It was a great weekend for the Moose Jaw Canucks that fell just a bit short of their ultimate goal.

The Canucks ended up in second place at the 2018 Baseball Saskatchewan Midget AA Tier 2 Provincial Championship after falling 13-10 to the Regina Pacers in the gold medal game on Sunday in the Queen City.

"We put four really good wins together and that last game was indicative of a couple, it was back-and-forth with big innings on both sides of the diamond," said Canucks head coach Kevin Zerff. "It was a really good weekend, you can't help but be happy for the guys, even though it was a disappointing to lose that game."

Moose Jaw held a 10-8 lead heading into the seventh inning in the final against the Pacers, but Regina struck for five runs in the top of the inning to steal away the win.

"It was one of those momentum swings and it happened to a couple of our opposing teams this weekend, where you get a hit, a seeing eye single and next thing you know, you're scrambling a bit and that’s what it came down to," said Zerff.

"It was a disappointing loss and disappointing inning and it stung a bit for the boys because Regina is a league rival, but at the same time, it was well deserved on their part, they came back like we had been doing all along."

Tyler Lorenz had a big game in the final, going 4-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored for Moose Jaw, while Ryley Gross went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a walk.

On the mound, Ryan Zerff allowed five runs -- two earned -- on three hits and three walks in 2 1/3 innings.

Tysen Jordison finished the rest of the game, giving up eight runs, seven of them earned, on five hits and four walks. He struck out four in the loss.

The Canucks posted a perfect 3-0 record in the round robin on their home field at Ross Wells Park, finishing things off with a walk-off win over the Prince Albert Royals on Saturday night.

Riding that momentum, the Canucks went into the semifinal on Sunday afternoon, scored seven runs in the fifth inning and went on to beat the Dinsmore Dynamos, 12-7, to book their ticket to the final.

"That was a very solid game and exactly what we needed going into the final," said Zerff.

The Canucks scored in double digits in all five games during provincials, posting 62 runs in three days.

"The bats were working in all five games and it was up and down the order, we got contributions from everybody," said Zerff.

While the bats were a big part of the weekend’s success, Zerff added that the team was solid across the board throughout all five games.

"If our pitching lines up, that's always our biggest thing and it really was, we were in the right position with the exact pitching we had hope to have and we were sitting really well for Sunday," he said.

This week brought to close a busy summer for the Canucks that saw them hit the field for 37 games since May 6. They posted a 22-14-1 record over the course of the season.

"I'm very happy, they work hard, they never give up and we didn't think that we would be here, but they stuck together," said Zerff.

"The veterans were really supportive of the young guys and the young guys worked hard, they never gave up either and it really showed how they came together on the weekend, they just didn't give up and if that’s something that they can take forward in life, that’s what it's all about."

The Canucks will graduate three players from this year's team and will have ten players eligible to return in 2019.