Saskatchewan won a total of one game out of seven at the Baseball Canada Cup with some uncharacteristically sub-par intensity, leaving assistant coach Roger Anholt scratching his head.
Saskatchewan lost 7-2 to Alberta to close out an unremarkable tournament for the province's 17-year-old players.
"When you don't bring that intensity to the table, you probably don't have the quality at-bats you want and we just didn't score enough runs, plain and simple," said Anholt, a co-coach with the Moose Jaw Heartland Agro Cardinals.
Anholt's point about the team not scoring enough runs is emphasized by the loss to Alberta as much as the 12 runs scored in six round robin games previous.
"We had opportunities against B.C. (Saturday) when we had the bases loaded and we didn't score," he said. "Seventh inning, trailing 3-0 we didn't score."
Anholt wasn't sure why the intensity and passion that was lacking for his team.
"Coming here, I thought we had a team that swung the bat pretty good, but when you look at our total run production obviously there's room for improvement," said Anholt. "The very fact that we didn't have any exhibition games against teams of this calibre would have hurt us, but the boys would have then had to realize they had to bring to the table their "A" game, which at times was there and at times wasn't."
See Monday's Times-Herald for more details
Sask. settles for sixth at baseball Canada Cup
- Published on August 18th, 2008
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Corey Atkinson
Saskatchewan won a total of one game out of seven at the Baseball Canada Cup with some uncharacteristically sub-par intensity, leaving assistant coach Roger Anholt scratching his head.
Saskatchewan lost 7-2 to Alberta to close out an unremarkable tournament for the province's 17-year-old players.
"When you don't bring that intensity to the table, you probably don't have the quality at-bats you want and we just didn't score enough runs, plain and simple," said Anholt, a co-coach with the Moose Jaw Heartland Agro Cardinals.
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