The Southeast U18 AAA Twins won both games they played Sunday against the host Swift Current 57s.
The first game, an 8-5 Twins victory, saw the Twins score twice in each of the second, third, fourth and fifth innings to lead 8-1. Swift Current managed three in the fifth and one in the seventh to make the score respectable.
Dallen Oxelgren scored twice and had three hits to pace the Twins offence, and Kaiden Lyons brought in two runs.
Jayke Smolinski gave up four runs, but only one earned, in 4 2/3 innings. He also struck out six. Ethan Ernst surrendered one run in 1 1/3 innings, and Kaiden Lyons didn’t give up a run in an inning of relief.
The second game was a 19-7 rout in five innings. Swift Current led 2-0 after the first inning, but then the Twins scored two in the second, seven in the third and eight in the fourth to blow the contest wide open.
Every hitter who had an at bat for the Twins had at least one hit and one run. Smolinski and Bryson Andres each notched three runs and three hits, and Ernst, Ty Nikolejsin, Dallen Oxelgren and Zach Price brought in three runs each.
Mason Fichter gave up seven runs and struck out six in five innings of work.
The Twins, whose record is 6-8, will be back on the field Saturday, when they host the Regina Athletics at Lynn Prime Park. Games will be at 1 and 3 p.m. Then they will visit the Parkland Expos Sunday in Yorkton.
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The Estevan U18 AA Brewers are now riding a four-game winning streak after a pair of lopsided wins at home over the White Butte Broncos on Sunday.
Estevan scored seven times in the bottom of the fourth to break open a 2-2 game, and then added three in the fifth to invoke the mercy rule in an 11-1 victory. Kaleb Poole had three hits to lead the attack, while several players had multiple runs in the game in what was a balanced attack.
Riley Niven pitched all five innings, and gave up two runs, one unearned, and struck out three.
The second game was over in 4 1/2 innings, as the Twins raced out to a 6-0 lead in the first inning, and then added two in the second, eight in the third and three in the fourth. The game was called after the Broncos were shut out in the fifth.
The Twins managed 21 hits in the game, with Cade Bendtsen and Daylen Babyak each getting four. Babyak also scored four times and had four runs batted in.
Tayce Miller started and allowed one run in four innings, and struck out three. Logan Romaniuk struck out three and didn’t allow a base-runner in an inning of relief.
The Brewers (9-2) next action will be Aug. 12 when they host the Weyburn Beavers at Lynn Prime Park. Then they will host the Lumsden Cubs on Aug. 15 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Lingelbach Field at Mets Stadium, and the Regina Blue Jays on Aug. 16, again at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at Mets Stadium.
