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The winning streak is over for the Howe Sound Cannons, but they managed to get a win over the defending champion Reds before the week was done.
Howe Sound kicked off a three-game set against the Reds on Thursday (May 15) and dropped a 3-2 decision. The setback was the Cannons鈥� first loss in the 2014 North Shore Men鈥檚 Baseball Association (NSMBA) regular season.
Action continued on Saturday (May 24) with a doubleheader in North Vancouver and Howe Sound sent Jack Thompson to the mound for Game 1.
It turned out to be a long affair as the game turned into a 10-inning battle with the Reds picking up a 4-3 win. Thompson pitched all 10 innings, giving up four runs on six hits and fanning 10 Reds batters. Matty Taylor led the Cannons with two hits.
For Game 2, the Cannons called Alex 鈥淪lumpbuster鈥� Wishy to the bump to snap the Cannons鈥� two-game slide. Wishy pitched five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and left the game with a 3-2 lead.
The Cannons added four runs in the top of the seventh, buoyed by scoring base hits from Wishy and Tor Purvis. Jeremy 鈥淏ig Cat鈥� Galley worked the final two innings and secured his second save of the season to give Howe Sound the 7-2 win.
鈥淚t鈥檚 nice to get back in the win column,鈥� Wishy said. 鈥淲e have been getting good pitching all year. Hopefully that big seventh sparks the struggling offence a bit here going forward.鈥�
Howe Sound got more good news when they learned that fan favourites 鈥淏ig Daddy鈥� Kraz and 鈥淗ammer鈥� Magee have been cleared to return to the lineup after missing the early part of the season.
The Cannons鈥� record stands at four wins and two losses and they return to action on Saturday (May 31) with a pair of games in North Vancouver against the Vancouver Cardinals and then the Deep Cove Brewers.听
Howe Sound returns to Laroy Watt field on June 7 and June 14 with a pair of doubleheaders. First pitch for both home games is set for noon.
For more details on the team, visit www.ballcharts.com/hscannons.
