As the first month of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League season enters the record books, two teams find themselves leading the way.
Heading into Monday’s action, which took place after press time, the Lloydminster Twins and the North Battleford Beavers led the standngs with 5-0 marks.
The Beavers were looking to stay unbeaten Monday as they hosted the Meadow Lake Sox, while the Twins were on the road last night to go up against the Wilkie Brewers.
The last week has been busy for the Beavers, as they picked up three wins during a four-day span at Beaver Lions Stadium.
Following a narrow 3-1 win over the visiting Standard Hill Lakers Thursday, the Beavers swept a Sunday doubleheader over the Battlefords Trappers by scores of 21-9 and 3-2.
Meanwhile, the Twins kept their perfect record intact with two dominant performances last week.
They went on the road last Tuesday to pick up an 11-1 win over the Macklin Lakers and followed that up with a 7-0 shutout away-from-home against the Mervin Flyers Thursday.
As of press time, the Sox sat third in the standings with a 6-1 record, with Kevin Gerwing leading the NSRBL with a .773 batting average.
The Sox also have the top pitcher in the league so far as veteran Quincy Winkler has a 2-0 record, 19 strikeouts and a 1.87 earned run average
The Brewers were in fourth spot with a 3-1 mark, while the defending champion Unity Cardinals had a 3-2 record and were in fifth postition.
The Lakers and Border City Blue Jays were right behind the Cardinals after 3-3 starts and were followed by the 2-3 Edam Blue Sox.
The St. Walburg Reds, who have the league’s home run leader with Layne Young and his two round trippers, were in ninth place with a 1-4 record.
Rounding out the standings were the 1-5 Flyers, the 1-6 Trappers and the 0-5 Lakers.
League play resumes Tuesday night with the Flyers visiting the Cardinals, the Reds taking on the Blue Jays in Lloydminster and the Trappers hosting the Lakers.
Only one game is slated to take place Wednesday as the Brewers go up against the Lakers.
On Thursday night, the Blue Sox face the Cardinals, the Twins take on the Reds, the Trappers tangle with the Flyers and the Beavers battle it out with the Blue Jays.
A rare Friday night contest will also occur this week as the Reds go on the road to face the Brewers in Wilkie.
