Things were going the way of the Yorkton Cardinals early in Medicine Hat today, (Sunday).
The Cardinals scored first in the Western Canadian Baseball League contest plating a run in the top of the second inning.
The host Mavericks tied the game with a run in the third.
Yorkton again scored a single run in the fourth to inch ahead 2-1.
But, Medicine Hat responded with three in the bottom of the fourth to go ahead 4-2.
In the fifth Yorkton added two, the Mavericks one for a 5-4 Medicine Hat lead.
Then Yorkton had a break-out inning in the seventh scoring four to go up 8-5.
The Mavericks cut into the Cardinal lead with two in the home-half of the seventh, narrowing the margin to 8-7.
And then Medicine Hat stole the win away from the visitors with three in the eighth to make it a 10-8 contest, a margin that held through the ninth for a Maverick victory.
Taylor Wright had a home run for the Mavericks, while Noah Barron with his sixth of the season, and Phil Whelan with his second went deep for Yorkton.
Flynn Ridley was the winning pitcher for Medicine Hat, based on 1.2 innings of relief work.
Jon Guardado picked up the save pitching the ninth inning.
Andrew Magness was tagged with the loss on the mound for Yorkton, appearing in relief without recording an out, but walking one, and giving up two runs, both of them earned.
