Unlucky 13

It was a game that featured 5 lead changes,what should have been called a steal of home plate, and over 4 hours of entertainment!!  In the end, your Edmonton Prospects (5-13) would fall to the league leading Regina Red Sox (17-3) in 13 innings by the score of 8-7.

Edmonton Prospects starting pitcher Cashtyn DeLeeuw (1-2 5.70 ERA), much like the Red Sox starter Eaton, would struggle through the first 3 innings as the game sat at 5-5 after 3 innings.  DeLeeuw would settle down pitching strong 4th and 5th innings while dancing out of a loaded bases jam in the 6th inning to leave the game with a 6-5 lead.

After the Red Sox tied it in the top of the 7th, DH Jarryd Klemm would be the story of the bottom of the 7th.  After reaching base with a single, Klemm would steal second and then advance to third on a throwing error by the catcher.  Then, running on movement on a 2-1 count, the Red Sox pitcher threw a 75 foot bouncer to the plate (being called a wild pitch) and Klemm would be able to score the go ahead run making it 7-6 for our Prospects.

Prospects Relief Pitcher Tanner Knutson would come into the game in the 9th and with 1 out allow the game tying run to the Red Sox.  Knutson then deserves a pat on the back for slamming the door shut as he would hold the Red Sox hitless for the next 3 innings.

The Red Sox would score the top of the 13th and their dominant closer, Nick Huff, slammed the door shut in the bottom half to seal the loss for our boys.

Scoring Summary:

In the first inning, down 2-0, 3B Chase Keuhl (playing in front of visiting family and friends) would single and then aided by a Red Sox error, SS Kevin Czarnecki would cross the plate for our Prospects.  RF Ethan Sterkel, extending his hit streak to 9, would single scoring Kuehl and tying the game at 2.

The Prospects would take the lead in the 2nd inning when 2B Miles Shelton Jr would bring home DH Jarryd Klemm.

Down 5-3 in the 3rd inning, our Prospects would load the bases with nobody out.  DH Jarryd Klemm and 1B Ryan Kosolofski would each bring home a run to once again tie the game.

In the 5th inning, SS Miles Shelton Jr would pick up his 2nd RBI of the night when he singled driving home Kosolofski once again.  Shelton Jr also gets credit for the defensive play of the day when he climbed the invisible ladder and flat out robbed the Red Sox of a hit.

NUGGET:

The Prospects and Red Sox are back at tonight at 7:05PM at Telus Field.  Craig George (0-1 3.38 ERA) takes the mound for our Prospects.

SPECIAL THANK YOU

A special thank you to the Al Shamal Shriners for providing some Friday night

 pre-game entertainment making balloon animals for all the youngsters in the crowd.

ATTENTION FOOTBALL FANS

When leaving Commonwealth stadium tonight bring your ticket stub to Telus Field!
Your ticket stub plus $5 allows you to see the rest of our game!

Big Test For Our Boys

Our Edmonton Prospects (5-12) return to action Friday night at Telus Field after a rain assisted three day hiatus.  Waiting for them will be the Regina Red Sox (16-3).

The Red Sox are such a good team, in part, due to their balance.  Their offence and pitching rank top three in practically every statistical category but our Prospects will avoid one of their best players.  Red Sox Starting Pitcher Daniel Jones (5-0 0.49 ERA) just pitched Wednesday likely making him unavailable for our games this weekend.

An area of our Prospects game that has been steadily improving has been our starting pitching.  Cashtyn DeLeeuw (1-2 6.75 ERA) will start on Friday night while Craig George (0-1 3.38 ERA) will take the mound on Saturday.

Offensively speaking, our Prospects lead off hitter CF Grant Glasser has done everything you can ask of from a baseball player.  Glasser leads the team in  Runs Scored (11), Triples (2), RBI (8), Walks (11), and Stolen Bases (8).

