After the Yorkton Yankees beat the Canora Supers 2-0 last week in a battle of the SESBL's undefeated ballclubs, the two senior baseball powerhouses continued to do battle at the top of the standings to the dismay of their opponents in the South East senior league.
The Yankees and Supers dominance was put to the test however as the third place Langenburg Indians and the fourth place Willowbrook Royals showed that they can easily hang with the two teams at the top of the standings in some close affairs last week.
After the Yankees home win over the Supers they had to prepare for a rematch of the 2012 SESBL Final as the Royals looked to end the Yanks undefeated season at Jubilee Park.
After the two teams traded runs in the first inning, the Royals climbed out to a 3-1 lead in the second with a two run outburst that put them in the drivers seat as Tanner Nesbitt was given some run support to work with on the mound for the Royals.
Still as they have shown all season, the defending champions will not go down easily as two run innings in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings led to a 7-3 win for the Yankees and a missed opportunity for the Royals to get some sweet revenge on the Yankees for stealing the league title out of their hands last season.
Meanwhile the Langenburg Indians suffered a similar heartbreaking result against the Supers in Canora, climbing out to a 3-0 lead with just three innings left, the Indians pitching staff was unable to hand Canora their second straight loss as the Supers came roaring back in the late innings, tying the game up with two runs in the bottom of the sixth before Tyrel Thorpe failed to get the game into extra innings in the bottom of the ninth.
Canora would beat the Melville Bison 3-1 later in the week to overtake first place with the undefeated Yankees having two games at hand.
Langenburg stays in third place while Willowbrook is hot on their tail in fourth.
Russell and Swan River are tied for fifth place with two wins while the one win Melville Bison are in seventh. The Parkland Padres and the Yorkton Orioles sit winless through this point and are in last place.
