The Yorkton Cardinals found Alberta a less than hospitable place to visit, as they made an extended tour through the western division of the Western Major Baseball League.
Action started last Tuesday, (July 10), in Edmonton where the host Prospects scored deuces in the first four innings to lead 8-0, and take the win after the game was called following the fifth frame.
Harrison Grow was tagged with the loss as the Cardinal starter lasting only 1.2 innings, giving up three hits, five walks, and four earned runs.
Wednesday Yorkton moved north to face Fort McMurray.
The Giants took the lead with a single run in the third, which Yorkton got back in the fourth.
Single runs in the fifth and sixth gave the host Giants a 3-1 lead.
The Cardinals however proved pesky with two runs in the ninth to tie the contest.
But Giants fans went home happy as the host team plated the winning run in the 10th inning.
Austin Skelhorn was tagged with the loss based on two-thirds of an inning in the 10th.
The same teams hooked up Thursday with the Giants jumping out to the lead with a three-run first.
With one in the fifth and a pair in the sixth Yorkton knotted the games at threes.
The Cardinals added one in the eighth to lead 4-3, only to have the Giants take the win 6-4 with three in the home half of the eighth.
Parker Hubbard was the losing pitcher for Yorkton.
Friday Yorkton was scheduled to play in Edmonton, but the 13th proved unlucky as the game was cancelled.
For the weekend Yorkton headed south to play Okotoks.
The result Saturday was another check mark in the loss column for Yorkton.
The Cardinals actually held an early lead scoring two in the fourth.
The host Dawgs chopped the lead in half with one in the fifth, then tied it with another run in the sixth.
Yorkton plated a single run in the seventh to regain the lead 3-2.
But the wheels fell off for Yorkton in the eighth inning as they gave up six runs.
The Cardinals did score twice in the ninth but that left them short in an 8-5 loss.
Hunter Sanford took the loss after 7.1 innings of work on the mound for Yorkton, giving up seven hits, and five runs all of them earned.
If the wheels fell off Saturday, they were never on Sunday.
The host Dawgs scored two in the first, added two more in the third, a five spot in the sixth and three more for good measure in the sixth on their way to a 12-0 blitz of the Cardinals.
Harrison Grow took the loss for Yorkton lasting 5.1 innings and allowing eight hits, and eight runs, seven of those earned.
Monday the Cardinals were back in Saskatchewan visiting the Swift Current 57s.
Yorkton started well, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning.
The 57s cut the lead in half with two in the second, then added four in the third to take a 6-4 lead.
The Cardinals regained the lead with three in the fifth, for a 7-6 lead, but Swift Current tied the contest at sevens with one run in the home-half of the frame.
And then once again the wheels fell off for Yorkton as the 57s scored four in the sixth to break the tie, then added two in the seventh and one in the eighth to take a 14-7 win.
Jake Gill was tagged with the loss based on two innings of work giving up a lone run.
The string of losses have mired the Cardinals in the Eastern Division of the WMBL with an 8-26 record, and 17.5 games out of first which is held by Weyburn at 26-9.
Up next
The Cardinals have three mid-week home games, starting Wednesday against Weyburn, who return to play here Thursday as well.
Friday, Moose Jaw is scheduled to visit Jubilee Park.
Saturday Yorkton will play an evening doubleheader in Melville with 6:05 and 8:05 game times.
Sunday the Millionaires play in Yorkton.
