ESTEVAN - The Â鶹ÊÓƵ East U18 AAA Twins baseball team went 1-3 in four home games on the weekend.
Facing the Sask Five Marlins on Saturday, the Twins lost 11-3 and won 10-1. The Marlins blew open a scoreless opening game by scoring seven times in the third inning.
Conner Kerr gave up eight runs, but none of them were earned, during five innings of work.
In the next game, the Twins scored at least once in each inning except for the third to win handily. Daxton Brown had two hits, two runs batted in (RBIs) and scored twice, while Ty Fehrenbach had three hits and four RBIs.
Keaton Husband gave up one unearned run and struck out seven over seven innings.
The following day, the Twins lost two close games against the Regina Wolfpack, 2-1 and 3-2.
In the first game, the Twins led 1-0 through five innings, but the Wolfpack scored two in the sixth. Kerr had three of the Twins hits in the game.
Kade Phillips and Sam Mallory teamed up to surrender three hits and strike out five.
In the second game, Mallory didn't allow a baserunner in three innings of shutout relief.
The Twins will visit the Parkland Expos on June 29 and the White Butte Broncos the following day.
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The Estevan U18 AA Brewers played just once, defeating the Weyburn Angels 7-0 on June 19 at Lynn Prime Park. Sutter Baily pitched a gem, allowing just two hits and striking out five in a complete-game shutout.
Jayden Kuchinka had two hits and scored three times in the romp.
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The Estevan U13 AAA Brewers dropped two home games against the Swift Current 57s on Saturday, but recovered to win in Lumsden on Sunday against the Cubs.
Swift Current won the first game 11-4. Joseph Hozjan went 2-for-3 at the plate to lead the Brewers in hits.
The Brewers lost 15-4 in the second game despite leading 4-0 at one point in the second inning. But Swift Current scored seven times in the fifth inning to take over.
Tayson Tangjerd allowed zero hits and one run in four innings in the second game, striking out eight.
Declan Gallagher had two hits and two RBIs for the Brewers.
The win on Sunday was a 23-18 decision. (Details on the game were not immediately available).
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The Estevan U11 AAA Brewers went 2-2 on the weekend, splitting games with the Regina Athletics and the Regina White Sox.
Estevan lost 6-5 to the Athletics and won 15-9 on Saturday. Then they won 7-3 but lost 9-5 against the White Sox.
The Brewers will host the Athletics on June 29 and the Yorkton Cardinals the following day. Games start at noon and 3 p.m. each day at Cactus Park.
