Gulls lose heartbreaker as Regina claims WCBL title with 5-4 victory
The Regina Red Sox scored twice in the top of the seventh inning, then hung on down the stretch to defeat the Gulls 5-4 Saturday night to claim their third WCBL championship.
Ayden Page shut down the Gulls, striking out six in five innings and allowing one run to pick up the win.
The Red Sox won back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012 when the WCBL was known as the Western Major Baseball League.
They're the first Saskatchewan-based club to win a title since the Swift Current 57's won in 2017.
'It means the world to me. This is my 25th year in the league and my first championship. It's not easy to win in this league,' said Red Sox manager Rye Pothakos after the deciding game.
The loss was made all that much devastating considering that Sylvan Lake led Regina 6-4 with two out and two strikes in the ninth inning Friday, only to surrender six two-out runs to lose Game 2.
'While the ending isn't what we dreamed of, we hold our heads high after a season filled with grit, growth, and memories that will last a lifetime,' the Gulls posted on social media.
'We tip our caps to Regina on a hard-fought series.'
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