The Yorkton Cardinals kept it close Thursday evening in Melville, at least for a while.
The game at Pirie Field, home of the Western Canadian Baseball League Millionaires was knotted at 1-1 after the opening inning, with the host-nine inching ahead scoring two in the fourth.
Melville made it a 5-1 lead until Yorkton plated a run in the top of the seventh to make it 5-2.
But then the proverbial wheels fell off the Cardinal bus. Melville scored four in the home half of the seventh, then added six more in the eighth to round out a 15-2 decision.
Luke Sommers was the winning pitcher for Melville, while Zachary Taylor took the loss for Yorkton.
Yorkton had seven hits in the game, while Melville had 17.
Each team committed two errors in the early season contest.
Matthew Korman had a stolen base for the Cardinals.
The two teams will meet up again this evening (Friday, May 31), at Jubilee Park in Yorkton for the Cardinals home opener at 7:05 pm.
