SaskatchewanThe Regina Red Sox defeated the Saskatoon Berries 6-2 in Game 3 of the WCBL’s East Division Final.Red Sox defeated Saskatoon Berries 6-2 on Tuesday to win the East Division FinalKatie Swyers · CBC News · Posted: Aug 13, 2025 2:57 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours agoThis file photo shows the Regina Red Sox playing against the Weyburn Beavers at Currie Field on June 13. The Red Sox advanced to the WCBL championship round after knocking out the Saskatoon Berries on Tuesday. (Alexander Quon/CBC)It was a joyful bus ride home from Saskatoon on Tuesday night for the Regina Red Sox baseball team.”Lots of singing. The music was going pretty good. That two and a half hour ride seemed like half an hour — we were having a lot of fun,” Regina Red Sox head coach Rye Pothakos said. The team was celebrating its 6-2 win over the Saskatoon Berries in the deciding Game 3 of the Western Canadian Baseball League’s East Division Final.”The boys played outstanding baseball,” Rye said. “Our pitching was superb and there was timely hitting.”Rye said the Red Sox planned to have starting pitcher Chris Spry, who he described as a “workhorse,” go as deep as he could before Ayden Page closed out the game.The plan worked to a T, Rye said, adding the team has had a strong playoff run so far. “It’s turned into a little bit of magic. The boys are playing for each other and we have great culture, great character and great leadership,” Rye said. The Regina Red Sox playing the Saskatoon Berries in the WCBL’s East Division Final on Tuesday at Cairns Field in Saskatoon. (Halyna Mihalik/CBC )The team will get a rest day before facing Alberta’s Sylvan Lake Gulls on Thursday night at 7 p.m. CST at Regina’s Currie Field.”We’re excited about the championship series,” Rye said.’Disappointing night’ for BerriesAfter a record-breaking regular season and several come-from-behind victories, the Saskatoon Berries’ playoff run has come to an end. “In our second year of being in this league, it’s a great accomplishment to break the league record for most wins in a season,” Saskatoon Berries president Steve Hildebrand said.”But obviously at the end of the day, we also are about winning championships and we fell short, unfortunately, last night.”Hildebrand said the players were disappointed, but did a great job.”We’ll take a step back, we’ll go over things we feel we need to improve on and get better,” he said. “We have a really good ball team.”Hildebrand said the Berries’ Carter Beck hitting a walk-off grand slam against Moose Jaw in the first round of the playoffs was a stand-out memory from the season.”It was a great moment,” Hildebrand said. “It’s something that I’m fairly certain will be talked about for many years.”ABOUT THE AUTHORKatie Swyers is a reporter with CBC Saskatchewan, based in Regina. She is a 2021 Joan Donaldson Scholar and has previously worked for CBC Podcasts, CBC’s Marketplace, CBC’s network investigative unit, CBC Toronto, CBC Manitoba and as a chase producer for Canada Tonight on CBC News Network. You can reach her at katie.swyers@cbc.ca.
‘A little bit of magic’: Regina Red Sox beat Saskatoon Berries to advance to WCBL championships
