By rdnewsNOW staff

Bantam AAA Braves open season in Sherwood Park

May 8, 2018 | 4:27 PM

The Red Deer Bantam AAA Braves completed their opening weekend with two preseason and two league games in Sherwood Park, May 5-6.

The first preseason game against the Sherwood Park A’s on May 5 saw the Braves win 6-5 with pitcher Brayden Harrington earning the win and adding a home run and 3 RBIs.

The Braves won their second preseason game 5-4 over the Parkland Twins. Adam Turgeon was the winning pitcher with Heath Hatchowski closing.  Owen Harriott and Levi Hammond both hit double’s with 1 RBI and Kyle Belich had a pair of RBIs.

League play began with a double header on Sunday with the Braves downing Sherwood Park 7-3 in the opener. Owen Harriott was the winning pitcher with Josh Hilts as the closing pitcher.  A highlight of the game was a Sherwood Park runner thrown out trying to stretch a double into a triple for the second out of the seventh inning. Ben Franz threw from right field to Brayden Harrington who relayed to third to get the runner.

The final game of the weekend was against Parkland Twins, where the Braves lost 6-2. Luis Gallardo pitched for the Braves, pitching 3 2/3 strong innings allowing 3 earned runs.  Ben Franz hit a double with 1 RBI.

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The Braves next games are Thursday, May 10 at Pyramid Field in Spruce Grove against Parkland Twins, followed by double header games on both Saturday and Sunday May 12-13 at Callingwood Park in Edmonton.