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Published on Thursday, June 9, 2016

Photos by Eoin Devereux. Neepawa pitcher Garrett Rempel (18) hurls the baseball at the plate during the Cubs home game against the Austin A’s on Monday, June 6. Rempel and the rest of the club were able to pick up the win over Austin, by the final score of 8-2.

By Eoin Devereux

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A pair of wins over the Austin A’s have helped the Neepawa Cubs to keep pace with the top teams in the Santa Clara Baseball League. Neepawa was able to bookend a disappointing loss to the Portage Padres on Friday, June 3, with a well earned 10-8 win in Austin on Wednesday, June 1, and a 8-2 victory over the A’s in Neepawa on Monday, June 6.

Garrett Rempel picked up the win for Neepawa from the Monday night performance, allowing no runs during his time on the mound. Meanwhile, at the plate, the Cubs jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the opening inning. They doubled that lead in the second and added two additional runs in the fourth and fifth inning, respectively, to secure a comfortable 8-0 cushion heading into the late stages of the contest. A pair of runs in the top of the seventh by the A’s put an end to Neepawa’s shutout bid, but that was still not enough, as the Cubs closed out the night with the 8-2 decision. 

This win helped to quickly put aside a disappointing 14-3 loss to the Portage Padres on Friday, June 3. Devin Tibbett ended up picking up the loss for the Cubs. 

As of the Banner’s publication deadline of Wednesday, June 8, the Cubs had a 3-2 record and were two games back of the first place Plumas Pirates, who travelled to Neepawa for a game on Wednesday, June 8. Details on that game, as well as Neepawa’s Friday, June 10 showdown with the Minnedosa Mavericks will be in the Wednesday, June 15 edition of the Neepawa Press.

UPDATE: June 9 - 11:03am

The Plumas Pirates were able to overcome a late game deficit to defeat the Neepawa Cubs by the score of 9-6.