Dawg Days Of Summer Come To End

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After falling behind two games to none in the Western Major Baseball League championship series, the Dawgs were faced with a steep hill to climb. It was a tough 3-1 loss to the Regina Red Sox on Thursday, August 11th.
Dawgs starting pitcher Desmond Sullivan gave up a first inning three-run homer with two outs to the Red Sox's Tony Crudo. However, Sullivan was otherwise brilliant over the next seven innings pitched, allowing only a single hit and striking out 10.
The Dawgs then bounced back at home on Friday, August 12th staying alive with a 7-4 win for Game 3 of the best-of-five series. The Dawgs scored single runs in the 6th, 7th and 8th inning to force a Game 4 on Saturday, August 13th.  Unfortunately, the Dawgs weren't able to hold on to their home game winning record for the final game of the 2011 playoffs. With a disappointing loss of 7-3, the Dawg days of summer have come to an end losing the WMBL championship to the Regina Red Sox on Saturday night.
A costly 6th inning sealed the Dawgs’ fate as a homerun by Regina's Randy Ramirez brought across 2 of the 7 runs in the inning. This put the Dawgs at a 7-1 deficit that they could not manage to overcome.
Playoff powerhouse, Kasey Coffman ended his season with a 2-run shot in the 8th inning, giving him 4 homeruns over the playoffs. Austin Voros (Texas A&M International) also put up the first run of the game and gave the Dawgs an early lead, which held until the 6th inning, by launching a homerun over the right-centre field wall.
Dawgs starter, Andrew Kittredge who had been unhittable as a closer, pitched 5 scoreless innings before struggling in the 6th.
A crowd of over 3,500 came out to pay tribute to a hard-fought 2011 Dawgs season.

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