The hottest Prospect player of late has been RF Ethan Sterkel who since last Tuesday has gone 18 for 27 raising his batting average to a mind-blowing .561!!

While one hopes the days off do not stifle Sterkel, one hopes the days off spark LF Brandon Bufton.  At the beginning of last week heading to Saskatchewan, Bufton was batting .325.  Currently sitting at .246, here's a vote of confidence that the weekend will go well and the average breaks the quarter century mark.

NUGGET

The Prospects have two batters who have earned more walks than strikeouts.  They are 2B Cody Kielsa (5W 4K 18AB .278 AVG) and IF Chase Kuehl (6W 5K 45AB .267 AVG)

CANADA DAY

While our Prospects are in Lethbridge, you should be at Telus Field!

Gates open at 8PM for the best seats in the city to watch the Canada Day Fireworks.

Free admission, free parking!!

Prospects staff will be there to promote July 6-9 homestand.

So Close

Our Edmonton Prospects (5-12) would fall just short last night at Telus Field losing to the Moose Jaw Miller Express (8-11) by the score of 9-6.

Our Prospects would open the scoring in the 1st inning when RF Ethan Sterkel would single driving home CF Grant Glasser.

After Moose Jaw put up three runs in the second inning, our Prospects would get one back in the third.  DH Chase Kuehl with the sacrifice fly to plate SS Kevin Czarnecki.

Down 5-2 going into the bottom of the 5th, our Prospects would cut the lead to one.  With one out, Moose Jaw would turn to their bullpen for help.  A wild throw to first base cashing in Prospects 1B Markus Fergusson probably was not the in the masterplan.  That same at bat, Prospects C Jarryd Klemm would earn his first RBI of the season with a groundout scoring 3B Cody Kielsa.

Coming out of the 7th inning stretch, our Prospects were down 6-4.  Markus Fergusson, who deserves a pat on the back for an outstanding game going 4-5, would triple earning himself an RBI to top off his night.  The still hot Ethan Sterkel would cross the plate on the plate on the play, Sterkel most definitely earns a pat on the back for  what has been an 18-27 stretch at the plate the past week!  Cody Kielsa would then drive in the game tying run.

Alas the game would slip away in the Top of the 8th, all with 2 outs to add salt to the wound.  The Miller Express would score the last three runs of the game.

NUGGET

Our Prospects would steal an AMAZING 10 Bases during the game.

NEXT GAME

Tonight versus the Okotoks Dawgs (9-7) in Okotoks.  First pitch at 7:05.

Scheduled starter for your Prospects is Markus Fergusson (1-0 3.97 ERA).  In Fergusson's last outing, he pitched a complete game shutout versus Yorkton.

The Dawgs hold a 3-1 series lead thus far this season versus our Prospects.

LET US BE A PART OF YOUR CANADA DAY WEEKEND

Friday, June 29 vs Regina Red Sox

"School's Out For Summer"

If you are a School Principal or Teacher and would be interested in distributing special vouchers to your students, please contact the Prospects Baseball Club via e-mail at info@athletes-nation.com

Saturday, June 30 vs Regina Red Sox

 

Sunday, July 1st

We don't have a game BUT

the City is allowing free public parking and admission at Telus Field!

 

 Gates open at 8PM

 

Prospects Staff will be there promoting your team and their July 6-9 Homestand!!

 

Wild night at the ball park!

Your Edmonton Prospects (5-11) won their 2nd extra inning game of the week defeating the Moose Jaw Miller Express (7-11) by the score of 6-5 in 10 innings.

Prospects Starting Pitcher Craig George would go 8 and 1/3 innings, earning himself a pat on the back for a strong performance!  George would spread out 9 hits over his 8 innings of work while being charged with 3 runs. 

The Prospects quickly got back the 1st inning run allowed by George, when leadoff batter CF Grant Glasser doubled and then 5 pitches later was singled home by SS Kevin Czarnecki.

