Things didn’t go as well for the Moose Jaw Giants in the nightcap, as Golden scored five runs over the final two innings to secure a 6-4 win at Lyle Helland Ball Diamond.
The Canadians improved to 3-2 with the victory and leapfrogged the Giants (2-2-1) to take over second place in the league standings.
Both teams are back in action on Tuesday, July 6, with the Giants hosting the Earl Grey Rockets at 7 p.m. and the Canadians facing the Cowboys at 9 p.m. at Memorial Field.
Canadians 1, Golden 0
To say the least, Canadians starter Xavier Tremblay and Golden pitcher Les George were dealing on Tuesday night.
George would be the first to break, though, and it came in stunning and tough fashion for the veteran Hawks hurler -- carrying a perfect game into the bottom of the seventh, he’d surrender a one-out single to former Canadian national team standout Dean Holoien, and two batters later Sean Lougheed would drive Holoien home with the game-winning run.
George’s line on the night? Seven innings pitched, two hits, one run and 11 strikeouts.
Thing is, Tremblay was nearly his equal through the first four innings, allowing a single hit as his only baserunner before giving way to Holoien, who surrendered hits in the sixth and seventh and struck out six to close out the win.
Golden 6, Giants 4
The offences were a little more alive in the nightcap, and Golden found themselves have to play catch-up late.
The Giants took the lead with a pair of runs in the fourth inning and extended their lead to 4-1 after a two-run home run by Darryl Callaghan.
Golden got back into it in the sixth with a pair of runs of their own to trail 4-3, and after George shut down the Giants in the bottom of the frame, found the big inning they needed -- Ron Cote hit a three-run home run with two out in the top of the seventh to go ahead 6-4.
The Giants had baserunners in the bottom of the inning, but wouldn’t be able to bring anyone home.
Braden Konschuh was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Giants, Tyler Kifferling 2-for-4 with a run scored.
