MOOSE JAW -- The wins just keep adding up for the Moose Jaw Canucks in the Sask Premier Baseball League 15U AAA division as their undefeated campaign continues.
The Canucks ran their record to 18-0 in the 14-team league thanks to a trio of victories this past weekend, with Moose Jaw downing the Regina Athletics 8-3 on Friday before sweeping both ends of a doubleheader with the Sask Five Giants on Sunday, taking a 4-3 win in the opener and a 4-1 victory in game two at Blackwell Diamond.
Moose Jaw now have a four game lead over the Saskatoon Brewers in first place, and have outscored their opposition 208-96 in the process.
Moose Jaw 8, Regina A’s 3
The Canucks rolled out to an early 5-0 lead through three innings and tacked on three insurance runs late to secure the win over Regina.
Zaid Guillaume, Emery Schoenroth and Nigel Legare all hit home runs for Moose Jaw, with Schoenroth also crossing the plate twice.
Kanyn Junior and Brayden Blyth each had a pair of hits for the Athletics.
Van Glasser got the start for the Canucks and had a solid outing, allowing three runs on six hits over five innings and striking out nine. Lucas Lind tossed the final two frames and struck out four while not allowing a hit.
Nickson Hjelsing took the loss, allowing four runs on five hits in the first two innings.
Moose Jaw 4, Sask Five 3
The Giants became one of the few SPBL teams this season to put pressure on the Canucks, as they scored three runs in the first inning and held that lead until the fifth. Moose Jaw rallied with one run that inning before tying the game with a pair in the sixth, setting up a dramatic finish.
Glasser hit a lead-off single and ended up on third base on an errant pick-off attempt, setting the stage for Guillaume to knock him home with the walk-off game-winning run on a sacrifice fly to left field.
As the score would indicate, the contest was a pitching duel. Moose Jaw’s Neal Kohl settled down after giving up the three unearned runs in the first, going six innings and scattering four hits while striking out six. Dillon Flanagan pitched up the win after pitching a scoreless seventh.
Carson Perrier went 3 ⅔ and held the Canucks scoreless, striking out eight. Brady Menzies allowed three runs in 2 ⅓ innings, Jax Kennedy took the loss after allowing the winning run.
Moose Jaw 4, Sask Five 1
Lind turned in an absolute gem on the mound for the Canucks, and as it turns out they’d need it on their way to another low-scoring win over the Giants.
Lind would go six innings and allow only two hits while striking out 14 and walking three to pick up the victory, with Taylor Usher giving up a single run in the seventh before earning the save.
The Canucks took a 1-0 lead in the third inning before giving their starter some extra run support with three runs in the fifth.
Kohl was 1-for-2 at the plate with a triple, two runs scored and two RBI, while Schoenroth and Lind had a pair of hits apiece.
Ryder Collins and Reid Viden had the only hits for Sask Five.
Jackson Dowie started for the Giants and allowed one run on four hits over 2 ⅔, Collins tossed the next 2 ⅓ and allowed three runs, Easton Leishman pitched a scoreless seventh.
The Canucks are back in action Monday, June 30 when they’re on the road against the South East Twins.
