Dawgs run past the Bulls
By Lethbridge Herald on July 14, 2021.
The Lethbridge Bulls are still looking for their first win of their road trip.
The Bulls were downed 16-0 by the Okotoks Dawgs Black in Western Canadian Baseball League play Tuesday night in Okotoks.
Up 4-0 after five innings, the Dawgs put an exclamation point on their lopsided win with seven runs in the sixth and five in the eighth on their way to the win that improves Okotoks to 9-7 while the Bulls are now 7-7.
The win also puts the Dawgs Black in second place, one-and-a-half games back of the Edmonton Prospects (10-5), while the Bulls sit in third, two-and-a-half back of the Prospects.
Lethbridge is back in Okotoks tonight to take on the Red Dawgs at 7:05 p.m.
On Tuesday night the Dawgs Black opened up a 2-0 lead after two innings and added two more in the fifth for a 4-0 lead before their bats sounded off later in the game.
Okotoks outhit Lethbridge 14-3.
Ty Penner, Dalton Demers and Ty Wevers had the sole Bulls hits.
Tyrese Johnson, Kaden Zarowny, Alejandro Cazorla, Ty Doucette, Kobe Laevens and Dryden Howse each had two hits for Okotoks.
Doucette and Laevens also had three RBI each.
Bulls starter Jake Anderson took the loss, going four and two-thirds innings, giving up four runs on eight hits, walking three and striking out five.
Quinn Tocheniuk picked up the win for the Dawgs Black, tossing four innings, surrendering two hits and no runs, walking two and striking out three.
The Bulls are in Edmonton Friday through Sunday to face the Prospects in a four-game set, including a double-header Saturday.
Lethbridge is back in Okotoks July 20 to take on the Dawgs Red before returning to Spitz Stadium July 21 when the Dawgs Black come to town.
Heading into Tuesday’s game, Bulls catcher Noah Or sat in second in the WCBL in batting average, hitting .413, second to Laevens who was batting .415 heading into last night’s game. Or is also tied for second in hits with 19.
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