During the 3rd inning, Prospects fans unknowingly saw an act of foreshadowing as 3B Chase Kuehl would score on a wild pitch.

Our Prospects would bump the lead to 3-1 during the 4th inning when Czarnecki would earn his 2nd RBI of the game with a 2-out single scoring DH Matthew Miller.

Now down 4-3 in the bottom of the 9th, Czarnecki would single, steal 2nd base then advance to 3rd base on a wild pitch.  LF Brandon Bufton would drive him with a sacrifice fly and off to extra innings we went.

In the bottom of the 10th, down 5-4, this is when the game got wild.  Prospect pinch runner, Jarryd Klemm would score on a wild pitch to tie the game.  Two batters later, Miles Shelton Jr would score the game winning run on yet another wild pitch.

NUGGET

RF Ethan Sterkel continues to warrant nomination for the league's #stayhot rankings.  Following his for 3-5 performance last night, Sterkel is now batting .636 on the week.  To vote for Sterkel, simply "cut and paste" the following onto your Twitter page and hit submit - - > " Prospects Ethan Sterkel has gone 14-22 (.636) with 3 doubles, 3 RBI, 2 SB since June 19 #stayhot rankings via @WMBL"

NEXT GAME

The re-match goes tonight at Telus Field at 7:05 PM.  Stinson Ott (1-1 3.21 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for your Prospects tonight.

SPECIAL NOTICE

CANADA DAY WEEKEND

Friday, June 29 vs Regina Red Sox

  "School's Out For Summer"

If you are a School Principal or Teacher and would be interested in distributing special vouchers to your students, please contact the Prospects Baseball Club via e-mail at info@athletes-nation.com

Saturday, June 30 vs Regina Red Sox

Sunday, July 1st

We don't have a game BUT

 the City is allowing free public parking at Telus Field!

A tremendous opportunity for the Prospects to promote themselves,

the team is looking for a few volunteers to help the team out.

For more details, e-mail the club at info@athletes-nation.com



Onto the next challenge!

Sunday June 24th and Monday June 25th, your Edmonton Prospects welcome the Moose Jaw Miller Express to the friendly confines of Telus Field.  Both games start at 7:05PM.

The two teams alternated wins and loses versus each other last season.  The Prospects won their games by the scores of 14-13 and 6-5. 

In last year's 14-13 win, Grant Glasser went 2-5 with a Walk and a Stolen Base to pace the Prospect offense.  In last year's 6-5 win, Andrew Mirasty would come in relief of Craig George and earn the victory.

For this Sunday's game, Craig George (0-1) draws the starting assignment for our Prospects.  It will be George's first action since the season opener on June 2nd.  Last season, George finished with 5 wins, 5 losses and a 5.34 ERA.

NUGGET

IF Kevin Czarnecki only 1 had start last season and it was against Moose Jaw.  The Edmonton product would go 2-4 with a Stolen Base.

Sometimes Goliath beats David

The Medicine Hat Mavericks (12-5) defeated our Edmonton Prospects (4-11) by a score of 6-1.

Prospects Starting Pitcher Cashtyn DeLeeuw (1-2) shut down one of the leagues most potent offenses until the 4th inning.  While the Mavericks were able to score three runs in the inning, an effective pitcher's memory must be short and Deleeuw was effective on this night going 7 good innings.

The David versus Goliath the title eludes to is in regards to the starting pitcher for Medicine Hat.  Billy Martin (3-1) came into the game with an ERA under 1.00.  So you knew the sledding was going to get tough(er) after our Prospects scored in the bottom of the 4th inning.

DH Jamie Mitchell would double driving in RF Ethan Sterkel to shave the lead down to 3-1.  No other Prospect would pass 2nd base for the rest of the game.

NUGGETS

Ethan Sterkel's torrid week continues!!  Going 2-4 tonight, Sterkel has gone 11-17 since Tuesday!

SS Kevin Czarnecki saw his 7 game hitting streak come to an end tonight.

