The Altona Bisons’ woes continued into the final week of the regular season.
They first dropped both ends of a Canada Day doubleheader in falling 15-0 and 12-5 to the Carillon Sultans, and then a July 6 doubleheader ended with losses of 12-2 and 7-0 to Interlake.
In game one against Carillon, the Sultans put runs on the board in every inning concluding with seven runs on six hits in the fifth inning. Hits were 10-1 in favour of Carillon.
Altona was more competitive in the second game, as Carillon only had a 7-6 edge in hits, but the Sultans sealed the deal with five runs on three hits in the top of the sixth inning.
In game one with Interlake, it was six runs in the bottom of the fourth inning that did in the Bisons followed by four more in the bottom of the sixth. Hits overall were 12-5 in favour of the Blue Jays.
Then in game two, Interlake sealed the deal with seven runs in the bottom of the first inning.
Meanwhile, the Pembina Valley Orioles kicked off their stretch run last Tuesday with an 11-7 win over Winnipeg South. They followed that up by edging St. Boniface 7-5 Friday evening.
A Sunday doubleheader then saw Carillon take game one 10-7, but the Orioles rebounded with a 12-2 victory in game two.
Against Winnipeg South, the Orioles broke the game wide open with nine runs on just two hits including a grand slam home run by Owen Goertzen, who led the way with five RBIs on his two hits.
The game against St. Boniface was tied until Mike Heppner singled to score the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning. The Legionaires had the edge in hits at 12-8.
The Orioles outhit Carillon 11-9 in game one but the Sultans scored five runs on two hits in the top of the seventh. Karsten Peters went three for four at the plate, including a solo home run.
In game two, Pembina Valley collected 14 hits and drove home all 12 of their runs in the first inning for the victory. The Orioles had five players collect two hits.
The Orioles and Bisons both had one regular season game remaining at press time, with Pembina Valley set to face Carillon Tuesday and Altona to meet St. Boniface Wednesday.
The Orioles were in third place at 13-10 while the Bisons were in the cellar at 0-23.
