Instead of taking advantage of a second chance to win a Western Canadian Baseball League-record 45th game in a season, the Saskatoon Berries dropped a second consecutive contest for the first time in 2025 – falling 4-2 to the visiting Regina Red Sox.
Chris Spry went the distance, taking the life out of the Berries’ bats – allowing just four hits and scattering three walks – as Regina made it back-to-back wins over Saskatoon to complete the season series. Offensively, Red Sox’ shortstop Matthew Fox drove in two of Regina’s four runs with a pair of singles. But, Saturday’s game was a game dominated by the pitchers there were only nine total hits, making for a quick contest that only took two hours and 10 minutes to play in front of 1,777 fans at Cairns Field. Spry threw 120 pitches in his complete game outing, striking out five as the Oklahoma product’s personal record improved to 3-0 while the Red Sox clinched a third place finish in the East Division with their 28-26 record. Regina will play Medicine Hat in the first round of the W-C-B-L playoffs while the 44-9 Berries will face the Moose Jaw Miller-Express in the East Division semi-finals, beginning Wednesday at Cairns Field. Saskatoon still has two more chances to win a league-record 45th game, both against visiting Medicine Hat on Sunday and Monday. Sunday’s game starts at 1 o’clock and can be heard on CJWW. Following is the official box score courtesy the W-C-B-L…..
Game Date: 08/02/2025
Regina Red Sox 4 AT Saskatoon Berries 2
YTD YTD
Regina AB R H BI AVG Saskatoon AB R H BI AVG
Brannigan, Z 2B 4 1 0 0 .320 Beck, C CF 4 0 1 0 .376
Jackson, R RF 4 0 0 0 .340 Wesslund, C 2B 4 0 1 0 .339
Fox, M SS 4 0 2 3 .330 Roell, M 3B 4 1 0 0 .341
Bye, B DH 4 1 1 0 .340 Murdoch, E DH 4 0 0 0 .317
Wright, J 1B 3 0 0 0 .312 Houston, N SS 4 0 0 0 .316
Montz, I CF 3 0 0 0 .288 Wouters, C 1B 3 1 1 0 .361
Bender, R 3B 4 0 0 0 .274 Janner, E RF 2 0 0 0 .260
Hodgins, R C 3 1 1 0 .261 Gonzalez, R C 2 0 1 1 .225
Tucker, J LF 3 1 1 1 .298 Freeman, J LF 3 0 0 0 .271
32 4 5 4 30 2 4 1
Regina 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 5 0
Saskatoon 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 4 3
2B--Hodgins, R C (2), Tucker, J LF (10), Wouters, C 1B (11). RBI--Fox, M SS
3 (44), Tucker, J LF (32), TOTALS 4 (0), Gonzalez, R C (5), TOTALS (0).
HP--Wright, J 1B (16). SH--Hodgins, R C (0). SB--Brannigan, Z 2B (5),
Montz, I CF (8), Roell, M 3B 2 (13), Gonzalez, R C (2). E--Roell, M 3B (8),
Houston, N SS 2 (24).
LOB--Regina 6, Saskatoon 4.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Regina
Spry, C (W,3-0) 9.0 4 2 2 3 5 0 3.97
9 4 2 2 3 5 0
Saskatoon
Sall, M (L,1-1) 2.2 4 3 2 0 2 0 4.66
Trondson, M 3.1 1 1 1 2 4 0 3.90
Quinonez, D 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.25
Kopp, C 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.46
9 5 4 3 3 7 0
PB--Hodgins, R, Gonzalez, R. HB--Sall, M (2). SO--Brannigan, Z, Jackson, R
2, Wright, J, Montz, I, Bender, R, Hodgins, R, Roell, M, Murdoch, E 2,
Houston, N, Freeman, J. BB--Brannigan, Z, Montz, I, Tucker, J, Wouters, C,
Janner, E, Gonzalez, R. BF--Spry, C 33 (164), Sall, M 12 (161), Trondson, M
13 (119), Quinonez, D 4 (162), Kopp, C 8 (55). P-S--Spry, C 121-75, Sall, M
42-28, Trondson, M 46-29, Quinonez, D 17-11, Kopp, C 26-16.
T--2:10. A--1777
Weather: 24°C; partly cloudy; NNE 8 km/h
Plate Umpire - Trevor Drury, Field Umpire #1 - Lloyd Tulp, Field Umpire #3 - Phil McGee