Third straight win for Astros; three more games before nationals playoffs

The Prince Albert Astros maintained their second place position at the 2015 U16 Boy’s Canadian Fast Pitch Championship with their third straight win on Friday.

They beat the Saskatoon Selects 10-3 through five innings as the mercy rule was put in place. The Astros had a slender 5-3 lead heading into the bottom of the fifth before they piled on five runs and ended the game.

Astros left fielder Hunter Boyer was named as Prince Albert’s player of the game. He went a perfect 3-3 from the plate and scored three times in the victory.

Astros Ryan and Riley Smith had identical stat lines, going 2-3 from the plate with two RBI’s and one run scored.