Sr. Angels lose to tough teams

By David McIver

The senior Rosetown Angels have played well but still lost their first two games of the season in the Fertile Valley Baseball League.

The Angels, who were to play the Klippers in Kindersley on Sunday, host the Stallions tonight (Tuesday) and go to Kerrobert next Sunday, lost 12-9 to the Kindersley Cubs at home on May 25 after a 12-11 loss in Oyen the day before.

Tag and out. Noah Martens (C), first baseman for the Rosetown Angels, tags out Seth Krahn of the Kindersley Cubs for the first out of the fifth inning on May 25. Pitcher Ryan Wickett watches. The Cubs won 12-9. Photo by David McIver

The Angels led 1-0 after the first inning but trailed 2-1 after the second. The Angels tied it 3-3 in the third.

But the Cubs batted well in the middle innings and led 9-6 after six innings.

For the Angels, Tyler Moore hit a double in the sixth that scored two runs.

Noah Martens and Emmett Keith each hit two singles, and Dustin Moore, Ryan Wickett and Colin Pylypow got one each.

Angel batter Rob Gregory was also the beneficiary on a play which evoked a rule that umpire Rick Miller of Kindersley hadn't seen in over 30 years of officiating.

The pitched ball hit home plate and bounced over the backstop. The call made by the other umpire, Vaughn Bieberdorf, also of Kindersley, meant a two-base walk and Gregory advancing to second.

For the Cubs, Calvin Feader hit a two-run-scoring double. Seth Krahn batted in two runs on a single.

Ryan Wickett went the distance on the mound for the Angels, allowing 13 hits and two walks.

Reese Gyug, who played in left field on Monday, also plays on the U-18 Angels team. Gyug, who is from south of Saskatoon, hasn't finished high school yet but has started as an apprentice at Western Sales, said Wickett.

Noah Martens pitched the entire game for the Angels in Oyen. They were leading late 11-9 going into the bottom of the seventh, said Wickett. The lead had gone back and forth all game, he said.

"We hit the ball well" and Martens "pitched really well and did a good job," but the Eagles still scored three runs to win, said Wickett.

While the Angels had gone 0-2 in the opening week, they "were playing two of the tougher teams in the league," he said.