Take two! And, the Saskatoon Berries did just that Sunday, sweeping a doubleheader from the Energy City Cactus Rats by scores of 4-3 in an extra inning and 4-0 at Cairns Field.
The Berries bounced back from an 8-7 loss in Medicine Hat in their previous game back on Thursday and had time to reflect on that and get ready for Sunday with scheduled games Friday in Medicine Hat and Saturday at Cairns Field against the former Edmonton Prospects being postponed by rain. In Game 1, shortstop Nathan Houston scored the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as he started as the courtesy runner at second base, stole third and crossed home plate when Energy City shortstop Ten Shindo threw wildly to first place on Nomar Prieto’s groundball that would’ve been the third out. In Game 2, Houston stroked three singles and catcher Bailyn Sorenson (pictured) hit a home run while Sorenson coaxed three Saskatoon pitchers into scattering just four singles. The twinbill sweep improved the Berries’ overall record to 17-3 and their home diamond mark to 12-0 as a total of 2,651 fans took in the two games on a cool, windy summer afternoon. Saskatoon starts a home-and-home series Tuesday in Regina, then hosts the Red Sox Wednesday at 7 o’clock at Cairns Field. Following are Les Lazaruk’s post-game interviews with head coach Joe Carnhan, Houston and Sorenson plus the official box scores of both games courtesy the W-C-B-L website…..
Game Date: 06/22/2025
Energy City Cactus Rats 3 AT Saskatoon Berries 4
YTD YTD
Energy City AB R H BI AVG Saskatoon AB R H BI AVG
Davis, J CF 4 0 1 0 .288 Beck, C CF 4 2 3 1 .415
Aracena, T 3B 3 1 1 0 .382 Murdoch, E RF 3 0 0 0 .339
Husu, P RF 4 1 3 0 .271 Medina, A DH 4 0 3 1 .438
Pyles, Z 1B 3 0 0 0 .324 Roell, M 3B 4 0 0 0 .306
Ruderman, R C 3 0 1 1 .225 Sorensen, B C 3 0 1 0 .292
Cummings, J PR 1 0 0 0 .087 Houston, N SS 2 1 1 1 .319
Hagen, N C 0 0 0 0 .286 Wouters, C 1B 4 0 1 0 .394
Shindo, T SS 4 0 2 1 .290 Freeman, J LF 4 0 0 0 .254
Ferguson, H DH 3 0 0 0 .118 Prieto, N 2B 3 1 0 0 .261
Uno, R DH 1 0 0 0 .400
Campbell, E LF 3 1 2 1 .259
De La Garza, R 2B 4 0 2 0 .197
33 3 12 3 31 4 9 3
Energy City 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 12 1
Saskatoon 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 2
2B--Beck, C CF (4). RBI--Ruderman, R C (7), Shindo, T SS (12), Campbell, E
LF (10), TOTALS 3 (0), Beck, C CF (15), Medina, A DH (17), Houston, N SS
(16), TOTALS 3 (0). HP--Aracena, T 3B (1), Sorensen, B C (4). SB--Shindo,
T SS (6), Campbell, E LF (4), De La Garza, R 2B (7), Houston, N SS 2 (9),
Prieto, N 2B (2). CS--Ruderman, R C (1), Cummings, J PR (3). E--Shindo, T
SS (6), Houston, N SS 2 (9).
LOB--Energy City 10, Saskatoon 10. DP--R. De La Garza(2B) - Z. Pyles(1B),
R. De La Garza(2B) - T. Shindo(SS) - Z. Pyles(1B), N. Prieto(2B) - C.
Wouters(1B), M. Whitney(P) - N. Houston(SS) - C. Wouters(1B), N. Prieto(2B)
- N. Houston(SS) - C. Wouters(1B).