NEXT GAME

SUNDAY NIGHT VS MOOSE JAW

TELUS FIELD

7:05PM

Coming home a winner

Your Edmonton Prospects (4-10) have left Saskatchewan earning wins in 2 out of 4 games.  The 2nd win almost got away though.

With the Prospects leading 2-1 going into the bottom of the 7th inning, the team committed back-to-back-to-back errors allowing the Milllionaires to tie the game at deuces.  Prospects Starting Pitcher Chris Allen would settle for the no-decision but he most definitely deserves a pat on the back for an excellent game!!  Allen would spread out 6 hits, strikeout 5 and my favorite stat, walk zero!!

Prospect Relief Pitcher Tanner Knutson (1-0) would come into the game in the 8th inning and continue his befuddling of WMBL hitters thus far this season.  With 3 scoreless innings on Thursday, Knutson is now up to 8 and 2/3 innings of shutout baseball this summer.

The Prospects opened the scoring in the 2nd inning with an RBI single from 1B Matthew Miller.  In the 5th inning, RF Ethan Sterkel would put the Prospects up 2-1 with an RBI single of his own.

The Prospects would win the game by a score of 3-2 in the 10th inning when C Jamie Mitchell would knock in LF Brandon Bufton.

NUGGETS

One wonders if RF Ethan Sterkel will be sad to leave Saskatchewan.  Over the past 4 games, Sterkel has gone 9-13, with 3 RBI, 3 doubles and 2 stolen bases.  If you are on Twitter, please be sure to tweet about Sterkel's week using the #stayhot hashtag.

The flip side, two of the hottest Edmonton Prospects players leading into the road trip are likely very happy to be coming back to Edmonton.  CF Grant Glasser and LF Brandon Bufton, who are 1 and 2 among Prospects for most hits, look to continue their assault on the basepaths at the friendly confines of Telus Field.

NOTES FOR TONIGHT'S GAME

vs MEDICINE HAT MAVERICKS 7:05pm

The Mavericks (11-5) lead the league in runs scored, doubles and walks.  For as scary as that sounds, at least the Mavericks are in the lower half of the league in the Homerun department.

Cashtyn DeLeeuw (1-1) will be given the daunting task of being tonight's Prospect Starting Pitcher.  I am sure DeLeeuw can count on us Prospect fans to help "clap out" the Maverick offense.

Grant Glasser went 10-30 with 2 walks and an RBI last season against the Mavericks.

SPECIAL NOTE

Edmonton is a great place to live in part because their is always something big happening.  Just this past week, the city had a great concert and football game.

If you bring your Ticketmaster ticket stub from either event to the Prospects Box Office for TONIGHT'S GAME ONLY, you will receive $2 off a regular price ticket.  Offer valid only on Adult tickets!  That is enough money saved to buy a 50/50 ticket!!

Let's try that again!

Sometimes you just have to pat an opposing player on the back for having a great game.  Millionaires 3B John Clark was a one man wrecking crew last night leading the Millionaires (9-7) past our beloved Prospects (3-10) by the score of 8-2.

Clark would break up Prospects Starting Pitcher Aubrey Dezarn's no hitter in the 4th inning.  Clark would then break up a 1-1 tie in the 6th with a solo Homerun and in the 7th, Clark would greet the Prospects bullpen by launching a 3 run Homerun to put this game out of reach.

Your Prospects would hit the scoreboard in the 6th inning.  With two out, 1B Chase Kuehl hit a double and then scored when RF Ethan Sterkel hit a double of his own.  A pat on the back to Sterkel who finished the game 3-4 with 2 stolen bases!!

In the 7th inning, C Dustin Sandberg hit his first Homerun of the season to close out the Prospects scoring for the evening.

A Look Ahead to Tonight's Re-match

Chris Allen (0-2) is penciled in to start tonight for your Edmonton Prospects.

