A1 97 MACDONALD CRESCENT MLS® #:SK732918 $369,900 Family home with a great layout, only a block from Elmwood Golf Course 4 Beds • 3 Baths LEAH BRAGG • (306)741-2622 Thursday, July 19, 2018 swbooster.com Serving Southwest Saskatchewan 306-773-7527 royallepage.ca/formula1 BASEBALL What a di erence a week can make for the Swift Current 57’s in the West- ern Major Baseball League. One week after losing ve straight games, the 57’s won all ve of their games to move into third spot in the Eastern Division. 57’s hit their stride Wednesday, Ethan Hunter capped a four-hit evening with a walk-o single in the bottom of the 12th inning to lead the 57’s to a 5-4 comeback victory over the visiting Moose Jaw Miller Express. Hunter singled home Myles Miller with two outs in the 12th inning to lead the 57’s to their second straight win after they trailed 4-0. Moose Jaw had scored three runs in the rst inning and added another in the sixth inning. Bo McClintock got the 57’s on the board with a solo blast in the bottom of the sixth as he passed teammate Blake Adams for the single season record with 13 home runs in 33 games played. e 57’s were able to cut into the lead in the sixth when Jered Bins eld doubled home Hunter. e 57’s tied the game in the bottom of the ninth when Jerad Dokey singled home Hunter and Anthony Stewart but the potential win- ning run was caught trying to score. e 57’s used six pitchers to get the win. Evan Pontley had a rough rst in- ning but settled in to pitch six innings, allowing four hits, two walks and four runs while striking out three. Aaron Pugh, Isiah Campa, Spencer Koelewyn, Nick Hooper, and Tommy Steier combined to keep the Miller Express o the board for the nal six innings. Steier got the win with a score- less 12th inning. ursday, the 57’s scored nine runs on nine hits and got six shutout innings from Joey Machado in a 9-0 win over the visiting Regina Red Sox. Machado limited the slumping Red Sox to three hits and two walks with six strikeouts over six innings. Pugh and Keil Krumwiede added scoreless relief appearances. e 57’s did most of their damage STEVEN MAH/SOUTHWEST BOOSTER during a pair of four-run innings as they Ruben Rodriquez (top) had an eventful debut with the Swift Current 57’s on July 12, including an awkward nished with nine hits and ve walks, collision at second base with Regina’s Wesley Moss on a stolen base attempt. The El Paso, Texas product supplemented by three wild pitches hit .583 in his fi rst three games with the 57’s as they continued a fi ve-game winning streak in the WMBL. and two Regina errors. Continued on page 23 A2 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018 2 LIVING 2 Proctor attempting to outrun rare diseases THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2018 STEVEN MAH school. him and along his travels he is said they were mainly proud of SOUTHWEST BOOSTER When Dave Proctor arrived in going to stop at Staples across their son’s e orts. Swift Current on ursday at 1 Canada,” she explained. e journey had been in the Dave Proctor passed through p.m. he had already traveled al- Lea said that this was a cause works for over a year. Swift Current last Thursday most 46 miles that day. that Staples was happy support. “Oh my gosh!” was Randy’s as he attempts to run across “The beginning was a big “Anytime we can step in and initial reaction when informed Canada in 66 days. His journey struggle,” admitted Proctor dur- support a cause and really put of the cross-country run. “He’s began on June 27 in Victoria and ing a brief stop. “I would say the ourselves out there I think it’s always surprising us.” he hopes to maintain a Guin- rst six or seven days were the important… Staples is very “ e only thing he needs is ness World Record pace with a hardest. I was dealing with a lot family oriented and Dave Proc- support. If they can donate or 108 kilometre daily average. of the body issues with tendin- tor is very family oriented, so it volunteer some time and do the contact us But Proctor’s e orts are about itis’s and sleep deprivation… I hits close to home because it is little tiny things. If everybody much more than kilometres was able to get over that hump one of his children that has a would do a little tiny thing for • Phone: 306-773-9321 travelled, he is hoping to raise and the body kind of corrected rare disease.” Dave it would just be amazing,” • Fax: 306-773-9136 awareness for the Rare Disease itself. I was able to get into a bit Staples is also the number added Nancy. • 30 4th Avenue NW Foundation and to raise $1 mil- of a groove and nd what’s most one supporter of Special Olym- There are more than 7,000 Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 lion to aide in research e orts important. Now I am in a bit of a pics. “I love Special Olympics,” diagnosed rare diseases and and help families with a rare groove, so I am clicking o 105’s said Lea. “So being able to hop many more that go undiag- • www.swbooster.com disease. [kilometres a day], 110’s every onboard with Outrun Rare and nosed. 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