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Dawgs playoff preview:

Dawgs head into the playoffs with several players swinging a hot bat. Daniel Fredrickson (Gonzaga) with a .287 average and .424 on base %, including 21 RBIs leads off for the club, followed by Oregon State's Elliot Cary. Cary, who is coming off an injury, joined the Dawgs late in the regular season but found his stroke of late to raise his average to .293 with 3 home runs. The middle of the Dawgs order features Brendan Rose (UBC) who sits at .356 with an on base % of .453 and a team leading 58 hits, Michael Gretler (Oregon State) who leads the club with 36 RBIs and is hitting .331 with 4 home runs and cleanup hitter, Kellen Marruffo (Utah) who leads the club with a .378 average including 6 home runs, 14 doubles and 32 RBIs.

Also contributing to the Dawgs 1st place finish were Dawgs Academy call up, Justin King, who in just 13 games has 6 doubles and a .367 average, Blake Rowlett (E. Tenn) batting .330, Josh McIntyre (WSU) .306 with a team leading 14 doubles and JT Patterson (NE Co) ..299 with 2 HRs. Catcher, Joel Brophy (Niagara) enters the playoffs on fire as he batted .500 over the final 4 games of the regular season with a HR.

Dawgs feature a deep rotation and bullpen led by CJ Lewington (Arkansas Pine Bluff) who led the team with 6 wins and Liam Stroud (Niagara) who with the shut out win over Ft. McMurray lowered his ERA to .337 with a team leading 45 strikeouts. Lefty starters, Ian Scott (Lewis Clark, ID) and Garrett Cuik (Mission, CA) have also given the Dawgs stalwart performances with 4-0 and 3-2 records respectively.

A major part of the Dawgs pitching success has been an outstanding bullpen led by Lewis Clark State's, Anthony Baldaras. In 20 innings, Baldaras has struck out 26 batters with a minuscule 0.90 ETA. Tyler Burdett (Dixie State) has also been lights out out of the pen with a 2.45 ERA in 20 innings pitched. Newcomer, Taylor Davis (Lower Columbia, OR) with an ERA just over 3.00 and Nick Vickers (NE Co), with 5 shutout innings in his last outing, have also been excellent of late. Christian Parsons (Lower Columbia) leads the Dawgs with 7 saves.

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