The Okotoks Dawgs celebrated ‘Christmas in July’ at Seaman Stadium tonight and although there were gifts, snow, and Santa, The Dawgs would fall short 2-1 against the Gulls in an albeit close match-up. The Dawg's bullpen held it down throughout the game, but a few slips allowed the Gulls to capitalize.

With this loss to Sylvan Lake, the Dawgs record for the season fell to 27-9 as they sit narrowly behind the Gulls in the WCBL west-division standings. The Dawgs lineup struggled tonight against the Gulls bullpen. Despite this Jarrett Burney (Reinhardt University) and Barry Eiseman (Reinhardt University) both went 2-for-4 tonight with solid base hits. Lou Anderson (Montreal, QC) would bring in the Dawg's only run of the night with a hard-hit line drive in the ninth.

Brock Townsend (Bellevue University) got the nod tonight and despite the loss tossed a solid game. Townsend went eight innings only allowing five hits from the Gulls. Townsend surrendered the Gulls only two runs tonight but would throw six scoreless innings. Trent Warstler (Emporia State) would step in in the ninth striking out one in his single inning of work.

The Dawgs return to beautiful Seaman Stadium tomorrow Saturday, July 13th to take on the Brooks Bomber in our first ever ‘Teddy Bear Toss’ where fans can throw their bears onto the field where all bears will be donated to local charities because every kid deserves a cuddly friend.

A reminder that Dawgs fans can stream Dawgs home and away games at www.hometeamlive.com.

Come cheer on the Dawgs in person for their next home game! Tickets are selling fast, purchase yours today at www.dawgsbaseball.ca/tickets or by calling the Dawgs ticket office at 403-262-DAWG(3294)