Weyburn Beavers

The Weyburn Beavers were in Swift Current last night to finish a game that took 18 days and four hours to complete, and then turned around and played another seven-inning game right afterward.  

The Weyburn Beavers would get 10 hits off a solid Regina Red Sox pitching staff at Tom Laing Park last night and had six runs come across the plate. It wouldn’t be enough, though, as the Red Sox capitalized on a five-run third inning to come away with a 12-6 victory over the home side.  

The Weyburn Beavers would find themselves up by three heading into the seventh inning of Tuesday night’s game against the Moose Jaw Miller Express, but the visitors would rally back, scoring five in the eighth inning to come away with a 10-7 victory.  

The game would see a little bit of everything, from a home run from Moose Jaw first baseman Austin Gurney, the twin brother of Weyburn catcher Robert Gurney, to a balk in the second inning, to a pair of ejections in the fifth inning.  

The Weyburn Beavers picked up their second win in a row Wednesday night, but they would need extra innings to come away with the victory in Regina over the Red Sox.  

The Beavers found themselves up 7-1 heading into the 8th inning, but the Red Sox would rally to tie the game, scoring four runs in the eighth, and two more in the ninth to force the extra innings. A big outpouring of offence in the 10th inning would put Weyburn ahead, and they came away with a 12-8 victory.  

It was a weekend of ups and downs for the Weyburn Beavers.  

It started Friday night as they welcomed the Saskatoon Berries to Tom Laing Park for the first time. The expansion franchise was looking for their first win of the season, and were hoping they would get it against the Beavers.  

After a thrilling win in extra innings Tuesday night, the Weyburn Beavers were looking to bring the momentum into the game Wednesday against the Lethbridge Bulls to make it two victories in a row. The Bulls, however, had different plans.  

This weekend was Opening Weekend for the Western Canadian Baseball League, and the Weyburn Beavers came out with some impressive performances Friday and Saturday at home, even if they didn’t finish on the winning side of the scoreboard.  

Friday night was the home opener, with the defending champion Moose Jaw Miller Express in town. The Beavers would stay with the Miller Express up until the final stages of the game, with Moose Jaw coming away with a 5-3 victory.  

The Weyburn Beavers take to the diamond at Tom Laing Park tonight for the first game of the 2024 Western Canadian Baseball League Season, with the Moose Jaw Miller Express coming to town.  

The Beavers are welcoming several new faces to the roster this year, including Ian Heck. He is a two-way player out of Sacramento, California. For him, coming to Weyburn is his first time out of the United States, and he is excited to experience a lot of new places.  

The Western Canadian Baseball League released the schedule for the 2024 season this week.  

The Weyburn Beavers will open the season at home on May 24th, when they host the Moose Jaw Miller Express at Tom Laing Park. They follow up the home and season opener the next night and close out the opening weekend with a game against the 57s in Swift Current on May 26th.  

In the second game of a doubleheader, in the bottom of the eighth inning in a seven-inning game, Trent Lawson stepped up to the plate for what would be his final at-bat of collegiate ball, summer ball or otherwise. Ryan McCarthy was on second base, representing the go-ahead run in the 3-3 ball game.

Lawson, who led the team in doubles all season, and flirted with the Weyburn Beavers single-season record for doubles, was looking for just the right pitch. Even a single could be enough to bring home the winning run.