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.
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