Mason Wright came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Wright reached on a stolen base in the five to lead the Ontario one (1-1) to a 9-8 win over the Saskatchewan (0-2) on Friday at Parc Laverdiere two.

With the score tied at six in the fifth inning,.

Each team blasted the other's pitching, and there were 17 total runs and 19 hits during the game. There were eight pitchers used in the game as the two managers searched for any way to finish it off.

Lucas Wessinger reached base two times.

Ethan Pollard got the win, running his season record to 1-0. He allowed one run over three innings. Pollard struck out four, walked one and gave up three hits.

Anthony Meyer (0-1) was the game's losing pitcher. He allowed seven runs in three innings, walked three and struck out none.