The Altona Bisons picked up their second win of the season last week, while the Pembina Valley Orioles went two for three.
Altona edged Pembina Valley 6-4 June 16, but the Bisons then fell 11-1 to the Elmwood Giants before being defeated 6-5 by St. Boniface in two games that were part of the Manitoba Junior Baseball League showcase day Saturday.
Pembina Valley recovered from the loss to Altona to take down Interlake 9-7 last Thursday before defeating Winnipeg South 4-1 Saturday as part of the showcase.
Four runs in the bottom of the third inning turned the tide in favour of the Bisons against the Orioles, who were outhit 8-6. Caden Krahn went two for three for Altona with three RBIs, while Jaren Hildebrand went two for four at the plate for Pembina Valley.
Against Elmwood, the Giants took command of the game right off the bat in the first inning in scoring five runs on three hits, and Elmwood was able to collect their 11 runs overall on just six hits.
Altona kept it close against St. Boniface and even held a slight 10-9 edge in hits overall, but they couldn’t quite recover from trailing 4-2 after two innings. Hayden Klassen, Lochlan Rempel, and Logan Lesser each had two hits for the Bisons.
Against Interlake, Chris Peters drove in four runs on just one hit for the Orioles with a home run to left field in the second inning with Pembina Valley scoring six runs on four hits in the bottom half.
The Orioles then outhit Winnipeg South 10-6, and Pembina Valley was led by Jaren Hildebrand, who went two for four against the Wolves, while Lane Giesbrecht, Sam Blatz, Harden Friesen, and Karsten Peters each drove in a run.
Pembina Valley sits in fifth place with a .500 record at 8-8, while Altona is in the cellar in seventh place at 2-15.
Altona hosts Pembina Valley for a rematch Wednesday night. The Orioles then are to have a Sunday doubleheader with St. Boniface while Altona has a Sunday doubleheader against Elmwood.
