Bulls Open The Stretch Drive With A Loss
The Bulls began the final two weeks of the regular season in Medicine Hat Thursday night with a 6-2 loss to the Mavericks.
The Bulls opened the scoring and led 1-0 after one. Medicine Hat tied the game in the bottom of the second. The Mavericks came up with five runs in the third inning that turned out to be the difference in the game.
Adam Reynolds was the losing pitcher and now has a record of 4 and 3. He gave up seven hits and six runs, but only three were earned. Reynolds struck two and walked one over five innings. Ariel Perez and Richard Pharr pitched three innings of scoreless relief, Perez in the sixth and seventh, and Pharr finished up in the eighth.
The Bulls got seven hits in the game. Josh Lowden was the only player in the line-up with more than one hit. He was 2 for 4 with a run scored. Zach Rhodes was 1 for 3 and drove in both runs.
The loss gives the Bulls a record of 19 and 15, as they begin an important weekend at home against the two teams with the best records in the league. The Swift Current Indians, the Central Division leaders (20-10), make their only visit of the regular season to Spitz Stadium Friday. Vauxhall Academy grad Brandon Petite is scheduled to get the start on the mound. West Division leading Okotoks (23-10) are the visitors Saturday night. Both games begin at 7:05.
The Bulls have a busy schedule to complete the regular season, with fourteen games in fourteen days. Twelve of the games are regularly scheduled league games, plus one make up game for a rain out, and an exhibition game against Team Alberta next Monday night at Spitz Stadium.
The game against Team Alberta is also "Strike Out Hunger Night" that was postponed from an earlier rained out game. Fans who bring a non-perisable food item with them will be admitted to game for only two dollars. The food will be donated to the Interfaith Food Bank. The July 14 game against the Edmonton Prospects that was rained out has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, July 22 at 7:05 pm.
The Bulls opened the scoring and led 1-0 after one. Medicine Hat tied the game in the bottom of the second. The Mavericks came up with five runs in the third inning that turned out to be the difference in the game.
Adam Reynolds was the losing pitcher and now has a record of 4 and 3. He gave up seven hits and six runs, but only three were earned. Reynolds struck two and walked one over five innings. Ariel Perez and Richard Pharr pitched three innings of scoreless relief, Perez in the sixth and seventh, and Pharr finished up in the eighth.
The Bulls got seven hits in the game. Josh Lowden was the only player in the line-up with more than one hit. He was 2 for 4 with a run scored. Zach Rhodes was 1 for 3 and drove in both runs.
The loss gives the Bulls a record of 19 and 15, as they begin an important weekend at home against the two teams with the best records in the league. The Swift Current Indians, the Central Division leaders (20-10), make their only visit of the regular season to Spitz Stadium Friday. Vauxhall Academy grad Brandon Petite is scheduled to get the start on the mound. West Division leading Okotoks (23-10) are the visitors Saturday night. Both games begin at 7:05.
The Bulls have a busy schedule to complete the regular season, with fourteen games in fourteen days. Twelve of the games are regularly scheduled league games, plus one make up game for a rain out, and an exhibition game against Team Alberta next Monday night at Spitz Stadium.
The game against Team Alberta is also "Strike Out Hunger Night" that was postponed from an earlier rained out game. Fans who bring a non-perisable food item with them will be admitted to game for only two dollars. The food will be donated to the Interfaith Food Bank. The July 14 game against the Edmonton Prospects that was rained out has been re-scheduled for Wednesday, July 22 at 7:05 pm.
