Game 3 Playoff Loss

Game 3 Playoff Loss
By Arik Krause

The Edmonton Prospects came out of Okotoks with a 2-0 series lead and a chance to clinch the first round against the Dawgs at RE/MAX field on Thursday. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to do that and we’ll be playing a Game 4 tonight (Friday, August 3rd) where the Prospects will yet again have another chance to put the Dawgs away.

Coach Ray Brown would hand the ball to Josh Sieglitz in Game 3 and he would start the game pitching two scoreless innings before Collin Ridout would come around to score in the top of the 3rd for Okotoks. Things would unravel for Sieglitz in the top of the fourth as five Dawgs would come across to score, effectively ending his night. Sieglitz would go 4.0 IP allowing 6 hits, 4 earned runs and striking out 2.

The Prospects would get on the board in the fifth inning as Nick Spillman would start the inning with a lead-off double. Daylen Calicdan would ground into a 4-3 for out number 1, but advanced Spillman in the process. Eric Crain hit a ball out to the left fielder and brought Spillman in on a sacrifice fly.

This game, however, was all Dawgs as Okotoks would score in three consecutive innings putting up 2 runs in both the sixth and seventh, follow by a single run in the 8th putting them up 11-1 and the game basically out of reach.

The Prospects would attempt to mount a rally scoring two runs in the ninth inning off of a Jake MacDonald triple to center field and a Nick Spillman grounder which would eventually bring Jake in but it wasn’t enough as Okotoks would win Game 3 with a score of 11-3 and force a Game 4 Friday night at RE/MAX Field.

As mentioned before, the Prospects still have the ability to clinch the first round of the Western Major Baseball League tonight in Edmonton. Be sure to get your tickets and cheer on the Prospects.  Purchase online at https://tickets.prospectsbaseballclub.com 

 

Player of the Game: Jake MacDonald

Hard to pick a “Player of the Game” in this one as the Prospects weren’t able to mount much offence against a strong Okotoks pitching staff but Jake MacDonald came in at the bottom of the ninth, hit a triple to drive in a run and later scored himself going 1-1 with a triple, run and an RBI.

 

Upcoming Schedule:

Friday, August 3rd – RE/MAX Field vs Okotoks 7 PM

(if necessary) Saturday, August 4th – Road Game in Okotoks 7 PM