A reminder that last season these two teams split their two game series, the game Edmonton won they won by 13!!

NUGGETS

The Prospects have not allowed a run in the 1st inning of  a game for 6 consecutive games.

The 2nd inning has been the most productive inning scoring wise for our batters.

REMINDER FANS

Your Prospects are back home this Friday to face Medicine Hat at Telus Field at 7PM.

Cashtyn DeLeeuw (1-1)  is penciled in to start for your Prospects!!

Prospects split doubleheader

Tuesday Game 1 vs Cardinals, 7-1 Loss

One stat explains away this loss, 5 errors!!

Prospects Starting Pitcher Stinson Ott would go 5 innings giving up only 5 hits but surrendering 6 runs all unearned.  Ott and reliever Brandon Compton would combine for the first game this season in which the Prospects did not issue a walk.

Two errors in both the 2nd and 4th innings of play aided in the Cardinals putting up three run spots in each inning. 

Down 7-0 going into the final inning of the first game of the doubleheader, the Prospects would break the goose egg when Cody Kielsa grounded into a fielder's choice scoring 3B Chase Kuehl.

CF Grant Glasser's 9 game hitting streak would come to an end.

Tuesday Game 2 vs Cardinals, 4-0 WIN

One stat explains this win, in a 7 inning game the minimum amount of batters you can face is 21.  The Prospects would finish the game only facing 4 over the minimum!!

Edmonton native Markus Fergusson  would pitch the complete game shutout surrendering only one hit and two walks.  The last Edmonton Prospect to accomplish this feat was Tyler Dunsmore back on July 25, 2010. 

For those fans on twitter, be sure to tweet about Fergusson's great performance using the hashtag #stayhot.  Each Tuesday morning, the league website (www.wmbl.ca) releases their "#stayhot rankings" chronicling the best players of the past week.  

On the offensive side of the ball, 1B Chase Kuehl and RF Josh Kennedy (playing his first game since June 9) would  be the sparkplugs on this night.  In the 2nd and 4th inning, Kuehl and Kennedy would each single to start the inning.  

In the 2nd inning, DH Matthew Miller would score Kuehl with a single while Kennedy would be thrown out at home.  In the 4th inning, 3B Cody Kielsa would single plating both Kuehl and Kennedy.

Kuehl was at it again in the 7th!!  With two out, Kuehl would collect his 3rd single of the night then PH Ethan Sterkel would double allowing Kuehl to score from first base.

TONIGHT

Your Edmonton Prospects (3-9) travel to Melville to take on the Millionaires (8-7).

Go Get'em Prospects!!

Cardinals, Millionaires and Mavericks oh my!!

Your Edmonton Prospects (2-8) begin a 4 game road trip tonight and tomorrow in Yorkton, Saskatchewan versus the Cardinals (4-7).  Of course, that is if Mother Nature allows the two teams to play!  For two consecutive years now, the series between these two teams has been washed out.

To prep you for the series, here is a comparison of each teams hitting totals so far in 2012:

• Edmonton 10 Games, 48 Runs, 86 Hits, 3 HR, 40 RBI, 10 Stolen Bases, and a .249 batting average
• Yorkton - 11 Games, 31 Runs, 75 Hits, 1 HR, 27 RBI, 8 Stolen Bases, and a .225 batting average

On Wednesday and Thurday, your Prospects travel to Melville to play the Millionaires (6-7).  Last season, the two clubs split their two games series.  The Prospects would win game one 17-4, their offense launched by a familiar name.  CF Grant Glasser went 4-5 with 5 RBI, a double and a triple.

Your Prospects then travel home on Friday June 22nd to face the Medicine Hat Mavericks (9-5).

