Nicolas Cardinal came off the bench and never even had to swing his bat as Cardinal reached on a wild pitch in the seven to lead the Alberta (2-3) to a 6-5 win over the Newfoundland and Labrador (0-5) on Saturday at BBoys Vaughan Grove two.

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Austin Ely had a busy day at the plate, collecting three extra-base hits. He tripled in the third and fifth innings and doubled in the seventh inning.

Javier Romeo improved to 1-0 on the year by picking up the win for the Alberta. Romeo struck out one, walked none and gave up no hits.

Tyler Hennessey couldn't get it done on the rubber for the Newfoundland and Labrador, taking a loss. He allowed six runs in six innings, walked three and struck out two.