The Southeast Performance Pump midget AAA Twins dropped a pair of games to the Saskatoon Cubs last week.
The Twins lost 7-4 in the first game and 8-5 in the second, leaving the club with a 12-14 record in league play.
After opening the scoring with a run in the first inning of the first game, the Twins gave up four runs in the first and three in the third to fall behind 7-1. They responded with three of their own in the fourth to make a game of it, but couldn’t draw any closer.
Burke Lyons and Rhett Krafchuck each had three hits to lead the Twins attack. Lyons had two doubles, and he also scored twice and knocked in a run.
Jayke Smolinski surrendered seven runs, all earned, and struck out two in three innings of work. Hudson Neuberger came on in relief and didn’t allow a run while striking out four in three innings.
In the second game, the Twins scored twice in the second to lead 2-0, but gave up five in the third. A two-run fifth inning pulled them to within one, but then they surrendered three in the bottom of the fifth.
The Twins would get just one more run in the seventh inning.
Tyren Dorrance went 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI; one of his hits was a triple.
Thomas Husband gave up eight runs, five of them unearned, in 4 2/3 innings. Rylan Erb came on in relief and blanked the Cubs in 1 1/3 innings of work.
The Twins have four games remaining in the regular season. They will visit the Regina Wolfpack for a game on July 17, and then play two at the Saskatoon Diamondbacks the following day.
Their final game is July 19 at home against the Regina Athletics in a game that will be played in Weyburn.
