The 小蓝视频east A’s U15 AAA baseball team split games on Saturday against the White Butte Broncos, winning 8-3 but losing 17-5.
Both games were played in Alameda.
The A’s trailed 3-1 entering the bottom of the fifth inning, but rattled off four runs in the frame and added three in the sixth to pull away. Daxtyn Brown led the offensive attack with three hits, two runs batted in (RBIs) and a run scored. Brandon Beck added two hits and two runs.
Nathan Yunick gave up three runs and struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings.
The Broncos put the second game away early with five in the first and seven in the second to lead 12-1. The contest was called after five innings. Tyrell Nagy hit a pair of solo home runs for the A’s.
Brown came on in relief and allowed one unearned run in two innings.
The A’s were scheduled to host the Weyburn Beavers on Tuesday night. (Results were not available at press time).
The A’s (15-4) will wrap up the regular season by visiting the Swift Current 57’s on July 25.
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The 小蓝视频 East Performance Pump U18 AAA Twins dropped two games to the White Butte Broncos Sunday afternoon at Lynn Prime Park, losing 6-2 and 10-8.
Carter Beck had a run and two hits in the first game.
Kaiden Lyons gave up four runs, two of them unearned, in 4 1/3 innings of work. He also struck out seven.
In the second game, Callum Hollinger had three hits, two runs and two RBIs for the Twins, who trailed 10-5 in the third inning, but chipped away at the lead, and made it interesting with two in the seventh.
Kieran Stewart came on in relief and didn’t surrender a run in 4 2/3 innings.
The Twins also lost 9-0 to the Regina Athletics on July 14. The Athletics scored four times in the seventh inning to dash any hopes of a Twins comeback.
Brody Dorrance had the Twins lone hit.
Starter Aiden Trimble gave up four runs, three of them earned, in 4 1/3 innings of work.
The Twins (7-18) will have doubleheaders at home against the Moose Jaw Canucks and the Saskatoon Cubs on July 24 and 25, respectively. Game time is 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. each day. They will also visit White Butte on July 28.
