Mavs eight-game win streak snapped with 7-6 loss Friday

By James Tubb on August 1, 2025.

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The Medicine Hat Mavericks’ eight-game win streak came to an end Friday.

The Mavs led 5-3 after three innings at Weyburn before a four-run fifth propelled the Beavers to a 7-6 win. Friday’s game was the second of a five-game road trip to end the Mavs’ regular season.

Medicine Hat opened the scoring with two runs in the first. Blake Dale plated a run with a bases-loaded, sacrifice fly. They made it a 2-0 lead with an RBI single from Jamel Chabot. Weyburn responded in the bottom of the frame, scoring on a wild pitch.

Nate King opened the second inning with a solo home run to left field, giving the Mavs a 3-1 lead with his second long ball of the season.

The Mavs tacked on a pair of runs in the top of the third for a 5-1 lead. Chabot doubled to left field to plate a run and he scored on a triple from Jaden Babiuk.

Weyburn scored twice in the bottom of the third on back-to-back RBI singles to make it a 5-3 game. The Beavers took the lead in the fifth inning, scoring six runs for a 7-5 lead. Two RBI singles and a two-run double put the Beavers ahead.

Xander Roberts started the game for the Mavs, working 4.2 innings allowing all seven runs on 11 hits, striking out a pair, Diego Centella took over for the final out in the fifth. He held Weyburn to two hits and a walk across the sixth and seventh innings, striking out six batters. Zack Hlinksy threw the eighth, allowing a hit and recording a strikeout.

The Mavs drew within one in the sixth on an RBI single from Johnny Vulcano, making it a 7-6 Weyburn lead. They had the bases loaded in the bottom of the frame with one out but were unable to score a second run to tie the game. Medicine Hat scattered three hits across the eighth and ninth inning, pushing for the tie, but were unable to get a bounce as Weyburn stepped up for their 14th win of the season.

The Beavers out-hit the Mavs 14-13.

The Mavs (34-18) are back at Weyburn on Saturday to face the Beavers for the final time this season.