Home Field Advantage

by Len Nunes
Twitter: @Mr_Len

Your Edmonton Prospects will be "unveiled" tonight at Telus Field and for our group of road weary young men, a home stand is exactly what they need.  The Prospects come home 0-3 after having a rough day at the ballpark in Swift Current.

One of the many wonderful realities of baseball is that when you do have one of those "rough days", there is no time to dwell on them because you are right back out there ironing out the kinks. 

SS Andy Wicklund made an impressive debut for the Prospects finishing last night 3 for 5 at the plate and earning an RBI when he singled home CF Connor Battaglia. 

Battaglia has reached base safely in all three Prospects game this season which comes as no surprise based on his .333 batting average he posted at Chapman University prior to coming to Edmonton.

DH Bryn Redhead also went 3 for 5 at the plate and earned himself two RBI in the process.  In the 2nd inning he drove home Wicklund and in the 6th inning he drove him 1B Greg Rodgers. 

Rodgers finished the night officially 2 for 2 at the plate with two singles but also had a sacrifice bunt, a walk and was hit by a pitch.  Through three games, Rodgers is hitting a remarkable .417!

Under the category of weird stats, 3B Logan Wedgewood earned himself the team lead in RBI (3) when he drove in a run with loaded bases groundout.  The weird part, Wedgewood has yet to record an official hit.

GAME NIGHT:

Game time tonight versus the Okotoks Dawgs (1-1) is 7:05 PM at Telus Field.

 *The first 200 fans to the ballpark will receive a Prospects Rally Megaphone so they can cheer on the team for the home opener and throughout the season. This megaphone doubles as a popcorn holder!