OTTAWA, Ontario (July 23, 2025) – The Down East Bird Dawgs couldn’t overcome an early deficit in Wednesday night’s series finale at Ottawa Stadium, falling 10–4 to the Titans despite a late push. With the loss, the Bird Dawgs dropped the season series to Ottawa.

Ottawa stampeded into the lead early when Taylor Wright opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the second inning. Justin Fogel followed with a two-RBI single in the third, Kaiden Cardoso launched a two-run homer in the fourth, and AJ Wright scored on an error in the fifth to make it 7–0.

The Bird Dawgs responded in the sixth with three runs. Trotter Harlan and Ali LaPread delivered RBI singles, and Cameron Masterman added a run-scoring double to cut the deficit to 7–3.

Jake Sanford answered with an RBI double in the seventh for Ottawa, but Stephen DiTomaso knocked in a run in the eighth for the Bird Dawgs. However, they stranded two runners in scoring position in that frame.

Victor Cerny then capped the scoring with a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth to extend Ottawa’s lead to 10–4.

The Bird Dawgs out-hit Ottawa 12 to nine but left 13 runners on base in the 10-4 loss.

Drew Henderson (3–2) took the loss, allowing six runs on five hits while striking out four over 4 2/3 innings.

Alfredo Villa (7–2) earned the win for Ottawa, giving up three runs on eight hits and striking out five across 5 2/3 innings. Shane Gray recorded the save after entering in the eighth with the tying run on deck, escaping the jam and pitching a scoreless ninth.

The Bird Dawgs, now 27–34, return to action Thursday night for the series finale against the Titans. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.