The Saskatoon Berries are heading out on their longest road trip of the season on a high after out-scoring the Swift Current 57s 11-6 Sunday afternoon at Cairns Field.
The Berries have won four straight, giving them a 32-5 record and an eight-and-a-half game lead over Medicine Hat atop the W-C-B-L’s East Division. On Sunday, before 1,926 fans, Saskatoon fell behind 5-2 in the third inning to the now 7-29 57s – whom they had wallopped 18-2 on Saturday night – but used a couple of clutch home runs to rally for their 19th win in 21 home games and fourth win in five-head-to-head meetings with Swift Current. Designated hitter Jalen Freeman clubbed a three-run homer to tie the score at 5-5 in the fourth inning. Freeman’s first round-tripper of the season was off the right field foul pole. Then, centre-fielder Carter Beck smoked a seventh-inning two-run shot over 400 feet to straight away centre field to give the Berries a more comfortable lead at 10-6. Beck and his Indiana State University team-mate – third baseman Mason Roell – each had three hits and two runs batted, while Matthias Trondson, the second Saskatoon pitcher of the day, pitched three-and-two-thirds innings for the mound victory. The Berries’ next action at Cairns Field is Thursday, July 24, when they host the 57s again. Saskatoon’s eight-game road swing begins Monday night with a re-scheduled contest in Medicine Hat – then two games in Okotoks, two games in Lethbridge, two games in Weyburn and a single in Swift Current. Following are Les Lazaruk’s post-game interviews with head coach Joe Carnahan and Freeman plus the official box score courtesy the W-C-B-L website…..
Game Date: 07/13/2025
Swift Current 57s 6 AT Saskatoon Berries 11
YTD YTD
Swift Current AB R H BI AVG Saskatoon AB R H BI AVG
Hilton, S LF 3 1 0 0 .300 Beck, C CF 4 3 3 2 .355
Ayala, L C 4 1 0 0 .327 Wesslund, C SS 4 1 1 0 .341
Almonte, J C 0 0 0 0 .214 Medina, A 2B 4 2 1 1 .373
Henriquez, W 3B 5 1 1 1 .292 Murdoch, E RF 4 0 1 1 .298
Ayala, J CF 4 1 2 2 .275 Roell, M 3B 4 1 3 2 .330
Prychak, C 1B 5 1 1 1 .178 Wouters, C 1B 5 1 2 1 .348
Bailey, E DH,P 4 0 1 0 .324 Janner, E LF 4 0 0 0 .250
Adair, R 2B 4 0 2 1 .245 Gonzalez, R C 4 1 0 0 .154
Mapes, T SS 3 0 1 0 .259 Freeman, J DH 4 2 1 3 .321
Vail, B RF 4 1 2 0 .253
36 6 10 5 37 11 12 10
Swift Current 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 3
Saskatoon 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 1 x - 11 12 3
2B--Vail, B RF (3), Beck, C CF (8), Wouters, C 1B (7). HR--Ayala, J CF (5),
Beck, C CF (5), Freeman, J DH (1). RBI--Henriquez, W 3B (21), Ayala, J CF
2 (23), Prychak, C 1B (10), Adair, R 2B (11), TOTALS 5 (0), Beck, C CF 2
(26), Medina, A 2B (25), Murdoch, E RF (26), Roell, M 3B 2 (20), Wouters,
C 1B (27), Freeman, J DH 3 (22), TOTALS 10 (0). HP--Ayala, L C (9),
Murdoch, E RF (7), Roell, M 3B (3). SF--Ayala, J CF (2). SB--Ayala, L C
(7), Wesslund, C SS (8), Freeman, J DH (12). E--Henriquez, W 3B (7), Adair,
R 2B (5), Vail, B RF (2), Wesslund, C SS 2 (13), Murdoch, E RF (1).
LOB--Swift Current 8, Saskatoon 10.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Swift Current
Korte, A (L,2-4) 5.0 8 7 4 4 3 1 4.47
Cummins, C 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 9.16
Rodriguez, J 1.0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0.00
Bailey, E 1.0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1.80
8 12 11 5 6 6 2
Saskatoon
Obrecht, C 2.1 6 5 3 0 0 0 5.79
Trondson, M (W,2-0) 3.2 3 1 1 1 0 1 4.86
Zdunich, T 2.0 1 0 0 2 2 0 6.00
Beamin, A 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.86
9 10 6 4 3 2 1
HB--Cummins, C (9), Bailey, E (1), Obrecht, C (1). SO--Ayala, L, Vail, B,
Janner, E 2, Gonzalez, R 2, Freeman, J 2. BB--Hilton, S 2, Mapes, T, Beck,
C, Wesslund, C, Medina, A, Janner, E, Gonzalez, R, Freeman, J. BF--Korte, A
27 (218), Cummins, C 6 (98), Rodriguez, J 6 (6), Bailey, E 6 (23), Obrecht,
C 16 (49), Trondson, M 14 (75), Zdunich, T 8 (31), Beamin, A 3 (76).
P-S--Korte, A 106-66, Cummins, C 21-12, Rodriguez, J 27-15, Bailey, E
26-17, Obrecht, C 47-35, Trondson, M 41-28, Zdunich, T 42-22, Beamin, A
8-6.
T--2:50.
Weather: 22C; cloudy; wind WNW 19-30 km/
Plate Umpire - Lloyd Tulp, Field Umpire #1 - Scott Mills, Field Umpire #2 - Trevor Drury