top four or five. ... "He was a genuine man, a quality man, a 100 per cent family man. A great son, a great husband, a great father, a great friend and a great teammate. He was an example of whhat we all want to live and emulate as a person.dddddddddddd" Thursdays tribute, which started when 19 white doves were released, was open to the public following the private service Gwynns family held Saturday at SDSU. Gwynns fans, many wearing his brown-and-yellow No. 19 jersey, were given a chance to pay their respects to someone they felt they knew. He was an anchor of not only the Padres two World Series teams, but in the community as well. After leaving the Padres, he coached at SDSU, was a member of the Padres broadcasting team and remained active in various charities. A stream of people walked past Gwynns statue in the adjacent Park at the Park, with a line snaking past memorabilia of his storied career. Gwynn, whose No. 19 is retired by the Padres, batted at least .300 in 19 straight seasons. In 1994, he was hitting .394 in August when the season ended prematurely because of the baseball strike; in 1995, he struck out only 15 times in 577 plate appearances. But it was the way Gwynn carried himself that endeared him to countless fans. And not just those in San Diego. Gwynn has been honoured around baseball since his death. Tony Gwynn Jr., his son, was given a standing ovation Tuesday in Philadelphia in his first at-bat with the Phillies since taking a leave following his fathers death. "Even though he was on the other team you still had to admire the way he went about his business," said Joe Torre, an executive vice-president for Major League Baseball and former Yankees manager. "Unfortunately we dont have many, maybe any -- maybe Derek Jeter -- that conduct themselves in a similar fashion. "Honestly, what you saw is what you got: he was a good hitter and never tried to show anybody up." Gwynn became and stayed a star in San Diego. He never thought it would shine brighter elsewhere. "Im a Padre, a San Diego Padre," Gwynn once said. "And Im proud of it." Near the end of the tribute Hoffman, in a halting voice, talked straight to Gwynn, his former Padres teammate. "Thank you for representing San Diego," Hoffman said, "with such class." 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