NUGGET

Straight from the desk of Prospects Coach John Sutherland here is the penciled in starting rotation for the next 5 days:

• Monday @ Yorkton: Stinson Ott (1-0 5.00 ERA 9 IP 2K)

• Tuesday @ Yorkton: Markus Fergusson (0-0 8.10 ERA 6.2 IP 6K)

• Wednesday @ Melville: TBA

• Thursday @ Melville: Chris Allen (0-2 8.62 ERA 15.2 IP 13K)

• Friday vs Medicine Hat: Cashtyn DeLeeuw  (1-1 8.47 ERA 17 IP 14K)

Dawg Gone It

The bright side, the bullpen pitched 4 scoreless innings allowing only 2 hits and zero walks. A pat on the back for Prospect Relief Pitchers Corey Gilligan and Tanner Knutson for shutting down the Dawgs potent offense.

Unfortunately, by the time Gilligan took the mound in the 6th, the Okotoks Dawgs (7-5) had built an 11-3 lead en route to the decisive 11-4 win over our Prospects (2-8). 

The Prospects opened the scoring in the first inning when RF Ethan Sterkel singled home CF Grant Glasser.

In the bottom of the 2nd, after the Dawgs had put up 4 runs in the top half, Sterkel would collect his 2nd RBI of the game singling home DH Aubrey Dezarn.

The Prospects, showing no quit after the Dawgs put up 2 more in the top of the 3rd, would add another single run in bottom half of the inning.  2B Kevin Czarnecki, who had replaced starter Cody Kielsa, singled home starting 1B Matthew Miller.

In the 7th inning, refusing to go quietly into the night, the Prospects would score their 4th run of the night when replacement 1B Ryan Kosolofski doubled home LF Brandon Bufton.  Staying with the train of thought of refusing to go quietly into the night, starting C Jamie Mitchell was ejected from game after arguing balls and strikes with the umpire.

NUGGETS

In the bottom of the 8th, CF Grant Glasser singled to extend his hitting streak to 9 nine games.

RP Tanner Knutson is now up to 5 and 2/3 innings of shutout baseball for the Prospects.

Prospects let Dawgs off leash

I believe many baseball fans have heard the expression, "Pennants are not won in April, they are lost in April".  A lose translation of this saying happened Friday night at Telus Field.

The Prospects (2-7) would fall to the Okotoks Dawgs (6-5) by the score of 8-4.  Some of the credit for the fall can be pinned on the inability to capitalize with bases loaded early in the game.

The Prospects would load the bases in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th inning.  All the Prospects would have to show for it, 1 run scored on a double play off the bat of starting DH Jamie Mitchell.

Going into the bottom of the 6th inning, trailing 4-1, Prospects 3B Chase Kuehl took matters into his hands and hit a Homerun to bring the step back into what was a very lively crowd at the game.  Catcher Pierce Belaustegui would later double, then score when tagging from second to third as the throw went into the dugout (the Dawgs third baseman was blinded by the sun).

This would be as close as the Prospects would get as the bullpen struggled through the 8th inning giving up three runs putting the Dawgs up 7-3.  In the bottom half of the 8th, SS Miles Shelton Jr would knock in 1B Ryan Kosolofski bringing the Prospects back to within three.

Prospects SP Chris Allen put in a respectable outing.  Entering the 3rd inning having faced the minimum amount of batters, he danced his way through back to back bases loaded innings only surrendering 1 run. In the 5th inning, the ball danced away from the diving Prospects outfielder which plated two runs for the Dawgs.  In his last inning of work, Allen would effectively play the role of shortstop as he fielded two bunts as the Dawgs "small-balled" another run.

NUGGETS

CF Grant Glasser extended his hitting streak to 8 games while 2B Kevin Czarnecki extended his hitting streak to 6.

SP Cashtyn DeLeeuw (1-0) will be the Prospects Starter for Saturday night's rematch versus the Dawgs.  DeLeeuw's win was against these very same Dawgs back on June 8th.

5 Nuggets Prospects Fans Need to Know Going Into this Weekend

This Friday and Saturday at 7PM, the Edmonton Prospects host the West Division Champion Okotok Dawgs at the beautiful Telus Field.

