The Ontario (1-3) beat the Saskatchewan (0-3) 7-3 in seven innings on Friday at Parc de lEst behind Scott Hutter, who collected three hits.

The Ontario relied on Matt Bowden to eat up innings en route to the win. Bowden allowed two earned runs, four hits and no walks while striking out two over seven innings of work.

The Saskatchewan were led by Michael Tremblay's hitting. Tremblay went 1-3, drove in one and scored one run. He homered in the third inning.

Erik Climenhaga couldn't get it done on the bump for the Saskatchewan, taking a loss. He allowed seven runs in five innings, walked two and struck out two.