Stallions get ousted in NSRBL playoffs
By Kate Winquist
There will be no repeat championship season for the Kindersley Stallions.
The quarter-finals of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League pitted the #6 ranked Stallions against the #3 ranked Wilkie Brewers.
Kindersley travelled to Wilkie for the first game of the best of three series but lost a heartbreaker in extra innings. The final score was 5-4. Kyle Donaldson pitched a solid game for the ponies, and Corson Harris cranked a two-run homer.
The Stallions and the Brewers played the return matchup on July 14. Kindersley got off to a great start with a 2-0 lead after the first inning. Joel McGrath pitched 5+ innings before Tylin Hilbig came in for relief. Unfortunately, the Stallions had one bad inning with some errors in the field, and they couldn’t get the bats going. Wilkie came away with a 6-4 victory and a sweep of the defending league champs.
The Stallions will be hosting a provincial tourney on August 5-7 and hope to be well rested.
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