Thanks to a pair of five-run innings the North Battleford Midget Beavers were able to sweep the Parkland Expos Sunday afternoon.
They didn’t make it easy on themselves, however.
In the first game of the double-header, the Beavers used a five-run third innings to cruise to a 9-1 victory.
Gavin Wourms and Jared Schmidt each had a pair of RBI in the win.
After moving to the mound in the fourth inning, Schmidt pitched phenomenally going 3.1 innings allowing just two hits.
Andrew Hudec had a great game going 3-for-4 with two runs scored from the lead off spot.
After a short break inbetween games, the two were back on the diamond for the second game. Once again it was a five-run third inning which vaulted the Beavers out in front.
Paul Cubbon, normally the Beaver’s main catcher, took to the mound in the fifth inning and was cruising through two innings allowing just one run.
In the top of the seventh, however, the Expos poured on the pressure. They scored four runs to cut the deficit to just one, after trailing by as many as five at various points during the game.
Of the five runs Cubbon allowed, just two of them were earned and the Beavers held on for the 8-7 victory.
With the two victories the Beavers snapped a seven-game winless streak and improved their record to 4-11-1.
They play again this coming weekend, with a double header Sunday against the Regina Blue Jays beginning at 10 A.M.
