Run support continues to plague Gibsons' Ryan Dempster and the Chicago Cubs.
Dempster had another strong outing pitching seven innings on Saturday, allowing three runs on four hits with nine strikeouts and five walks, but received no run support as the Cubs lost 4-3 to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Cubs have lost seven straight against the Pirates dating to last season, and nine of their last 11 overall. Dempster has lost his last three starts to drop to 2-4 on the season.
Dempster struggled to find the strike zone in the first inning, issuing consecutive walks to Aki Iwamura and Andy LaRoche to open the game and the Pirates scored three in the inning to go up 3-0.
"When you walk the first two guys it makes the inning a whole lot tougher," Dempster said in an interview on Yahoosports.com.
Outrigger race
Spirit of Aloha Racing Club'snumber one novice team competed at Duel in the Desert Outrigger Race in Penticton last weekend. For most of the team this was their first iron race. They finished strongly in second place with a time of 40:36 on the 8 km course.
Members of the crew were Brenda Webb, Yelena Amanovich, Zach Warn, Bill Drinkwater and steersperson Ken Peterson. Jenna Ooi from Calgary filleda seat due to a last minute injury to Tam Harrington.
SOAR will be competing in all CORA Cup Races this year,hopefully with multiple novice teams.
SOAR is also the host club for the Howe Sound Iron Race this year. The novice course will be 14 km around Keats Island.
Anyone interested in outrigger racing can contact Sonya Bergen at 604-886-3917 or email [email protected].
