The Southeast Legacy midget AAA Twins recently won two out of three games with the offence coming alive and producing runs.
The Twins came out on top in a doubleheader on May 9 defeating the Regina Expos 10-3 in the first game and 18-12 in the following matchup. But they lost a home game 19-9 to the Regina Athletics on May 10.
In their most recent game, the Twins fell behind 7-0 after two innings and by the top of the fifth they were trailing 16-2.
In the bottom half of the inning, with nobody out and two players on base, Brett MacMurchy hit a double, which scored a run. After a single by Damon Hutt, the bases were loaded for Kirkland Chalus, and he crushed a grand slam over the fence in left field.
The Twins scored seven runs that inning but only managed two more in the loss.
“We played a really good team today against the Athletics, and they probably have the best 1, 2, 3, 4 hitters in the league. So they really showed it today,” said coach Blaine Kovach said.
He was also impressed with how the team never gave up throughout the game.
“It shows the boys have character. They’re not going to give up, and they’re going to battle each and every inning,” he said
In the first game of the doubleheader on May 9, the Twins got a great pitching performance for Josh Brown. He pitched a complete game (seven innings), allowing five hits, while striking out three and walking two.
The game was a pitcher’s duel until the top of the fourth inning when the Twins opened the scoring, earning three runs.
The Twins scored multiple runs in the final three innings to go on to win the game, out hitting the Expos 10-5 on the day.
In the second game, the Twins got off to a slow start and were down 5-0 in the first inning.
After five innings they trailed 8-2, and in the top half of the sixth, scored six runs on no hits capitalizing on walks and errors committed by the Expos.
The game eventually went to extra innings, and the Twins scored eight in the top of the eighth to put the game away, as the Expos only scored two in their half of the inning.
Overall, Kovach said the team played well over those three games.
“The weekend was good, took two out of three, which I’m quite happy with, I’ll take that any day of the week, that’s a good series.”
What the Twins will continue to work on for their upcoming games is pitch recognition, and they are going to be taking a lot of ground balls and fly balls in practice.
The Twins will be competing in the Midget Selects Tournament in Saskatoon this weekend.
