Midget AAA RiverDogs remain hot

Tobin Huffman of the Kamloops RiverDogs worked this curveball over the plate against West Kelowna at the Canada Games Field on Saturday. For more photos, see slideshow below. Allen Douglas/KTW

Three weekend wins on McArthur Island kept the Kamloops Players Bench RiverDogs on pace with the best in the B.C. Minor Baseball Association’s midget AAA ranks.

Kamloops hosted a doubleheader against West Kelowna on Saturday, dropping the opener 8-5 before bouncing back with a 17-7 victory in the rematch.

In Game 1, Tobin Huffman allowed four runs on six hits in six innings of work before giving way to Zac Austin, who gave up four runs on two hits in one inning.

Riley Jepson led the Dogs at the plate, racking up one double, two singles and two RBI.

The second game saw Hayden Bennett and Vincent Daley split time on the hill.

Daley also pitched in at the plate, recording three singles, two RBI and scoring three runs.
The RiverDogs swept the Cowichan Mustangs in a doubleheader on Sunday, earning a 6-5 victory in the opener and trouncing the visitors 17-2 in the rematch.

Christian McCauley hit a walk-off sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to claim victory in Game 1 after Daley led off with a double and was moved to third base by Austin.

Jepson gave up four runs in three innings of work on the mound before being relieved by McCauley, who registered five strikeouts in four innings without allowing a hit.

Pitcher Bryant Jameus had an impressive showing for the home team in the lopsided victory in Game 2, giving up two runs on three hits in the victory.

Lucas Lott added two stolen bases to his statistic line, which included three singles, three RBI and four runs.

Kamloops (18-7) sits third in league standings, behind second-place Chilliwack (16-6) and first-place Ridge Meadows (18-3).

The RiverDogs return to action tomorrow, when they play hometown Vernon (6-20-1).

South Fraser will be in town on Saturday, with game times set for 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Canada Games Field.