The Okotoks Dawgs wrangled the Bulls with a 5-1 victory at Seaman Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
For Breast Cancer Awareness Night, they held live auctions for the pink jerseys worn by thr players. It was especially significant for closer Ashton Luera, who wears a breast cancer bandana in every game this season as a tribute to his aunt.
Okotoks' own Brody Forno made the start on the mound, going three full innings and earning five strikeouts in the process. Garrett Maloney came in relief and struck out three batters in one inning. Cade Herrmann, Aaron Hammer, Zane Morrison, Gavin Wuschke, and Luera all made appearances on the mound.
Hammer got credit for the win and all pitches combined put out 17 Lethbridge batters with strikeouts. Luera closed the game at the top of the ninth and earned three strikeouts, going three up and three down.
Lethbridge opened the scoring at the top of the second and got their only run of the game. Okotoks answered with a run of their own at the top of the fifth.
Ricky Sanchez got the first run for the Dawgs after Jarrett Burney hit a double. Burney is currently on a 13-game hit streak and is coming in hot as playoffs are about to begin on Wednesday (August 7).
The Dawgs added another four runs at the top of the sixth to finish off the scoring.
After Alejandro Cazorla got on base, Caleb Lumbard would make the ball go skyward for a home run and gave the Dawgs a 3-1 lead. Aidan Rose then hit a double with Brendan Luther up to bat next. Luther then hit a double of his own getting Rose in for the run. Ricky Sanchez would then get Luther in across home plate to go up 5-0.
Okotoks will play their final 2024 WCBL regular season game tomorrow in Lethbridge when they face the Bulls at 7:05 pm.