The Carillon Sultans needed to win twice on Monday night at Koskie Field in Winnipeg in order to advance to the Manitoba Junior Baseball League final.

They fell one win short.

Brendyn Perron held the Sultans to just three hits and struck out seven as the Elmwood Giants defeated Carillon 3-1 in the fifth and deciding game of their semifinal.

The Sultans forced game five thanks to a 7-3 victory earlier Monday night.

"These guys came out and just battled tonight," said Carillon manager Kevin Dunn. "I can't say enough of how hard they worked to get to game five. Disappointing that we didn't get the results we wanted out of game five but we faced a good team and a good pitcher."

Perron, who was named the MJBL's Top Pitcher, held the Sultans hitless until Kalen Hildebrand stroked a one-out single to centre field in the top of the sixth inning.

"He pitched well," said Carillon infielder Noah Vogt. "He threw hard and we just couldn't adapt from the first game and carry on the momentum."

Carillon finally got on the board in their last at bat as Burke Heide drove in Nic Kauenhofen.

Kauenhofen, who took the loss, gave up four hits including a solo homerun to Tyler Wood in the bottom of the sixth inning.

The Giants did their damage early in game five as the home team plated a pair of runs without recording a hit in the bottom of the first inning.

Elmwood also turned three double plays in the series finale.

Vogt and Zach Giesbrecht drove in two runs each in the Sultans game four victory.

Cody Bartel went the distance scattering seven hits and struckout five in picking up the win.

The junior baseball careers of Noah Vogt and Nic Kauenhofen came to an end Monday.

"It'll be okay for now but I think next year when it's usually time to throw on the jersey and I'm not - it's going to take awhile to kick in that it's not actually happening for me anymore to play on a great team with great guys again next year," noted Vogt.

"It's tough to go out that way," added Kauenhofen, who was the league MVP this season. "I''ve been thinking about this coming for a while. You never really think it's going to happen."