ESTEVAN - A couple of local baseball teams competed at Baseball Sask provincial tournaments on the weekend.
The Estevan U15 AA Brewers, competing in Regina, went 2-1 in the round robin and qualified for the semifinal round, which they lost 7-4 to the Regina White Sox.
Estevan opened with a 13-7 win over the Northeast Knights on Friday. The Brewers surrendered two home runs in the first inning and trailed by as many as six runs in the contest. But they chipped away at the lead.
Broden Henry had a home run during the game for the Brewers, who had eight walks and nine stolen bases during the day.
Tanner Gillespie came on in relief for the Brewers.
The Brewers then beat the Macklin Lakers 20-17 in the second game. Kris Phillips hit a solo home run and finished with five RBIs. The Brewers had 14 hits on the day.
The two teams were tied at 17-17 entering the seventh inning, but Estevan scored three times to pull away.
Their third game was an 11-4 loss to the Regina Blue Jays. Phillips had a solo home run in the game.
In the semifinal, the Brewers opened the scoring with two runs in the first inning. Estevan had a 4-3 lead entering the bottom of the fifth, but the White Sox recovered with three in that frame.
Quintin Sliva surrendered six hits and three runs over four innings for the Brewers, striking out three.
Meanwhile, the Estevan U11 AA Brewers, competing at Tier 1 provincials in Moose Jaw, went 1-2.
Estevan opened with an 11-1 loss against the Swift Current 57s. Their lone run came in the second inning when Parker Kosior stole home to tie the game at 1-1 at that point.
The Brewers recovered to defeat the Holdfast Knights 21-11 in the second game. Kane Massier went 3-for-3 with two singles and a triple, and Ripyn Brown had three runs batted in.
The Brewers had 14 runs in the game and scored six times in each of the second and third innings.
The final game was a 9-6 loss to the Lumsden Cubs. Nash Cameron and Jacobi Hlavka each had two hits for Estevan.
The Brewers had eight players born in 2012 who will move up to the U13 ranks next season. They also had three 2013-borns and one 2014-born player.
"Each player was determined to learn the game of baseball and compete with everything they had," the Brewers said in a Facebook post.
Some were in their first season of baseball.
Estevan had the top record in Baseball Regina during the regular season, won a tournament in Saskatoon and won the league playoff title.
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The U15 Brewers also went 2-2 at Baseball Regina playoffs on July 8 and 9.
They opened with a 9-4 win over the Regina Blue Jays, highlighted by a six-run fourth inning that included a Phillips home run.
Aidan Turner started on the mound for the Brewers. He lasted 4 1/3 innings and allowed five hits and two runs while striking out nine.
The next game was a 21-1 rout over the Melville Millionaires. Logan Kolenz had four hits for the Brewers, with three singles and a double.
Sliva started on the pitcher's mound for Estevan. He allowed one hit and zero runs while striking out four.
Estevan didn't commit an error in the game.
They lost 16-15 to the White Butte Broncos on Sunday, but it wasn't from a lack of effort, as they scored seven runs in the sixth inning. White Butte scored the winning run in the seventh and final frame.
Keith Daae led the Brewers by going three-for-four.
Their final league playoff game was a 15-5 loss to the Regina White Sox. Henry went 2-for-3 for Estevan.
