LUMSDEN - The Estevan 13U AAA Brewers came home from the Baseball Saskatchewan Tier 2 provincials in Lumsden with a silver medal.
Estevan lost 23-16 in the final to the Weyburn Beavers. The Brewers held a 16-3 lead in the fifth inning, but Weyburn scored four in the fifth to avoid the mercy rule being invoked, and added 16 in the sixth.
Tayson Tangjerd and Joseph Hozjan each had three hits for Estevan. Starting pitcher Nash Cameron allowed three runs over 4 2/3 innings.
Estevan opened the tournament with a 17-3 victory over the Saskatoon A's on Friday. Tytan Romanow went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, and Tangjerd also went 3-for-4.
Tangjerd also started on the mound, allowing two hits and one run over 3 1/3 innings, while striking out nine.
Up next was a 14-13, walk-off win over the host Lumsden Cubs. The Brewers were down 13-11 in the bottom of the seventh inning when Hozjan hit a three-run home run. He finished with two hits and four RBIs during the game, which had several lead changes.
Estevan wrapped up the round robin with a 17-16 victory over Weyburn. The Beavers scored six times in the bottom of the seventh and final inning to make the game interesting.
Tangjerd had three hits, including a two-run home run, and four RBIs, while Hozjan had four hits in five at bats. Romanow gave up two runs in 3 1/3 innings.
Estevan finished the game with 22 hits.
The Brewers rallied from a four-run deficit to defeat the White Butte Broncos 11-8 in the semifinal. Estevan took the lead for good with three in the fifth.
Tangjerd pitched 4 1/3 innings of relief for the Brewers, allowing three runs while striking out 13.
Kersey Willis had three RBIs, and Cameron went 3-for-4 at the plate.
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The Â鶹ÊÓƵeast U18 AAA Twins didn't make the playoffs in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League, but they still had a good season, finishing the campaign with a 17-15 record in league play, leaving them in a tie for eighth with the Regina Athletics, but the A's made the playoffs on a tie-breaker.
The league had a lot of parity this season, as the third and 10th place teams were separated by four wins.
The Twins made a strong push for the playoffs, winning their last five games and six of their last eight.
Daxtyn Brown led the team with 28 runs batted in and 20 stolen bases, while Sam Mallory had 25 RBIs. Conner Kerr was tops for batting average at .400, and also led the team in runs with 41 and home runs with two. Chase Himmelspach finished with a .354 average.
Keaton Husband had a strong season on the mound, leading the Twins for innings pitched (65 2/3), games started (11), wins (six) and strikeouts (45). He also had a 2.985 earned-run average.
Kerr was the only other pitcher with more than two wins, finishing with four.
