Case in point, their most recent doubleheader with the Regina Lazers at Memorial Field on Thursday night, which saw the Ice tie 12-12 and drop a 14-6 decision.
Despite leading 8-0 after three innings in the opener -- including the maximum seven runs in the third -- the Ice would find themselves scrambling to earn a tie after giving up 12 runs in the final two innings.
Trailing 12-10 heading into the fifth and final frame and after giving up a seven-spot of their own the previous inning, the Ice found themselves down to their final out. Taya Molde would score on a passed ball to get Moose Jaw back within one, and Marisa Montgomery would walk and steal her way around before scoring on another passed ball to tie the game.
Peyton Mengel got the start in the circle and was all but untouchable, allowing only two hits and striking out five in three innings. Kiarra Adrian took over in the fourth and didn’t have a lot of luck on her side, allowing the 12 runs, nine earned, on seven hits while walking five.
Mengel helped out her own cause at the plate with a three-run inside-the-park-home run in the third. Marisa Montgomery score a pair of runs and knocked in two, while Kenzie Martel crossed the plate twice.
Things were close in the early going of the nightcap, with Regina taking a 5-2 lead into the fourth, but a six-run outbreak that inning would pave the way for a 14-6 loss.
Montgomery got the start and allowed five runs on six hits through three innings; Maddie Cruz tossed the next three and surrendered six runs on six hits, Mengel closed things out allowing three runs on a pair of hits in the final inning.
Rachel Ward was 2-for-3 with a run scored while Martel scored a pair of runs.
The Ice are back in action this Sunday when they travel to Estevan.
