Saturday, 21 July 2012

Medicine Hat at Yorkton

The Medicine Hat Mavericks travlled to Yorkton today, to face the Cardinals...The Medicine Hat Mavericks won 7-2 against the Red Birds... The Mavericks winning pitcher went to #10 Andrew Shoemaker (2 runs, 8hits, 0 walks 9 strikeouts) while the loss went to #62 Corey Thompson 7 runs, 9 hits, 3 walks 9 strikeouts)...The Alexanders Mens Wear Player of the Game went to Tory Bell, who went 2 for 4 with a Solo Homerun...Brayon Colley also got a Solo Homerun...

The Cardinals are right back at tomorrow afternoon, when the same Mavericks face off against the Cardinals for a 2:05pm start...At 7:05pm the Melville Mils are in town...

Thursday, 19 July 2012

3 Game Winning Streak

The Yorkton Cardinals have been in the drivers seat for the past 3 games...On Tuesday night, the Cardinals played host to the Swift Current Indians for a double header matchup...In game 1 the Cards were able to sneak a win, by the final score of 3-1...Travis Donahoo was great for the Cards as he got the win, and also picked up the Alexanders Mens Wear Player of the Game...He Pitched 7.0 innings, 1 run (1 earned) off 6 Indian hits, 0 walks and struckout 5...Nanaimo, BC product Liam Goodall went 2 for 2 in the win...

In game 2 of the double header, the Cards came out on top by the final score of 11-4...What a game this was...The Cards weren't able to pick up 2 wins in a row all season...The win went to Starting pitcher Jamie Whitehead...Tory Bell went 2 for 4, 2 hits, 1 of them being a grandslam, and 5 RBI's in total...Tory was also named the Alexander's Mens Wear Player of the Game...Runner up for the the Player of the Game would have to be Brayon Colley...Brayon went 1 for 3, 2 runs scored, 3 RBI's and 2 Stolen bases for a count of 23 on the year...

Note: Brayon Colley is just 13 Stolen bases away from tying the League Record, which was broken lastyear by Yorkton Cardinals player James Green...

Yorkton has just 9 games left on the Schedule
Weyburn has 10 games left on the Schedule (maybe more for rainouts)

The Yorkton Cardinals travelled to Saskatoon yesterday to face the YellowJackets at Cairns Field...The Cards were able to put up a W by the final score of 4-2...Winning pitcher went to Logan Hershenow...Brett Smith went 2 for 3 with an RBI bring the old batting average up to .295 on the year...Brayon Colley went 2 for 4 with an RBI, 1 walk, but never managed to get a Stolen Base to get close to James' record...

The Cardinals are in Saskatoon again tonight, as that game is set to start at 7:05pm...While the Weyburn Beavers are at home to face the Okotoks Dawgs...The Cards are 5 1/2 games back of the Beavers for the final playoff spot...

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Indians at Cardinals

The Swift Current Indians are in town to face your hometown Yorkton Cardinals...Tonight's game is a Double Header slated for 6:00 & 8:00...The Indians enter play with a 18-14 record, while the Cards are 9-26 on the year so far...The series is 2-0 for the Indians, as they beat the Cardinals 14-3 on June.24th and then again 3-1 on June.25th...Leading hitter for Swift Current is #9 Aaron Dunsmore whom is batting .352 with 43 hits...Leading hitter for the Cards is #40 Brett Smith whom is batting .274 with 23 hits...The Cardinals leading pitcher Max Chadsey is out for the season, from an injury that happened back in Moose Jaw...The Indians are currently on a 4 game winning streak while the Cards are on a 4 game losing streak...The Cards are 7 games back of the Weyburn Beavers for the final playoff spot in the East Division...The Weyburn Beavers have 3 games to makeup, which includes Edmonton, Saskatoon and Regina...If your a Cardinal fan you have gotta hope that the Beavers lose every game from now on to get even close to the Beavers in the standings for the final playoff spot...

Sunday, 15 July 2012

Cardinals lose again

The Yorkton Cardinals travelled to Moose Jaw and Regina today for a strange and yet tiring double header...The Cards offense couldn't get anything going today as they combined for a total of 2 runs scored, while giving up a combined 25 runs to both teams they faced...Max Chadsey was the starting pitcher for the Cardinals, but was then pulled off the field from what could've been an injury. Bryce Manning then came in relief of Chadsey and got the loss...Bryce Manning gave up 4 runs(3earned) off 5 hits, 1 walk and 3 strikeouts in 4.2 innings pitched...Dustin Caplette was great for the Moose Jaw Miller Express by only allowing 1 run off 6 hits, while striking out 6 Cardinals batters in 9 innings pitched...Tory Bell was the only standout for Yorkton as he launched a solo home run off Caplette for the only Cardinal run of the ball game...Final score was 10 to 1...

