Baseball Canada | DQ® 13U National Western Championship: First day of competition

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August 11, 2016

DQ® 13U National Western Championship: First day of competition

Ottawa, ON – The first few games were played on Thursday at Baseball Canada’s 3^rd event of the summer, this one in Saskatoon, SK. Day one at the DQ® 13U National Western Championship saw 4 match-ups take place at Joe Zeman and Ed Bryant fields. Here’s look at some of the action:

Sask Five (SK1) 15 St. Albert (AB2) 0

Sask Five’s offense was firing on all cylinders as pitchers Kael Flynn (Saskatoon, SK) and Sam Boldt (Regina, SK) combined for 4 shutout innings to seal the deal. Brodie Guenther (Warman, SK) led the charge at the plate going 4 for 4 with a home run. Guenther drove in 5 runs and scored 4 times in what was a very impressive performance. Josh Clark (Martensville, SK) also contributed offensively going 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs and 3 runs scored.

British Columbia 11 North Winnipeg (MB2) 2

Eight different players drove in runs for BC in what was a collective effort at the plate. Noah Thomas (Ladner, BC) went 3 for 4 with a home run while teammate Maguire Wakelyn (Abbotsford, BC) went 4 for 5 with 3 doubles. Starting pitcher Micah Buchnam (Abbotsford BC) earned the win striking out 4 over 2 hitless innings. Dylan Duguay (Lockport, MB) homered for Manitoba in the loss.

Saskatoon 9 Parkland (AB1) 8

Layton Urbanowski (Saskatoon, SK) came across to score the winning run in extra innings for Saskatoon. The walk-off win came after a 3-run 8^th inning for the host team. Urbanowski also earned the win on the mound as a reliever allowing 4 runs over 2.1 innings. Jacob Lovsin (Stony Plain, AB) went 3 for 5 with a double in the losing effort while Saskatoon’s Karter McNarland (Saskatoon, SK) went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs to lead the offense.

Swift Current (SK2) 12 South Central (MB1) 4

Starting pitcher Dawson Schultz (Swift Current, SK) earned the win striking out 5 batters over 2 innings on the mound while allowing only 1 earned run. Schultz also contributed in the batter’s box as he went 2 for 4 with a home run and 4 RBIs. Cash Arntsen (Swift Current, SK) went yard as well going 3 for 4 while driving in 4. Denton Mateychuk (Dominion City, MB) doubled and walked twice while going on to steal 3 bases in the ball game for Manitoba.

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