The Muenster Midget AAA Red Sox kicked off their season with a doubleheader split against the Swift Current 57s on May 6 in Swift Current.
Red Sox vs. 57s – Game 1
The Red Sox kicked off their season in excellent fashion as they knocked off the 57s 15-11 in the doubleheader opener.
Kyle Froehlich led the way offensively for the Red Sox finishing the opening contest 3-for-5 with three runs batted in and two runs scored.
Jayden Huls, Rylan Marianchuk, and Rylan Elmy added another six runs batted in as the trio combined to bat 6-for-13 with six runs batted in and six runs scored.
Drew Bauml picked up the win on the mound for the Red Sox pitching three innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks, while striking out four.
Aaron Aquino and Marianchuk combined to pitch the final four innings, allowing nine runs with just seven earned on nine hits, and four walks, while striking out six.
The contest could not have gotten off to a better start for the Red Sox as they scored seven runs on four hits, and three errors, as they sent 11 batters to the plate.
Errors played a big role in the big first inning for the Red Sox, as an error on a Marianchuk single allowed two to score, and an error on a Huls single allowed another three to come across.
After a full inning of scoreless ball, the 57s began cutting into the Red Sox lead in the bottom of the second as they scored twice on three hits and two walks, cutting the Red Sox lead to 7-2 through three innings.
After Huls walked with one out in the fourth, Froehlich drove him home with a run scoring triple, and later score himself on a Marianchuk single, to restore the Red Sox’s seven run lead.
That lead immediately disappeared for the Red Sox, as the 57s scored seven in the bottom half of the inning, thanks to six hits, two errors and three walks to tie the score at 9-9 through four innings.
After the Red Sox scored twice in the top of the fifth, and the 57s responded with one in the bottom half, the visitors broke the game wide open in the sixth.
The Red Sox tacked on four in the sixth, thanks to three hits, two walks and a hit batter.
The 57s responded with a run in the bottom of the sixth, but that was as close as they would come as Marianchuk struck out the last three batters in the seventh, giving the Red Sox a 15-11 win.
Red Sox vs. 57s – Game 2
After a quick break the teams returned to action.
Much like in the first game, offense dominated game two, as the teams combined for 26 runs, giving them a total of 52 runs in the two games.
Unfortunately for the Red Sox after hitting their way to a win in the opening game, the visitors could not replicate the feat in the second contest, as they fell 14-12.
Drew Bauml and Elmy led the way offensively for the Red Sox as the duo combined to bat 5-for-8 with two walks, six runs batted in and two runs scored.
Matthew McGrath was charged with the loss for the Red Sox after allowing seven runs, with just one earned on seven hits, and two walks, while striking out two in three innings of work.
Just like in game one, the Red Sox got off to a excellent start, scoring four times in the opening inning, thanks to three hits, two walks, and an error.
Unfortunately for the visitors they were unable to maintain their lead, as the 57s came roaring back in the bottom half of the inning, thanks to four hits, one walk, one hit batter, and one error.
It was that error that really cost the Sox, as it came on the first batter of the inning, and after a pair of fly outs that would have gotten them out of the inning, the 57s came alive with six straight batters reaching base.
After the Sox failed to score in the top of the second, the 57s tacked on two more in the bottom half, to extend their lead to 7-4.
Josh Doepker pulled the Red Sox back to within two in the top of the third, scoring on a wild pitch.
Unfortunately for the Red Sox, they were unable to close the gap any further as the 57s tacked on five runs in the bottom of the fourth to extend their lead to 12-5.
The home side added another in inning five to take their largest lead of the contest at 13-5.
Despite the large deficit the Red Sox refused to quit, and were rewarded for their efforts in the sixth, as they scored five times.
Drew Bauml came up with the biggest hit of the inning driving in three on a bases clearing triple, and was later scored on an Elmy single.
Elmy added the final run of the inning, scoring on a McGrath single.
The 57s added one in the bottom of the sixth, which proved costly.
Huls and Nicholas Silcox added runs in the seventh to cut the deficit to two, but the visitors could not get any closer, as they fell 14-12.
The Red Sox will enjoy a week off to rest their pitchers, before entering a busy weekend, which sees them play a doubleheader in Regina on May 12 and a doubleheader in Estevan on May 13.