In game 2, Yorkton travlled to Regina to take on the Red Sox...The Cards seemed even worse as they ended up losing by the final score of 15 to 1...The Losing pitcher for the Cards was Corey Thompson...Thompson  gave up 9 runs (9 earned) off 8 hits, 4 walk, 2 Strikeouts while only pitching 2 innings...Bryce manning was the star at the plate for the Cardinals going 2 for 3 with a Double and an RBI...

Not much to say except that the Cards now trail Weyburn by 6 games, for the final playoff spot...


Our Leading hitter on last years team was Maple Ridge, BC product Mark Ellis who ended up hitting .391 but ended up leaving the team...so the Leading hitter would have to be Surrey, BC product Kevin McCleod who batted .294 with 42 hits...
Our leading hitter on this years team is Brett Smith who is batting .274 who has 23 hits...

Our leader in pitching last year was Santiago, Dominican Republic product N.D. Gonzalez who had 4 wins, 64 Strikeouts, and a 2.09 ERA
Our Leader this year in pitching is Max Chadsey who has 1 win, 17 Strikeouts, and a 2.22 ERA...

The Cardinals are at home to face the tough Swift Current Indians on Monday and Tuesday at Jubilee Park...



Friday, 13 July 2012

Cards lose to Mils

The Yorkton Cardinals travelled to Pirie Field in Melville tonight for a rival matchup...Starting pitcher for the Cards was Calgary, Alberta native Jamie Whitehead...Jamie gave up 3 runs off of 11 mils hits (2 unearned), 1 walk and 3 K's...You know it is kinda weird, because the Cards defense at the 1st half of the season was dominant, while the offense was lacking to get hits...Now it is the other way around...meaning the defense is kinda crap, while the Offense is exploding with hits...Gotta give the Cards credit in this game, as they were tied up at 4's going into the bottom half of the 9th...It's crunch time for the Cards as every game is so important to them...You gotta hope the Beavers lose as much games as possible because, thats the team we (Cards) are trying to beat out of a playoff spot, seeing that the Beavs are now 4.5 games up on the Red Birds it's going to be a tough next couple of weeks...The Beavers play in Melville tomorrow, so we gotta for once in our lives cheer for Melville...Gabe Cook ended up getting the loss in this game...

Thursday, 12 July 2012

Cards lose to Weyburn

The Yorkton Cardinals travelled to Weyburn today, to try to gain closer to a playoff spot...The Beavers ended up winning the game 10-7...Losing pitcher for the red birds was St.Louis, Missouri native Logan Hershenow. He didn't have the outing that he may have expected, 8 Runs, 8 Hits, 1 Walk and ZERO Strikeout in 3.1 innings pitched...St.Joseph, Missouri native Tyler Arthur was hot at the plate going 4 for 4 with 1 run scored and 2 RBI's...The Cards came close going into the 9th inning down 10-3. The Cards rallied back to get 4 runs in the 9th...Francis Rodriguez had a Triple in the 9th scoring 2 cards runners...Francis Rodriguez is just 1 triple shy of tying 2007 Yorkton Cardinal Paul Day, who currently hold the Cardinals record for 3...The Cards now trail Weyburn by games for the final playoff spot...


Top 3 Leading Batters for the Cards :

1.  #40 Brett Smith ( St.Joseph,Missouri)    AVG .275   22 Hits   9 Runs   4 RBI   8 Walks


2.  #59 Bryce Manning ( Ankeny, Iowa)      AVG .253   19 Hits   4 Runs   1 RBI   6 Walks


3.  #24 Liam Goodall ( Nanaimo, BC)            AVG .247   21 Hits   10 Runs  4 RBI  5 Walks





Top 3 Pitchers for the Cards :

1. #53 Max Chadsey (  Chilliwack, BC)      1-2 Record   2.33 ERA   5 Games Started   27 IP   16 K's   10 Walks   20 Hits

2.  #57 Dylan Tye (San Diego, CA)             1-4 Record   2.40 ERA   6 Games Started   45 IP   31 K's   11 Walks   40 Hits

3. #52 Gabe Cook ( Witchita, KS)               0-0 Record   2.57 ERA   7 Games Played   2 Saves   14 Innings Pitched   11 K's   5 Walks   15 Hits


The Cardinals are right back at it tomorrow night, when they face off in Melville against the Mils. Game time is at 7:05pm...Make the trip to Melville to cheer on your Yorkton Cardinals at Pirie Field...

Cards at Beavers 7:05pm

The Yorkton Cardinals travel to Weyburn, to take on the Beavers at Tom Laing Park for a 7:05pm start...The Yorkton Cardinals, and fans are hoping very much to get a win in Weyburn tonight to gain 2 games behind Weyburn for the final playoff spot...So if you can make the roadtrip, it will be well worth the drive to see this matchup...