It was a hectic last few games to wrap up the regular season in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League this past week.
Wednesday night saw the North Battleford Beavers defeat the Unity Cardinals 3-2. A run in the sixth inning put North Battleford ahead to stay. Kyle Palmer pitched seven innings and had two RBIs and four strikeouts in the win.
Other games from Wednesday saw Wilkie beat the Battlefords Trappers 10-6, Macklin beat the Lloydminster Twins 6-5 and Meadow Lake crush Edam 9-0.
Thursday action saw the Beavers lose 11-10 on the road to Macklin, Standard Hill won 11-1 at home over Border City, Mervin beat Edam 9-4 and the Trappers wrapped up their regular season with a 5-4 loss to Unity on the road.
Friday night was the last game of the regular season for the Beavers, who hosted Wilkie. The game was a close one throughout and needed extra innings to decide the contest.
A five-run explosion in the top of the ninth inning put the Brewers ahead to stay.
The Beavers did load up the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning to make things interesting. A two-out base hit brought home two runs, but a throw to third forced the third out to end the game. The final score was 8-5 Wilkie. Gavin Wourms went the full nine innings to get the win for the Brewers.
The loss dropped the Beavers to 9-5 and into a tie with the Border City Blue Jays and Meadow Lake Sox in the final standings, three games behind first-place Lloydminster Twins who finished the season 12-2.
The final games of the regular season were concluded on Monday night, with the Unity Cardinals beating Wilkie 6-4. The win also pulled Unity into a four-way tie with a record of 9-5. The other game saw Mervin beat St. Walburg 8 to 4.
The results mean the playoff matchups are now set in the league. The 12-2 Twins will take on the 6-8 St. Walburg Reds in one first-round matchup. The others see the 9-5 Blue Jays play 7-7 Standard Hill, the 9-5 Meadow Lake Sox versus 8-6 Wilkie and North Battleford will take on Unity, both teams at 9-5.
Playoff action was scheduled to begin with Wilkie in Meadow Lake Wednesday. They were due to play again Thursday night in Wilkie.