Baseball fans in Edmonton have not seen our Prospects since opening day on June 2.  The following is everything you need to know about the club heading into this weekend.

1) CF Grant Glasser and LF Brandon Bufton are the only two prospects to play in all 8 regular season games.  Glasser is on a 7 game hitting streak and batting .355, while Bufton leads the team with a .367 batting average.

2) The Prospects have already played the Dawgs in Okotoks this season.  The teams split the two game series.  Starting pitcher Cashtyn DeLeeuw picked up the win for the Prospects while Aubrey Dezarn hit Homeruns in both games.  Also in both games, the Prospects had BIG 5th innings ( 7 runs scored and 3 runs scored respectively) so make sure you are in your seats during the 5th inning!!

3) Coach John Sutherland has submitted a different starting lineup for all 8 games.  RF Ethan Sterkel is the newest name to be penciled in the past two games and had an RBI double last time out.  CF Grant Glasser has batted lead-off for 5 games in a row now.

4) Kevin Czarnecki has three starts at second base, one start at shortstop and one appearance as a pinch hitter.  If you hear his name come over the PA, move to the edge of your seat!!  Czarnecki is hitting an incredulous .500 thus far on the season!!  He has had at least one hit in each game he has appeared in.

5) Along with Glasser and Czarnecki, here are the other Prospects currently on a hitting streak over two games:
1B/DH Markus Fergusson (3 gms), IF Miles Shelton Jr (3 gms), and C Jamie Mitchell (3 gms) 

Go get'em Prospects!!

Prospects 7 Indians 4

The post-game tweet sent out by the Edmonton Prospects (@EdmProspects) after the series opener on Tuesday went as follows:

" 7-4 win in Swift Current tonight after a 10 hour bus ride!"

For the first time in the 2012 campaign, the Prospects were able to score runs in the 1st inning of a game.  Plus, for the first time since opening day the Prospects were able to plate a run in the 3rd inning of a game.  This game also marked the first time this season that the Prospects NEVER trailed.

Grant Glasser, who had already extended his hitting streak to 7, collected his 3rd hit and 2nd RBI of the game in the 8th inning with a triple that gave the Prospects back a 2 run cushion. Glasser later scored on a Brandon Bufton single (his second of the game) giving us what would be our final score.

Full marks for a gutsy effort by tonight's Prospects Starting Pitcher Stinson Ott, who in the previous Prospect game last Saturday pitched 4 and 2/3 innings in relief.  Ott would go 4 and 1/3 on Tuesday en route to the victory.

A tip of the cap to both relievers on Tuesday!! 

Brandon Compton came in with two runners on, one out and a shaky one run lead but slammed the door shut.

Tanner Knutson earned the 3 inning save throwing a staggering 24 of his 30 pitches for strikes.

Weather permitting, series wraps up tonight,  Go get'em Prospects!!

Prospects Going to Swift Current

The Edmonton Prospects (1-6) travel to Swift Current for games on Tuesday & Wednesday against the Indians (3-3)

What was a tough first week of the season for the Prospects, there are bright spots to light the path ahead.

Grant Glasser is riding a 6 game hitting streak.  Kevin Czarnecki has hit in all 5 games he has played.  Also Aubrey Dezarn is on a 2 game HR streak (the only 2 HR's the team has hit).  In general, the two game series in Okotoks seemed to have awaken the teams bats as the team accumulated 6 extra-base hits to raise their season total to 10.

An area that needs to continue to improve is the pitching.  With an average of over 12 runs scored against per game, improvement seems to be the only way to go.  Bordering on the side of simply being a homer, one simply allows himself to believe that the inflated week one numbers are just that, inflated numbers!

As for the Swift Current Indians, they return home after a modest 2 game losing streak.  There most recent game was a heart breaking bottom of the 9th, one run loss last night in Medicine Hat.

Go get'em Prospects!!