But for the third meeting in a row between the two teams, it would be the 57’s who came away with a one-run win.
Waller would go seven innings, allowing a single run on four hits while striking out 10 – a performance that would normally have been plenty enough to earn the win. Instead, the two teams would go back-and-forth for two extra innings before Swift Current would take a 5-4 victory.
With the game tied 1-1 after regulation, the 57’s would put up a pair of runs in the eighth, only to see the Canucks rally to tie the game in their half of the inning. Swift Current put another deuce on the board in the ninth, and the Canucks would get the tying run to second before falling short.
Dylan Reed finished the game 3-for-5 with a run batted in, while Kaedyn Banilevic was 1-for-4 with a run scored and two RBI – with his two ribbies coming on a clutch single in the bottom of the eighth that scored Nathan Varjassy and Kayden Hudson to force the second extra inning.
The Canucks (3-12) will look to get back in the win column Sunday when they host the Regina Wolfpack at Ross Wells Park.