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Energy City
Harley, T 5.0 8 3 3 4 6 0 4.70
Maas, A 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9.53
Peterson, D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.56
Mizener, S (L,0-1) 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 7.36
7.2 9 4 3 4 7 0
Saskatoon
Whitney, M 5.0 7 1 0 2 4 0 2.78
Martina, K 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 2.61
Hosick, T (W,1-1) 2.0 2 1 0 0 2 0 1.17
8 12 3 1 2 6 0
WP--Harley, T (4). HB--Harley, T (4), Whitney, M (1). SO--Aracena, T,
Pyles, Z, Ruderman, R, Ferguson, H, Uno, R, Campbell, E, Murdoch, E 2,
Medina, A, Sorensen, B, Wouters, C, Freeman, J 2. BB--Pyles, Z, Campbell,
E, Murdoch, E, Houston, N 2, Prieto, N. BF--Harley, T 27 (115), Maas, A 3
(59), Peterson, D 3 (49), Mizener, S 4 (44), Whitney, M 23 (99), Martina, K
5 (38), Hosick, T 9 (34). P-S--Harley, T 100-56, Maas, A 7-5, Peterson, D
9-7, Mizener, S 13-9, Whitney, M 81-53, Martina, K 21-13, Hosick, T 32-21.
T--2:35. A--1389
Weather:
Plate Umpire - Matt Schule, Field Umpire #1 - Trevor Drury, Field Umpire #2 - Bobby Mark
Game Date: 06/22/2025
Energy City Cactus Rats 0 AT Saskatoon Berries 4
YTD YTD
Energy City AB R H BI AVG Saskatoon AB R H BI AVG
Davis, J CF 4 0 0 0 .268 Beck, C CF 3 0 0 0 .393
Aracena, T 3B 4 0 2 0 .388 Houston, N SS 4 1 3 0 .342
Husu, P RF 3 0 0 0 .255 Medina, A 2B 4 1 2 0 .442
Pyles, Z 1B 2 0 1 0 .329 Murdoch, E RF 4 1 1 1 .333
Shindo, T SS 2 0 0 0 .282 Sorensen, B C 2 1 1 1 .299
Hagen, N DH 3 0 0 0 .250 Janner, E LF 2 0 1 1 .172
Ferguson, H C 2 0 0 0 .105 Wouters, C DH 3 0 0 0 .377
Uno, R PH 1 0 0 0 .333 Wesslund, C 3B 2 0 0 0 .245
Campbell, E LF 2 0 0 0 .250 Zdunich, T 1B 1 0 0 0 .175
De La Garza, R 2B 2 0 1 0 .206
25 0 4 0 25 4 8 3
Energy City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1
Saskatoon 3 0 0 0 1 0 x - 4 8 1
HR--Sorensen, B C (2). RBI--Murdoch, E RF (21), Sorensen, B C (11), Janner,
E LF (3), TOTALS 3 (0). HP--Pyles, Z 1B (3), Shindo, T SS (2), Campbell, E
LF (3), Janner, E LF (1). SB--Pyles, Z 1B (1), Murdoch, E RF (8), Janner, E
LF (8). CS--Aracena, T 3B (2), Medina, A 2B (1), Wesslund, C 3B (1).
E--Shindo, T SS (7), Houston, N SS (10).
LOB--Energy City 8, Saskatoon 9.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Energy City
Higgins, J (L,1-2) 5.0 6 4 3 3 3 1 5.40
Bolton, C 1.0 2 0 0 2 1 0 11.00
6 8 4 3 5 4 1
Saskatoon
Bonilla, R (W,2-0) 5.0 4 0 0 0 4 0 3.18
McCombs, N 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.18
Laird, Z 1.0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3.52
7 4 0 0 1 8 0
WP--Bolton, C (1). PB--Sorensen, B. HB--Higgins, J (3), Bonilla, R 3 (7).
SO--Davis, J, Aracena, T, Hagen, N, Ferguson, H, Uno, R, Campbell, E 2, De
La Garza, R, Beck, C, Murdoch, E, Janner, E, Wesslund, C. BB--De La Garza,
R, Beck, C, Sorensen, B, Wesslund, C, Zdunich, T 2. BF--Higgins, J 25
(114), Bolton, C 6 (55), Bonilla, R 21 (79), McCombs, N 3 (26), Laird, Z 5
(34). P-S--Higgins, J 86-54, Bolton, C 28-15, Bonilla, R 72-49, McCombs, N
9-6, Laird, Z 22-14.
T--2:06. A--1272
Weather: 12 C; mostly cloudy
Plate Umpire - Bobby Mark, Field Umpire #1 - Trevor Drury, Field Umpire #2 - Matt Schule