Road woes for Neepawa Cubs

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Published on Monday, June 18, 2018

By Eoin Devereux

Neepawa Banner & Press

Opposition ball diamonds have not been all that accommodating to the Neepawa Cubs as of late, as the team has lost three straight road games.

The first of these defeats was in Plumas on May 29, as the Pirates battered the Cubs 14-4. Carter Schettler collected the win on the mound for the ball diamond buccaneers, surrendering just six hits over the course of five innings.

The next game for Neepawa was on Wednesday, June 6 in Carberry against the Royals. This rematch of last year’s SCBL final proved to be a pitcher’s nightmare for both clubs, with a combined 32 runs scored. In the end, however, it was Carberry who came away with the 18-14 victory.  While several players for both teams had huge nights at the plate, Carberry’s Drew Allan was the most notable, going 3-for-3, with a pair of homers and a double. Allan was also credited with seven RBI on the night.

The third and final of the recent road games for Neepawa would see them fall in Minnedosa on Friday, June 8 to the Mavericks, by the score of 13-4. Game stats for this contest were unavailable by the Banner & Press publication deadline.

With these recent defeats, Neepawa has fallen to 2-5-0 and as of Wednesday, June 13, were in a four way tie for last in the standings, with Austin, Dauphin and Ebb and Flow. As for the top of the standings, the Minnedosa Mavericks and Portage Padres were atop the standing with 5-1-0 records.