Monkey Of Our Back

Aided by a double play in the first and second innings plus another double play in the fourth inning, after a quick team conference on the mound, Connor Girard  left the game after 7 strong innings pitched and your Prospects up by six runs.

Then the dreaded "learning curve" of how do win a game seemed to be creeping in until left fielder Sean Guite was moved onto the mound.  The two runners Guite inherited would cross the plate for the Bulls but Guite would strike out the Bulls DH to end the game with the final score 10-7 for your Edmonton Prospects (1-6).

Your Prospects opened the scoring when C Bryn Redhead would knock in 2B Tommy Clouthier.  Sean Guite would triple sending SS Andy Wicklund home opening up a 2-0 lead after one inning of play.

The third inning would see the Prospects cash in on a loaded bases situation. RF Brandon Mikulka would draw a walk to push home a Prospects run then came the big play of the game. On the first pitch he saw, DH Tony Olson hit the ball into the gap and cleared the bases putting your Propsects up by a score of 6-0.  Joey Bergandi would bring home Olson and the Prospects would increase their lead to 7-0.

The eventual winning run was scored in the 5th inning of play with Bergandi once again at the dish.  Mikulka would cross the dish on an error by the Bulls catcher giving your Prospects an 8-2 lead.

The lead would grow to 9-2 in the seventh inning when CF Connor Battaglia would come up with the bases loaded and single home Redhead.  In the next inning, Redhead would do the RBI work singling home 1B Greg Rodgers to make a 10-3 ball game in favor of our Prospects.

NEXT GAME:

This afternoon at 2:05PM hosting the Lethbridge Bulls (2-5).

Left handed pitcher Houston Edwards will be your Prospects Starting Pitcher.  With two no-decisions in his first two starts but a solid 2.70 ERA, Edwards will look to do his part in helping our Prospects sweep the Bulls.

POT OF GOLD:

After the game run the bases and test your speed against the clock to see if you have major league potential. Kids aged 5 – 10 only