The Parkland U15 Expos have been on a tear of late.
Last Tuesday (Aug. 18) the team travelled to Lumsden coming away with a 13-7 win behind the starting pitching of Parker Lowenberg and the relief help of Xage Miraflor.
Saturday the Expos hosted the Regina Buffalos and with Colton Hubric “continuing his strong pitching performance,” according to coach Larry Kitchen, came away with an 8-6 win. Hubric went 5.1 innings before Rylan Pihach took the rubber to earn the save.
The same day the Expos faced the Regina Pacers and with some strong defence and timely hitting won 13-5.
Chaez Jaeb started for the Expos and went 5.1 innings before giving way to Miraflor who mopped up in relief.
The three-game winning streak leaved the Expos with a 9-7 record and second spot in the league, and on target to achieve the team’s preseason goals, said Kitchen.
“Our first goal was to be competitive and we’ve been that,” he said. “The second goal was to be at least .500.”
With only two games left the Expos will finish no worse than .500.
The Expos host the Regina Expos in a doubleheader Saturday with games at 12 and 3 p.m.
Kitchen added the team is now working on a third goal, to host a playoff game, which could be assured with a pair of wins Saturday.
