It took nine games, but the Yorkton Cardinals have a win in the Western Major Baseball League this season.
The Cardinals finally found a victory Monday night against rival Melville amid rain delays which extended the game to near 11 p.m. before the final out was recorded.
鈥淚t鈥檚 huge,鈥� said assistant coach Brady Hohl. 鈥淚t鈥檚 good to get some momentum.鈥�
Yorkton scored a single in the first inning on a triple by Colin Kellington to left field, scoring lead-off hitter Thirus Jones who had got on base thanks to a Melville error.
In the fourth Dillon Champagne led off for Yorkton with a solo home run. The Cardinals would put together four more hits, and mix in two walks that would account for five more runs to take a 7-0 lead.
The Millionaires would score a pair in the fifth
But Yorkton was not done. In the sixth, Ryne Niemi led off with a triple scoring on a single by Jayse Wilson.
In the seventh, the Mills scored one.
In the home half of the seventh, Niemi would be in the middle of it again, hitting a double to plate two more Cardinal runs to extend the lead to 10-3.
Four walks by Melville pitching in the eighth would lead to an 11th Cardinal run.
The Mills didn鈥檛 go quietly into the late night, as they plated two on an error to the Yorkton centrefielder to round out the 11-5 Cardinal win.
鈥淲e played a solid all-around game,鈥� Hohl said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e fired up.
鈥淚t鈥檚 important to keep a level head.鈥�
Chris Cook was the winning pitcher for Yorkton based on three innings of relief work, while Mills starter Zach Diaz was tagged with the loss.
Yorkton now sits with a 1-8 record, last in the WMBL East, 7.5 games back of division-leading Weyburn.
Melville sits at 3-5 in fifth spot in the east.
Road loss
The Cardinals were in Weyburn Sunday and after scoring one in the first, adding two in the second and one in the third, they enjoyed a 4-0 lead.
But it would not last.
The Beavers cut the lead in half with two in the fourth. They scored again in the fifth.
In the sixth, the Beavers added one again to tie the game 4-4.
Yorkton responded with three in the seventh to regain the lead 7-4.
The lead evaporated as Weyburn scored four in the home-half of the seventh to take an 8-7 lead, which was how the game ended.
Dalton Ross earned the win for the Beavers, based on 1.1 inning of relief work, with Shandon Herrero picking up the save.
Andrew Cisneros was tagged with the loss for Yorkton based on one inning of relief, pitching the seventh giving up four hits and four runs with two of those earned.
Sox shock on Saturday
The Regina Red Sox rolled into Yorkton Saturday for action at Jubilee Park, and the contest went to the visitors.
The Sox scored runs in the second, third, fifth and sixth to lead 7-0 before Yorkton plated a lone reply in the eighth to make it 7-1.
But the Red Sox would tack on three in the ninth to wind up with a 10-1 win.
Evan Rogers earned the win on the mound for Regina. Rogers allowed on three hits in seven innings, did not allow a run or issue a walk, while striking out six.
Dillon Champagne started and lasted five innings, giving up seven hits and four runs, three of those earned, in being tagged with the loss for Yorkton.
57s take two
The Swift Current 57s visited Jubilee Park for a pair of games last week.
On Jun. 7, the 57s took the lead with a pair of runs in the third, and then added two in the fourth, before Yorkton responded with two of their own in the home-half of the fourth.
A two-run sixth knotted the score 4-4, before Swift Current plated the eventual winning run in the seventh for a 5-4 victory.
Nick Hooper was the winning pitcher, with Mitch Guiberson picking up the save.
Andrew Cisneros took the loss for Yorkton based on four innings of relief work.
It was more of the same against the 57s on Jun. 8, with Swift Current scoring three in the first inning, all counting on a three-run home run from Bo McClintock.
The teams traded single runs in the fourth, but the Cardinal offence would be stymied the rest of the way, while Swift Current scored singles in the seventh and eighth innings to round out a 6-1 win.
Zach Bravo earned the win from the hill for the 57s, scattering only four hits, and allowing one earned run in seven innings of work.
Ryan Thrasher was the Cardinal starter lasting four innings and taking the loss.
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