Red Sox squash record-breaking Berries team to advance to WCBL championship

WATCH: After squashing the Saskatoon Berries, the Regina Red Sox are heading to the WCBL finals. Donovan Maess has the story.

The Regina Red Sox are going to the Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) Final after defeating the Saskatoon Berries 6-2 in Game 3 of the East Division Final Tuesday night.

On the road, Regina got out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, only for Saskatoon to immediately tie the game at one in the bottom half.

Red Sox all-stars Matthew Fox and Brady Bye would seal the game in the 7th inning with back-to-back RBI doubles to give Regina a 4-run lead.

Reliever Ayden Page would close out the ball game pitching 3.2 innings scoreless innings, giving up just two hits, a walk and striking out two Saskatoon batters.

The Berries’ season ends after they set a league record, 46 wins in the regular season. In their two playoff series against Moose Jaw and the Red Sox, Saskatoon lost both game ones before staving off elimination and force a third game in each series.

The win sends the Red Sox to their first WCBL championship since 2019. It is also their seventh appearance in the league final since 2010 – the most of any team in the WCBL.

However, Regina has not won a league title in 13 years, when they won back-to-back championships in 2011 and 2012.

Regina now readies to take on the Sylvan Lake Gulls in the league final.

Sylvan Lake has not lost a game yet this postseason, sweeping the Lethbridge Bulls in the West semi-finals and then Okotoks in the Division final.

Game 1 is scheduled for Thursday night at Currie Field, first pitch at 7:05 p.m. Because the Gulls had a better regular season record than Regina, games 2 and 3 will both be at Gulls Stadium.