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Another weekend, another sweep: U12 A Ice win Canada Day doubleheader

Moose Jaw takes 13-9 win over Saskatoon Hustlers Green, edge Spirits 3-1 in road trip to Melfort
Tourney U12 A Ice Friesen pitch
Taryn Friesen paired up with Avery Garthus to shut down the Melfort Spirit on Canada Day.
The Moose Jaw Ice had to get things done with the bats and in the pitching circle to find a pair of wins during a 12-and-under girls ‘A’  fastball road trip to Melfort on Canada Day, but in the end, the result was the same as it has been all season.

The Ice held off a late comeback by the Saskatoon Hustlers Green to take a 13-9 win in their opening game before outlasting the Melfort Spirit in a pitching duel for a 3-1 victory in game two.

Ice 13, Hustlers Green 9

The Ice and Hustlers found themselves in a low-scoring battle through the first three innings as Moose Jaw nursed a 3-2 lead.
Things changed dramatically in the fourth, though, as the Ice scored the maximum five runs and tagged on another five in the fifth to go up 13-4. The Hustlers got five of their own back in the sixth but would get no closer.

Interestingly enough, for a team that draws a crazy amount of walks, the Ice drew only three free passes and did all their other damage with the sticks.

Avery Funke and Taryn Friesen both hit home runs, with Funke finishing the game 2-for-2 with a run and three runs batted in, Friesen 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Avery Garthus had a hit and knocked in three runs, Joelle Boechler had a pair of RBI.

Funke also had a solid showing in the circle, allowing two runs over three innings and striking out five; Aurora Wingenbach gave up two runs and struck out five in two innings work, Sophia Johnstone closed things out and gave up five runs on four hits.

Ice 3, Melfort 1

The Ice went with their ‘for-all-the-marbles’ pitching duo in game two, and they were as effective as usual.

Garthus got the start and allowed a single unearned run over three innings while striking out the side in each before giving way to Friesen, who closed out the contest without allowing a run and striking out eight.

In fact, the only baserunners Melfort had in the contest came off a single from the very first batter of the game; the only out that wasn’t a strikeout came in the fourth off a ground ball back to Friesen.

Thing is, Spirit pitcher Adison Wallington was just as effective over the first three innings, striking out nine and walking three. The Ice got on the board against her replacement in the fourth, though, as Tara Bell hit a one-out double and scored on a triple by Johnstone, who then scored on a single by Friesen.

The Ice would add another insurance marker in the fifth to close out scoring in the contest.

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