Canadians remain undefeated in Rambler Park action

Canadians pitcher Xavier Tremblay surrendered only four hits in five innings of work and made an early 4-0 lead stick as the Moose Jaw Canadians took a 7-0 mercy-rule win over the Rampage in Rambler Park Fastball League action on June 26 In the other league game at Memorial Field that night, one rough inning proved the difference as the Giants dropped an 8-5 decision to the Regina Gold.

The Canadians continue to hold down first place in the Division I standings with a 10-0-2 record, three games ahead of the Bulyea Rustlers.

The Giants sit in fifth place at 4-5-1, one game back of Silver Screen Sportswear for fourth.

Canadians 7, Rampage 0

Dane Roy hit a lead-off home run while Sean Lougheed added a two-run single as part of the four run first inning.

That would be more than enough for Tremblay, who struck out six and allowed only three runners into scoring position on the night.

The Canadians added an insurance run in the fourth inning when Riley Almasi reached on an error and scored on a Kent Barber sacrifice fly before Brad Reaney and Lougheed came around to score in the sixth to invoke the seven-up-after-five-innings mercy rule.

Dean Holoien was 2-for-3 with a run scored for the Canadians while Derek Owens was 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. Anthony Kiaswatum went the distance for the Rampage in taking the loss.

Gold 8, Giants 5

The Giants found themselves with the early 2-1 lead after Jason Schneider and Darryl Callaghan scored runs in the opening inning, but the narrow edge wouldn’t last through the fourth

Ben Bray hit a two-run home run and the Gold took advantage of a pair of Giants errors – two of their seven defensive miscues in the contest -- to score five runs on four hits.

The Giants got one run back in the fourth when Jason St. Pierre reached on an error and scored on a Larry Childs single, but the Gold used another four Moose Jaw errors to their advantage in the fifth to bring home a pair of insurance runs. Schneider and Childs each scored in the sixth as the Giants tried to make a comeback, but that would be as close as they’d get.

Tim McCaig surrendered six runs on four hits in taking the loss, with Dale Garthus tossing the final three frames, giving up a pair of runs on two hits. Kwasnicki finished the game giving up five runs on seven hits.

Next action is July 12 at Memorial Field as the Canadians take on Regina Gold (7 p.m.) and the Giants battle the Pasqua A’s (9 p.m.).