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.