The Canucks were right back in action for a doubleheader Saturday against the East Central Mils in Balcarres, falling 11-1 in the opener. The final score was unavailable for game two.
The two losses saw the Canucks drop to 3-13-1 on the season and sit in seventh place in the eight-team league. They’re back in action for their final game of August when they travel to Assiniboia to face the last-place Aces on Thursday, Aug. 27.
Buffalos 17, Canucks 2
The Canucks used a solid start from Brennan Daradich to stick with the Buffalos through the first three innings, but wouldn’t be able to hold on from there as Regina poured on the runs late.
Daradich would allow one run in the second inning and surrendered a single hit while striking out five. He left the game trailing 1-0, and a platoon of five pitchers were unable to hold the Buffalos offence in check the rest of the way, allowing the 16 further runs on 11 hits and nine walks.
Regina would score four runs in the fourth to take a 5-1 lead, add another two in the fifth and four in the sixth to go up 11-2 before closing things out with a six-run seventh.
The Canucks got on the board in the fourth when Caleb Newkirk drew a lead-off walk, went to second on a sacrifice by Tate Macdairmid, took third on a passed ball and scored on a wild pitch.
Nathan McDougall took a similar path to score Moose Jaw’s second run in the sixth – reaching on a dropped third strike, going to second on a passed ball, third on a wild pitch and scoring on a wild pitch.
All told, the Canucks had only two hits in the game, with Newkirk and McDougall doing the honours.
East Central 11, Canucks 1
Moose Jaw got off to the start they were hoping for against the Mils, scoring in the first inning and once again finding themselves in a close game through four frames.
Max Simmons opened scoring when he led off the game by reaching on an error, going to second on a Brennan Gerbrandt walk, third on a single by Cooper Gregor and scoring when Macdairmid singled to centre field.
And that would mark the entirety of their offence, as the Canucks would only have a hit from Simmons the rest of the contest.
Gerbrandt got the start and was victimized by two of six Moose Jaw errors, allowing six runs, only three earned, on three hits. McDougall took over in the fifth and surrendered three earned runs on a hit and four walks, Javin Boynton closed things out allowing a run on three hits.
