One more win for good measure for the Saskatoon Berries on Monday.
The Berries finished the 2025 W-C-B-L regular season with a 7-5 victory over the Medicine Hat Mavericks before 1,867 fans at Cairns Field, ending up with a 46-9 record. Saskatoon won while resting almost all of their regular position players and using six affiliate players – all of whom will play for Saskatchewan at the Canadian Under-18 Championship from August 14-17 in Fort McMurray, Alberta. One of the regulars who did play, outfielder Jalen Freeman, hit a home run and drove in three runs. One of the affiliates in action, third baseman Ty Dale (pictured) stroked a two-run triple in the fourth inning that gave the Berries a comfortable 4-1 lead. The Freeman homer and Dale triple made affiliate Willis Simair the winning pitcher of record for Saskatoon. Simair threw three-and-a-third scoreless innings. The loss was the fourth in a row for Medicine Hat, who finished the season in second place in the East Division with a 34-21 record, 12 games behind the Berries. So, now it’s on to the playoffs. Saskatoon will play the fourth place Moose Jaw Miller-Express in a best-of-three East Division semi-final, starting Wednesday at Cairns Field, while the Mavericks return home to welcome the Regina Red Sox on Wednesday as well. Following are media scrums with Freeman, Dale, head coach Joe Carnahan and infielder Cooper Wesslund plus the official box score courtesy the W-C-B-L…..
Game Date: 08/04/2025
Medicine Hat Mavericks 5 AT Saskatoon Berries 7
YTD YTD
MedicineHat AB R H BI AVG Saskatoon AB R H BI AVG
Vulcano, A 1B,CF 5 1 2 0 .307 Wesslund, C SS 4 1 1 0 .326
Uzawa, Y RF 3 1 1 0 .307 Freeman, J CF 4 2 2 3 .268
Vanneste, 1B,DH,P 5 0 0 1 .342 Gonzalez, R C 5 0 3 1 .267
Roth, C 3B 5 1 2 1 .379 Zdunich, T LF 4 0 1 0 .171
Vulcano, A 1B,CF,P 5 0 1 0 .216 Marien, A 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
Dale, B SS 5 0 3 1 .262 Kilshaw, A RF 3 1 1 0 .250
Babiuk, J 2B 4 0 0 0 .307 Brons, R 2B 3 1 0 0 .000
King, N C 5 1 3 0 .275 Dale, T 3B 4 2 1 2 .250
Dvorak, M LF 3 1 1 0 .263 Hodgson, J DH 3 0 0 0 .167
40 5 13 3 34 7 9 6
MedicineHat 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 5 13 2
Saskatoon 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1 x - 7 9 4
2B--Vulcano, A 1B,CF (14), Dale, B SS (11). 3B--Dale, T 3B (1).
HR--Freeman, J CF (2). RBI--Vanneste, 1B,DH,P (36), Roth, C 3B (55), Dale,
B SS (18), TOTALS 3 (0), Freeman, J CF 3 (28), Gonzalez, R C (6), Dale, T
3B 2 (2), TOTALS 6 (0). HP--Wesslund, C SS (10), Zdunich, T LF (2),
Brons, R 2B (1). SB--Vulcano, A 1B,CF (7), Wesslund, C SS (15), Freeman, J
CF 2 (17), Gonzalez, R C 2 (4), Zdunich, T LF (5), Kilshaw, A RF 2 (2),
Brons, R 2B (1). CS--Uzawa, Y RF (5). E--Babiuk, J 2B (4), King, N C (5),
Wesslund, C SS (18), Zdunich, T LF (4), Brons, R 2B (1), Dale, T 3B (1).
LOB--MedicineHat 12, Saskatoon 9.
YTD
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
MedicineHat
Hlinsky, Z 2.0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.19
Barrientos, L (L,4-3) 1.2 3 6 5 2 1 1 9.24
Cutler, T 1.1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7.11
Vulcano, A 2.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5.87
Vanneste, T 1.0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
8 9 7 5 3 5 1
Saskatoon
Obrecht, C 3.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 5.28
Simair, W (W,1-0) 3.1 5 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
Hosegood, B 2.1 5 4 0 0 1 0 0.00
Wouters, C (S,1) 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5.40
9 13 5 1 4 5 0
WP--Vulcano, A (2). HB--Barrientos, L 2 (6), Vulcano, A (3). SO--Vulcano,
A, Vulcano, Ad, Dale, B 2, King, N, Zdunich, T, Marien, A 2, Kilshaw, A,
Hodgson, J. BB--Uzawa, Y 2, Babiuk, J, Dvorak, M, Freeman, J, Kilshaw, A,
Hodgson, J. BF--Hlinsky, Z 9 (74), Barrientos, L 12 (128), Cutler, T 4
(29), Vulcano, A 9 (39), Vanneste, T 6 (9), Obrecht, C 12 (73), Simair, W
17 (17), Hosegood, B 13 (13), Wouters, C 2 (8). P-S--Hlinsky, Z 42-29,
Barrientos, L 54-26, Cutler, T 16-12, Vulcano, A 35-20, Vanneste, T 24-16,
Obrecht, C 49-29, Simair, W 64-38, Hosegood, B 30-24, Wouters, C 8-3.
T--2:51. A--1867
Weather: 24°C; mostly cloudy; SSW 24 km/
Plate Umpire - Trevor Drury, Field Umpire #1 - Phil McGee, Field Umpire #2 - Kris Hartley, Field Umpire #3 - Scott
Mills