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...

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