A great run by Moose Jaw’s Bryce Crosbie and the Regina Pacers ended in disappointment Sunday.
The Regina team advanced to the final at the Baseball Canada Bantam championships but lost 18-2 to the hosts from Vaughn, Ont.
The Pacers picked up Crosbie as an affiliate player after they beat Crosbie’s Moose Jaw Mallards at provincials.
Vaughn went unbeaten in winning the national title. They took a 10-1 lead after an inning and never looked back. They had eight hits and capitalized on six Regina errors in the first inning.
Crosbie drove in one of the two Regina runs in the final to cap an excellent tournament. He finished with a .368 batting average and drove in eight runs and hit three triples in his third trip to nationals.
In the semifinal earlier Sunday, Jeremy Sylvester threw six innings of no-hit baseball for the Pacers before making way for Nathan Haroldson. He gave up a hit, but no runs as the Pacers shut out B.C. 3-0.
The Pacers grabbed a 2-0 lead after an inning and in the sixth Crosbie drove in an insurance run when he singled.
The Pacers finished 5-1 in round robin play Pool B before knocking off the unbeaten Pool A winners from B.C.
Crosbie won his second game of the tournament Saturday. The 15-year-old right hander pitched 5 1/3 innings, allowed two earned runs and nine hits, while striking out four in a 7-3 win over Nova Scotia.
