The North Battleford Beavers, with a record of 2-2, looked to get back in the win column Tuesday night as they hosted the 1-5 Midwest Expos in North Saskatchewan River Baseball League play at Beaver Lions Stadium.
With two on in the second inning, a hit from Brandon Gregoire got past the shortstop and a run scored to make it 1-0. A base hit for Blair Geering scored another run to make it 2-0.
An RBI single made it 3-0, followed by a sacrifice fly by Ryan Shepherd, which also scored a runner.
A base hit by Kyle Palmer brought a fifth run home, and just two innings into the game it was already 5-0 Beavers.
With runners at first and third Justin Tindall brought home a run as the Beavers barely missed out on a double play that would have ended the inning. That would be the only run of the inning for the Expos.
In the bottom of the third with two on and two out, a base hit by Dion Tederoff brought a run home to make it 6-1 Beavers. They added another run to make it 7-1 Beavers through three.
There was no scoring in the fourth inning, but the Expos erupted in the fifth, with a base hit bringing home two runs, followed by two more Expos runs to make it 7-5. But a great defensive play off of third base by Derrick Chapman saved the inning for the Beavers and kept the Expos from scoring any more runs in the fifth.
In the bottom of the fifth, it was a bases loaded situation for Ryan Shepherd. His 2-RBI double restored a four-run lead for the Beavers at 9-5.
Despite some runners on, it was a quiet sixth inning and a one-two-three seventh to preserve a 9-5 Beavers win.
Next action for the Beavers is scheduled for Thursday night, again at home, against Standard Hill Lakers. They are also scheduled to be at home Sunday at noon versus the Meadow Lake Sox.
