With sturdy relief and a balanced offensive attack, the Saltdogs edged the Wichita Wingnuts 6-5 to pad their Central division lead to two games in front of 2,921 fans at Haymarket Park Wednesday night.

Behind terrific pitching and a pair of two-out home runs, the Saltdogs beat the Wichita Wingnuts 4-2 in front of 2,821 fans at Haymarket Park Tuesday night. (ROD ADAMS PHOTOGRAPHY)

After consecutive two-out, two-run hits in the fourth, the Wichita Wingnuts rolled to a 9-6 victory over the Saltdogs in front of 2,754 fans at Haymarket Park Monday night.

The Saltdogs scored six runs in the first inning and cruised to a 10-5 victory over the Sioux Falls Canaries in front of a season-high crowd of 6,039 fans at Haymarket Park Sunday evening.

Ben Moore was baffling and the Saltdogs managed just two hits in a 5-0 loss to the Sioux Falls Canaries in front of 4,208 fans at Haymarket Park Saturday night. (DAN LITTLE/Journal Star)

Marquis Fleming was fantastic and Jon Gaston huge at the plate as the Saltdogs shutout the Sioux Falls Canaries 4-0 in front of 4,169 fans at Haymarket Park for their sixth consecutive victory. (FRANCIS GARDLER/Journal Star)

After spotting the Sioux Falls Canaries seven runs in the first, the Saltdogs stormed back to win their fifth straight game 8-7, assuming a share of the Central division lead, in front of 3,362 fans at Haymarket Park Thursday night. (FRANCIS GARDLER/Journal Star)

Fueled by a seven-run fourth inning, the Saltdogs topped Gary SouthShore RailCats 8-6 to complete a four-game sweep in front of 3,525 fans at U.S. Steel Yard Wednesday night.

The Saltdogs took two decisions from the Gary SouthShore RailCats Tuesday night at U.S. Steel Yard, and are now just one game back - in the loss column - of the Central division lead with 27 games to play.