Supers Improve to 3-1

The Supers came up with victories on May 24 vs the Parkland Pirtes and May 26 at the Yorkton Marlins.

May 24: Supers 7 Parkland Pirates 3

The Supers looked to get back on the winning track after previously taking a loss in the home opener. The Pirates put up two runs in the top of the first, but the Supers came back with two of their own to tie it up. In the bottom of the third the Pirates had three costly errors which led to three runs. Then a Travis Mentanko two run homer put the game out of reach in the bottom of the fifth for a 7-3 win.

The bats were mostly silent as the Supers only had five hits. However Mentanko bailed the Supers out with a home run, a double and five runs batted in to save the day. Kody Rock, Kholton Shewchuk, and Ty Sleeva each had a single. This was Sleeva's first start ever for the Supers, and played well at shortstop. 

Shewchuk got the win, tossing 4 1/3 innings allowing just two earned runs and one strikeout on eight hits. Derek Palagian came in for the save while allowing just one hit and one strikeout over 2 1/3 innings.

May 26: Supers 2 at Yorkton Marlins 0

This was quite simply the Kody Rock show, as the big right hander got the start on the hill. He was in mid season form, as the Marlins were only able to get one hit on a routine ground ball to second base that hit the infield lip and changed direction. Otherwise it was 21 up and 21 down for the Marlins with thirteen strikeouts as they were overmatched on this evening.

The hitting has still been slow to start the season as Marlins Tanner Nesbitt kept the Supers guessing most of the night. However Invermay product (Foam Lake 18U player) Nathaniel Minhinnick made his Supers debut a memorable one with three infield singles, a pair of stolen bases and a run scored to be the difference maker for the offence. Brendon Landstad, Kody Rock, Dylan Toffan, and Evan Rostotski each had one single apiece as runs were hard to come by on this night. Shae Peterson had a walk and a run scored.

The win puts the Supers record at 3-1 to start the season. Next action is Wednesday May 31 as the Langenburg Legends pay a visit to Al Sapieha Field. First pitch is 6:30 PM