Dominant Marlins pitching sinks Farmers in game 2

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Published on Thursday, July 23, 2015

By Eoin Devereux

The Neepawa Banner

The dominant pitching performances from the Brandon’s rotation continued in game two of their best of seven semi-final series against the Neepawa Farmers on Tuesday,  July 21, with the Marlins securing a 2-1 victory.

Paul Thompson got the start for Brandon at Andrews Field. He lasted seven innings, allowing just three hits, one unearned run and striking out seven Farmers in picking up the win. Jeff Wiebe came in for the final two innings and picked up his second save of this series. 

For the Farmers, Greg Hockin started and went four innings, allowing two runs on four hits. Daylon Creasy tossed four innings of one hit baseball in relief. Ian Hockin was the only player on either team to record more than 1 hit as he went 2 for 3 on the night.

Game three of the best of seven series returns to the diamond on Friday, July 24 in Neepawa. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 pm.

MSBL Awards

Meanwhile, the Manitoba Senior Baseball League has announced its 2015 regular season award winners. Oak River’s Matt Gunning finishes the year with the MSBL’s version of the Triple Crown as he led the league with a .400 batting average. He also slugged the league’s most home runs  with seven and knocked in the most runs, finishing with 28 RBI. 

On the mound, the MSBL had a tie for the Top Pitcher Award as Oak River’s Bryce Collins and Neepawa’s Daylon Creasy both finished the year with four wins, Collins also led the league in strikeouts with 56, while the Brandon Marlins Jeff Wiebe had the lowest ERA at 1.85. Bryce Stephenson of the Neepawa Farmers led the league with nine stolen bases while Grant Walker of the Dodgers scored the most runs with 26.