The Okotoks Dawgs won their seventh straight Tuesday night back in front of a sold out crowd back at Seaman Stadium.

The 31-11 Dawgs claimed a 6-0 victory over the 24-20 Lethbridge Bulls.

A five-run fifth inning, highlighted by a Zach Hanna's three-run moon shot over the right field wall, ultimately put the game away. Behind him, Eddie Sanchez, Joel Brophy, and Kody Funderburk all registered multi-hit games. Through three innings, though, it was an absolute pitchers duel. Anthony Balderas and Lethbridge product Landen Bourassa combined for 11 strikeouts, limiting both offences to just three hits through one-third of the tilt. The contest stayed scoreless until the Dawgs took advantage of a pair of errors in the fourth frame. Jayse McLean brought home the first run of the game, legging out a fielder’s choice with runners on the corners to hand the Dawgs a 1-0 lead.

Okotoks broke this one wide open in the bottom half of the fifth to take a 6-0 edge. Brophy ripped his second hit of the night before a sac-bunt from Brendan Rose and Greg Cullen moved both Dawgs into scoring position. Sanchez stepped to the plate with the infield in and dropped a clutch RBI single into shallow left field, allowing Matt Lloyd to extend his hitting streak to a franchise-high 22 games with a one-run single of his own. With two-on and two-out, Hanna capped the inning off, crushing the first pitch he saw over the wall in right for his third blast of the season.

Balderas continued to mow down Bulls the rest of the way, shutting down the opposition for the Dawgs’ second time this season. 

The Dawgs are back on the road Wednesday as they travel to Edmonton for a double-header with the Prospects.

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