If wasn’t for bad luck, the Moose Jaw Canucks wouldn’t have had any luck at all during the Baseball Sask 13U AA Tier 5 championship this past weekend in Moose Jaw.
The Canucks held the lead or were tied in all three of their games through the round robin, but ended up settling for a 0-3 record and missing the playoff round.
Moose Jaw opened the tournament with an 11-4 loss to the Saskatoon La Bat Blue Jays on Friday, July 21 before dropping a 9-8 decision to the Dinsmore Dynamo on Saturday, July 22 and falling 16-15 to the Kindersley Royals in their final game Saturday.
Saskatoon 11, Moose Jaw 4
Moose Jaw’s Quinn Roberts gave his team a 1-0 lead in the second inning, but the Blue Jays would rally with five runs in the fourth and would tag on another six in the fifth to go on to their commanding win.
The Canucks scored their other three runs in the fourth inning, with Everett Dunlop, Miles Winter and Liam Dowling all crossing the plate.
Dinsmore 9, Moose Jaw 8
The Canucks trailed 8-5 heading into the final inning but saw their bats come alive, as Liam Oakes, Jaxsen Erhardt and Dunlop would all score runs to tie the game. They could have done even more damage and taken the lead, but Dinsmore would escape from a bases-loaded jam.
Moose Jaw managed to get the first out in the bottom of the final inning, but Carter Hanke would eventually come around to score on a single to right field by Nate Nelson and give Dinsmore the win.
Ryder Vandesype reached base three times and scored a run for Moose Jaw, while Miles Winter and Liam Dowling each reached twice and scored a run apiece.
The Dynamo took a 4-2 lead out of the second inning and the game was tied 4-4 through four before Dinsmore put up three the next frame to take their lead.
Kindersley 16, Moose Jaw 15
The Canucks looked to be on their way to a lopsided win in their final game of the round robin, leading 8-1 after the second inning and 13-7 through three, but Kindersley’s bats got hot at the perfect time.
That translated into six runs in the fourth to tie the game 13-13, and after Moose Jaw put up two in the fifth to retake the lead, the Royals scored one in the fifth, added two more in the top of the final inning and then retired the Canucks in order to secure the win.
Roberts, Xander Nelson and Dane Glasser all had a pair of runs each for the Canucks, who saw every batter reach base at least once and all but one score at least one run.
