Riggers win in extra innings to claim provincial title
The Red Deer Riggers are Senior AAA provincial champions.
The Riggers downed the Sherwood Park Athletics 8-4 in 11 innings Thursday night in game four of the Sunburst Baseball League final. Red Deer wins the best-of-five series 4-1.
Pitcher Ben Runyon got the start for the Riggers and delivered a solid 7 1/3-inning performance. Reliever Drew Boyer came on in the 11th and earned the win.
“It was probably one of the best team wins I’ve ever seen, as far as the Riggers go,” said shortstop Jason Chatwood. “We hung in there. We we’re facing a really tough pitcher [Adam PauLencu ] and had some really good at bats and some good defensive plays. Guys were just dialed in and you could see how bad everyone wanted to win.”