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Two southeast baseball teams reach provincial gold medal games

Carlyle Cardinals and Southeast A's enjoyed weekend success.
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The Carlyle Cardinals reached a provincial baseball final on the weekend.

Two teams from southeast Saskatchewan competed in gold medal games at provincial baseball tournaments during the August long weekend.

The Carlyle Cardinals, fresh off their victory in the Saskota Baseball League’s Harbourne Memorial Tournament in Estevan, were at the provincial Senior AA Tier 1 competition in Regina.

Carlyle won once at provincials, but still came close to winning the Baseball Sask. banner.

The Cardinals opened with a 4-3 victory over the Marysburg Royals in their lone game Friday.

On Saturday, they lost 2-0 to the Saskatoon Outlaws and 12-2 to the Regina Trappers. They finished the round robin with a 1-2 record, but made it to the final on a tie-breaker.

Facing the Trappers again, this time it was much closer, but the Trappes prevailed 6-5.

The Southeast U15 AAA A’s made it to the final of their Tier 2 tournament in Regina.

The A’s opened with a 6-2 victory over the Regina Wolfpack on Friday and an 8-7 victory over the Yorkton Cardinals Saturday. In the win over the Wolfpack, the A’s scored twice in each of the fourth and fifth innings to pull away in what was a 2-2 game. Draven Naviaux had two hits and two runs batted in (RBIs) for the A’s.

Tyson Hardy, Daxtyn Brown and Axton Martin teamed up to allow just two runs over the seven-inning game.

The Yorkton Cardinals had a 3-0 lead in the first inning and a 7-6 advantage entering the bottom of the seventh, but the A’s Chase Himmelspach hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh for the victory. Himmelspach scored three times in the game.

Brown gave up just one hit in 2 2/3 innings of relief to get the win.

Their next game was a 16-6 loss to the Regina White Sox. The A’s scored twice to start the game, but the White Sox would score at least once in each inning, and scored four times in the bottom of the sixth to invoke the mercy rule.

Himmelspach homered for the second straight game and had three hits, four RBIs and two runs on the day.

The A’s were down 3-1 entering the bottom of the seventh in their final round-robin game against the East Central Dodgers on Sunday, but scored three times to win 4-3 and advance to the Tier 2 final.

Hardy’s base hit scored Martin for the winning run. It was the A’s fourth base hit of the inning.

Martin had two RBIs in the game. He also went 6 2/3 innings on the mound, and Tristan Brownridge recorded the final out for the A’s.

The White Sox defeated the A’s 8-0 in the gold medal game. (No further information was available).