The weather has been putting a log jam in the beginning of the Yorkton Cardinals 2012 campaign. After having their Thursday road doubleheader against the Weyburn Beavers postponed to Friday, the Cardinals had their Highway 10 rivalry clash at home against the Melville Millionaires postponed due to a heavy storm Saturday afternoon.
However the Cardinals did manage to get their two games in at Weyburn's Tom Laing Park, splitting a doubleheader against the Beavers. The Cards took the first game of the doubleheader 5-0 before losing the tail end 12-5. In the opening game the Cards benefited from a seven inning strikeout performance from Travis Donahoo and two RBI's from Tory Bell to end their losing streak. In the second game the Cardinals put up another promising performance with the bats matching their five run total from the previous game, but in a change of roles the pitching was the Cardinals downfall.
On Monday night the Cardinals travelled to Pirie Field in Melville to take on the Millionaires in another East Division clash. The Cardinals, who are one spot below the second place Millionaires in the East failed to earn any ground in the standings losing 9-2 in another tough defeat. Melville benefited from a seven run fifth inning after Yorkton held a one run lead earned in the second inning. The win put the Millionaires at .500 for the season and three games up on the Cardinals.
Tuesday night saw the Cardinals host the Central Division Moose Jaw Miller Express at Jubilee Park. The Cardinals crept within a game and a half of second place in the East Division with a 3-2 win that improved their record to 3-5 in the young WMBL season. The Cardinals had another solid starting pitching performance as Dylan Tye pitched a 7.2 inning two run performance keeping the game close for the Cards despite the two run fourth inning. The Cardinals once again showed their late rally fight with a seventh inning run on a Moose Jaw error closing the Moose Jaw lead to within one. Mike Perry tied the game up with a clutch RBI in the eighth followed by a game winning RBI from Gabe Cook to give the Cardinals a 3-2 lead heading into the ninth inning where Corey Thompson closed out the Express earning him the win and giving the Cardinals momentum heading into an important three game stretch against division leaders Regina and a double header clash with the Weyburn Beavers on Saturday.
Both games are at Jubilee Park and will be an important chance for the Cardinals to continue to get some footing in the standings after a disappointing start to their 2012 season.
