Prospects Baseball Players, College, Edmonton, Recruitment

Beavers' Bats Hold Off Prospects (July 7, 2010)
In what was the first meeting of the season between the Weyburn Beavers and The Edmonton Prospects, the “often silent” bats of the Beavers came to life. In front of the Edmonton Boys and Girls Club the Beavers’ bats chased Prospects starter Austan Bosch after only 3.1 innings; tagging him for 10 hits and 8 earned runs.
Edmonton made a game out of it scoring 4 late in the sixth and another 3 in the ninth, but were unable to complete the comeback losing by a score of 13-8.
Beavers’ Derek Wallace was 3-5 at the plate, just a triple away from the cycle, with 4 RBI’s.
Beavers’ Phil Curtis picks up his first win of the season going 5 innings allowing only 1 run.
The Prospects look to rebound Thursday night against the visiting Beavers.

Prospects Explode At The Plate (June 15, 2010)
The Edmonton Prospects won their third straight game to cap off a mini-series sweep of the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets.
The Prospects started the game off on the right foot, scoring once in the first and adding two more in the second. The fourth, fifth, and six innings would be the Prospects’ “Coming Out Party” where they pushed 2, 3, and 4 runs across respectively. Despite some late inning pushes from the Jackets, the Prospects would go on to win 13-5.
Doug Holmes would make a splash in his Edmonton debut going 2-3 with 3 runs, 2 RBIs, and 2 stolen bases.
Boone Farrington in his final game with Edmonton (leaving for personal reasons) had a big day at the plate going 3-6 with 2 runs and 2 RBIs.
Johnny Estes would also finish the game 3-5 with 3 RBIs of his own.

All of this offence overshadowed another quality start from the Prospects’ starting pitching. Austan Bosch picks up a win throwing 6 scoreless innings while striking out 2.
Jackets’ Jordan Rawlyk picks up the loss lasting only 3 innings surrendering 3 runs and striking out 3.

The Edmonton Prospects would like to wish Boone Farrington all the luck in the future and he will be missed.

Prospects Stay Hot In Pitchers' Duel (June 14, 2010)
After coming off a win against the Okotoks Dawgs Sunday afternoon, the Edmonton Prospects pull off their second straight win against the visiting Saskatoon Yellow Jackets in a tight pitchers’ duel.
Once again it was the starting pitching that kept the Prospects opponents at bay. Prospects starter Nate Steinmetz went 6.2 innings allowing only 1 run and picked up 5 strikeouts in the win.
Jackets starter’ Mark Mercer had a strong outing as well going 7 innings and striking out 7 but allowing 2 runs and taking the loss on the mound.
Burke Seifrit picked up the 7-out save without surrounding a run.
Mack Harrison led the Prospects at the plate again going 2-4 with both RBIs.

The Prospects look to extend their winning ways against the Jackets again Tuesday evening at John Fry Park; starting time 7:05pm.

Prospects Avoid Sweep In Okotoks (June 13, 2010)
After falling short in two close games two nights in a row, the Edmonton Prospects pulled off a 4-3 win Sunday afternoon against the home team, the Okotoks Dawgs.
The Prospects jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth when the Dawgs answered back with 2 of their own in the bottom half and added another insurance run in the bottom of the fifth to jump out to a 3-1 lead.
The strong pitching performance from Prospects starting pitcher Geoff Mann led the team through seven strong innings of 3 earned runs and 4 strikeouts.
The Prospects’ bats rallied behind their pitcher and pushed 2 runs across the plate in the top of the seventh, thanks to a 2-out double by Austin Cowan to tie the score at 3-3.
The Prospects would score another run in the top of the 9th off of Okotoks’ pitcher Jeff Mottl to pull ahead 4-3.
Prospects’ pitcher Joe Wahl came in the ninth to record his first save of the season giving JJ Bergamin the win for pitching a scoreless eighth and handing the loss to Jeff Mottl.
Mack Harrison led the way at the plate for the Prospects going 2-4 with 2 RBIs and a double.i

Prospects Get in the "Win Column" with a Walk-off Victory (June 8, 2010)
The Edmonton Prospects finally get the monkey off their backs with a 7-6 win over visiting Medicine Hat Mavericks this past Sunday afternoon at John Fry Park.
After falling behind early the Prospects used a 4 run third to chase starting pitcher Shawn Hetherington from the game and added on another 2 runs in the bottom of the fourth inning to tie the game 6-6.
The Prospects carried the tie going into ninth inning where they were given a few home friendly bounces in the field and found themselves with the bases loaded and none out. Medicine Hat brought in the lefty reliever, Brad Mergen to face the lefty Mike Wesner and after a strong battle at the plate a swinging third strike and wild pitch led to a Prospects walk-off win.
Tyler Dunsmore picked up the win going 5.1 scoreless innings surrendering only 2 hits.
At the plate Mike Wesner finished the game 2-3 with 2 RBIs and a triple.

Edmonton Prospects Announce 2010 Head Coach
The Edmonton Prospects are pleased to announce Drew Roberts will be the Head Coach for the 2010 WMBL Season. Coach Roberts brings a solid playing and coaching resume to the Prospects Collegiate Club. Coach Roberts was a participant in the USA Junior Olympic Baseball Tryout in Joplin, MO in 2003. From there he moved on to instructing at Baseball Camps at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH. He attended Xavier University on a Baseball Athletic Scholarship from 2003-2007 and is currently completing his Masters in Coaching Education. Coach Roberts considers his greatest strengths in coaching to be his passion for the game, his confidence, patience and perserverance.

Management is pleased to welcome Drew to the Edmonton Prospects Baseball Club.