Two Lengthy Streaks Continue as Power-Laden Berries Squash Road-Weary Beavers

A long winning streak continued Thursday night, as did a long losing streak as the Saskatoon Berries blasted the Weyburn Beavers 22-4 before 1,341 fans at Cairns Field.

The Berries put up crooked numbers on the scoreboard in each of the first five innings as Saskatoon recorded their 10th consecutive victory while Weyburn dropped their eighth consecutive game…each representing the longest such current streak in the W-C-B-L. The Berries showed off the home run power for their home faithful fans that they have on the road, hitting four round-trippers – two of them by Bailyn Sorenson and one each by Cory Wouters and Ethan Menard. The latter’s two-run moon shot travelled over 400 feet to straight-away centre field, the first of three homers hit by Saskatoon during a seven-run second inning that snapped a 3-3 tie. Menard’s Louisiana buddy Sorenson had seven runs batted in and third baseman Cooper Wesslund had three hits, including a triple, and scored three runs, including the go-ahead run in the second frame. Besides a 10th straight win, Thursday’s lop-sided decision allowed the Berries to reach the mid-point of their 56-game schedule with a 25-3 record, including a perfect 16-0 at Cairns Field. On the other side, the Beavers fell to 7-21. They are heading back to Weyburn after losing all seven games on a road trip into Alberta and a final stop in Saskatoon, during which they were out-scored 90-39 and gave up at least 10 runs in each of their last six outings. Beavers’ pitching gave up 19 hits, plunked four Berries’ batters – with three of those driving in a run as the bases were loaded – issued 11 walks and threw 225 pitches in a nine-inning game that took three hours and 22 minutes to play. Saskatoon plays a seventh straight game in as many days Friday night when they visit Moose Jaw, then head back to Cairns Field for a Saturday evening contest against Regina at 6 o’clock. Following are Les Lazaruk’s post-game interviews with head coach Joe Carnahan, Sorenson and Wesslund plus the official box score courtesy the W-C-B-L website…..

Game Date: 07/03/2025
Weyburn Beavers  4 AT Saskatoon Berries  22

                                 YTD                                   YTD
Weyburn            AB  R  H BI   AVG  Saskatoon          AB  R  H BI   AVG
Alva, A 2B          5  1  1  1  .267  Menard, E C         6  3  3  2  .435
Dauphinee, R DH     4  0  2  1  .328  Janner, E CF        2  2  0  1  .289
Heck, I 1B          3  0  0  0  .345  Houston, N SS       3  3  2  1  .354
Brooks, N LF        3  0  0  0  .321   Prieto, N SS       2  1  1  1  .226
 Dorrance, T PH     1  0  0  0  .364  Sorensen, B DH      5  3  3  7  .308
Dale, T 3B          5  1  1  0  .297  Medina, A 2B        6  0  1  2  .390
Tanabe, Z SS        5  0  2  0  .225  Murdoch, E RF       5  1  2  1  .286
McDaniel, C CF      3  1  0  0  .240  Wouters, C 1B       5  3  2  2  .333
Gurney, R C         4  0  0  0  .159  Wesslund, C 3B      5  3  3  1  .297
Malzewski, L RF     3  1  0  0  .214  Freeman, J LF       2  2  2  1  .296
                                       Zdunich, T LF,PH   2  1  0  0  .170
                   36  4  6  2                           43 22 19 19

Weyburn              0 3 0   0 0 1   0 0 0 -  4  6  3
Saskatoon            3 7 3   5 2 0   1 1 x - 22 19  4
2B--Alva, A 2B (9), Dauphinee, R DH 2 (10), Tanabe, Z SS (3), Medina, A 2B
(4), Wouters, C 1B (6). 3B--Wesslund, C 3B (1). HR--Menard, E C (8),
Sorensen, B DH 2 (3), Wouters, C 1B (5). RBI--Alva, A 2B (20), Dauphinee, R
DH (25), TOTALS  2 (0), Menard, E C  2 (23), Janner, E CF (12), Houston, N
SS (21), Prieto, N SS (5), Sorensen, B DH  7 (21), Medina, A 2B  2 (20),
Murdoch, E RF (17), Wouters, C 1B  2 (21), Wesslund, C 3B (11), Freeman, J
LF (14), TOTALS 19 (0). HP--Janner, E CF 2 (3), Houston, N SS (7), Medina,
A 2B (6), Murdoch, E RF (6). SB--Dauphinee, R DH (2), Janner, E CF 2 (10).
E--Alva, A 2B (9), Heck, I 1B (4), Tanabe, Z SS (9), Janner, E CF (4),
Prieto, N SS (2), Medina, A 2B (3), Wesslund, C 3B (7). 
LOB--Weyburn 11, Saskatoon 13. DP--A. Alva(2B) - Z. Tanabe(SS) - I.
Heck(1B). 
                                                                YTD
                                 IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR     ERA
 Weyburn
Meyer, R (L,0-4)                1.0   5   8   8   4   0   1   13.74
Eifler, J                       2.0   5   5   5   1   1   3   27.00
Thomson, T                      0.2   5   5   5   1   0   0   67.47
Mendoza, J                      1.0   0   2   0   3   2   0   10.45
Husband, K                      2.1   3   1   1   2   2   0   10.80
Parton, D                       1.0   1   1   0   0   2   0    5.55
                                8    19  22  19  11   7   4
 Saskatoon
Beamin, A                       2.0   2   3   3   5   2   0    5.11
Trondson, M (W,1-0)             4.0   2   1   1   0   3   0    6.55
Obrecht, C (S,1)                3.0   2   0   0   1   3   0    3.86
                                9     6   4   4   6   8   0
WP--Thomson, T 2 (2), Mendoza, J 5 (9). PB--Gurney, R. HB--Meyer, R (5),
Thomson, T (1), Mendoza, J (10), Husband, K (5), Parton, D (4). SO--Alva,
A, Heck, I, Dorrance, T, Dale, T 2, Tanabe, Z, McDaniel, C, Gurney, R,
Menard, E, Janner, E, Sorensen, B, Medina, A 2, Murdoch, E, Zdunich, T.
BB--Dauphinee, R, Heck, I 2, Brooks, N, McDaniel, C, Malzewski, L, Menard,
E, Janner, E 3, Houston, N, Sorensen, B 2, Wouters, C, Wesslund, C,
Freeman, J, Zdunich, T. BF--Meyer, R 12 (106), Eifler, J 11 (19), Thomson,
T 9 (9), Mendoza, J 8 (66), Husband, K 13 (83), Parton, D 6 (123), Beamin,
A 13 (64), Trondson, M 15 (53), Obrecht, C 14 (33). P-S--Meyer, R 40-17,
Eifler, J 40-23, Thomson, T 31-17, Mendoza, J 38-17, Husband, K 50-27,
Parton, D 23-17, Beamin, A 53-29, Trondson, M 60-42, Obrecht, C 58-39. 
T--3:23.  A--1341

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Plate Umpire - Blake Thille, Field Umpire #1 - Justin Anderson, Field Umpire #2 - Phil McGee