The Yorkton Cardinals were in Medicine Hat for Western Canadian Baseball League action Canada Day.
The host Mavericks scored three in the first inning and never trailed after that.
Medicine Hat added one in the fifth, two in the sixth, and three in the seventh to lead 9-0.
Yorkton finally put two on the scoreboard in the eighth inning to round out a 9-2 Maverick victory.
Garrett Nicholson was the winning pitcher for Medicine Hat, going 7.2 innings, giving up four hits, and two runs, both of them earned, He walked two and struck out four.
Hut Smith took the loss as the Cardinal starter. Smith went six inning allowing eight hits, and six run, five of those earned. He allowed one walk and had no strikeouts.
The Cardinals sit with a 2-23 record, 17-games behind Weyburn in first place in the WCBL Eastern Division.
