North Delta Pirates Claim Victory Over South Fraser Giants
The North Delta Pirates beat the South Fraser Giants 4-1 on Thursday at Unwin Park to mark their second ten-game winning streak of the season.
Please see a recap of the game below:
The North Delta Pirates got on the board in the second inning after Tyler Bernabe singled, scoring one run.
The game stayed that way for the next four innings until Jared Goumans scored on a Sammy Wong ground out in the top of the fifth.
The pitching duel continued until the seventh when Lucas Stebbings hit a ground ball and the South Fraser Giants committed an error, scoring Tyler Conway and Goumans.
A single by the South Fraser Giants in the bottom of the seventh narrowed the score to 4-1 in favour of the Pirates but that was a close as the South Fraser Giants would come as Liam Jones struck out their final batter, ending the inning.
Jones pitched a full game, earning the win in the victory. He gave up two hits and one run (zero earned), striking out eight and walking none.
Jacob Crowder started the game for the Giants. They surrendered three hits and one run over three innings, striking out four and walking five.
Stebbings drove the middle of the lineup, leading the North Delta Pirates with two runs batted in.
Bernabe led North Delta with two hits in two at bats from the leadoff position. He also had two walks.
Bernabe and Goumans each stole multiple bases for the Pirates.
Dakota Simicak and Cole James were a force together in the lineup, as they each collected one hit for South Fraser.
James led South Fraser with one RBI, going 1-for-3 on the day.
Simicak stole two bases and the Giants turned one double play in the game.
The North Delta Pirates are in the middle of three straight games versus the South Fraser Giants. The next two will be played at Mackie Park in North Delta as a double-header on Sunday.
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