Boynton hit a pair of home runs — including a grand slam in the first inning and a three-run shot in the third — to finish with seven runs batted in as the Canucks rolled to a 13-5 victory over the Weyburn Beavers in Weyburn on Wednesday night.
It was the second-straight game with a round-tripper for Boynton, who also had a solo home run in their 9-5 loss to the White Butte Broncos one night earlier.
The Canucks are now 8-12 on the season and are back in action at the Evan Thomas Memorial Tournament in Saskatoon this weekend. The event is named after the former Moose Jaw AAA Generals player and Bridge City baseball standout who was killed in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
Canucks 13, Weyburn 5
The Canucks put together their highest offensive output of the season in earning the win.
Boynton wasn’t the only one showing off his power, either, as Noah Thul cracked a solo home run in the fifth to give Moose Jaw a 10-5 lead at that point in the game.
The top of the order in general had a solid outing for the Canucks: Max Simmons hit a double and scored a run, Cam Beisal crossed the plate twice, Nathan Pisio was 2-for-3 with three runs scored. Owen Varjassy also scored a pair of runs.
With that kind of offence backing them up, both Canucks pitchers had a relatively relaxing evening. Gerritt Gulutzan got the start and allowed five runs, three earned, on six hits in five innings of work, Pisio closed things out allowing two hits and striking out four.
White Butte 9, Canucks 5
Things didn’t go as well the previous night at Swarbrick Diamond, as White Butte built a 6-1 lead through three innings and never looked back.
Boynton’s solo shot came in the fourth inning, and he finished the game with a pair of runs scored. Thul also had another solid game at the plate, going 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.
Both teams went with a pitching-by-committee approach, as Varjassy, Boynton, Rylan Caplette-Tarrant, Owen Csada, Cooper Gregor and Thul all saw action on the mound for Moose Jaw. White Butte, meanwhile, used seven pitchers throwing an inning each.
Kaden Corbin had a solo home run for White Butte.
