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!!