Cubs fall to Padres in game one

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Published on Thursday, July 26, 2018

By Eoin Devereux
Neepawa Banner & Press

A quick start by the Portage Padres lifted the team to a 9-3 victory over the Neepawa Cubs on Monday, July 16, in Santa Clara Baseball League playoff action.

Portage scored four runs over the course of the first two innings to secure control early. From there, Padres starting pitcher Joey Moffat put in a strong five-inning effort on the mound, ensuring Portage began the second round of the SCBL playoffs with a win.

The next game in this best-of-three semi-final was played on Wednesday, July 18 in Neepawa. The final score from that contest was unavailable before the Banner & Press publication deadline. Those results will appear in the July 27 edition.

Mavs vs. Royals

The other semi-final in the Santa Clara Baseball League sees the Minnedosa Mavericks facing the Carberry Royals. Carberry got to this point in the playoffs by defeating the Ebb and Flow Lakers in two games in the first round. Minnedosa, meanwhile, swept the Plumas Pirates to reach the semi-final.

Game one of this best-of-three was played on July 18, after the publication deadline. Game two is scheduled for July 24 in Minnedosa and game three, if necessary, would be on July 25 in Carberry.