The Medicine Hat Mavericks have advance to the Western Canadian Baseball league East Final. (CHAT News File Photo)

By Chris Brown

Mavs dump Red Sox, advance to East Final

Aug 9, 2023 | 9:36 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – The Medicine Hat Mavericks have advanced to the Western Canadian Baseball League East Final.

The Mavs laid a second straight beatdown on the Regina Red Sox on Tuesday, defeating them 9-1 in Regina and sweeping the first-round playoff series.

Three-run homers by Tyler Vanneste and Brady Bean powered the Mavericks offence in front of five innings of one-hit ball by pitcher Dylan Esquival

Awaiting the Mavericks in the next round is the Moose Jaw Miller Express. The Miller Express beat the Swift Current 57s 8-6 to complete their own sweep.

The Miller Express won the East Division regular season crown finishing eight games ahead of the second-place Mavericks.

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Game 1 of the East Final is set for Friday in Moose Jaw. The Mavericks announced later in the day that Game 2 is Saturday at 7 p.m. and tickets are now available.