The Southeast Legacy Twins finished off a forgettable regular season on the weekend with a pair of losses.
The midget baseball club finished in last place in the nine-team Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League with a record of 5-25. Only the top eight make the playoffs, leaving the Twins on the outside looking in.
However, they do have provincials coming up this weekend in Saskatoon. Last year, the Twins made a surprise run to the provincial final.
The club finished off the 2014 season with games against two of the SPBL's best teams.
On Friday night, in the Twins' last home game, they lost 10-4 to the league-leading Saskatoon Giants. The next day they fell 13-3 to the third-place Regina Wolfpack in the provincial capital.
The Giants did most of their scoring early on Friday, bringing in three runs in the first inning and four more in the third. At that point, they led 7-2.
Saskatoon tacked on another run in the fifth inning and added two in the seventh.
The Twins doubled their run count with two in the bottom of the seventh, but couldn't close the gap any further.
Carver Krafchuk led the Twins at the plate, hitting 4-for-4 with a run batted in and two runs scored. Carson Perkins went 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The Twins piled up 12 hits on the evening, but struggled to translate that into runs.
Colton Gingras was the Twins' starting pitcher, throwing four and a third and allowing eight runs (seven earned) on nine hits. He struck out four and issued one walk.
Sean Jonassen came on in mop-up duty, pitching the final two and two-thirds. He allowed two runs on four hits and a walk.
Michael Tremblay was the Giants' top batter, hitting 4-for-5 with an RBI and a run. Brett Doepker went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored.
Wes Hiebert pitched a complete game for the Giants, allowing four runs and 12 hits while fanning four batters.
Saturday's game in Regina ended after five innings on the mercy rule.
The Wolfpack did most of their damage in the second inning, plating eight runs. Singles by Calvin Vanderleest, Tristan Boire and Derek Frater brought in four runs, while a dropped foul ball, a walk and a wild pitch accounted for others.
Regina scored three more runs in the third inning to boost their lead to 11-0.
The Twins got on the board with two runs in the fourth. Gingras brought in Garret Fitzpatrick on a single and a dropped foul ball resulted in Gingras coming home.
However, the Wolfpack responded with two runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth, one on an error and the other on a Carson Bogdan single.
The Twins added a third run in the top of the fifth, as Jonassen hit a single with a full count to bring in Perkins.
Krafchuk, the team's starting shortstop, was the Twins' top batter during the regular season, with a .363 average. That puts him 11th in the league.
Jonassen hit .299, Gingras hit .250 and Fitzpatrick had a .247 average.
Meanwhile, James Giroux led the team's pitching staff, with an earned-run average of 3.47. In 34.1 innings, he allowed 24 (17 earned) runs on 42 hits, 28 strikeouts and 14 walks.
