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Two home runs by Kenrick Richardson helped lead Tuff Dogs to a 27 to 11 victory over the Jets. It was the first game of the Summer Softball League's season, but the Dogs showed they are more bite than bark as they bashed out 18 hits and took advantage of Jets' errors to take the lopsided win.

The Dogs scored eight runs in the third as Andrew Simpson hit a three-run homer and added 11 in the fourth to put this game out of reach. Richardson hit a grand slam to put an exclamation mark on the inning.

Kevin Taylor was 3-4 for the victors and team-mate Lovintz Tota also smacked a homer.

Clean-up hitter Garic Swainson was 3-4 with two home runs for Jets while Jermaine Jeffers also homered. Jets coach oach Tracey Bean was 3-4 with three RBIs.

In other men's league play, Ernst & Young hammered AF Smith 20 to 5 in a game shortened to the mercy rule. Ernst scored 14 runs in the third inning, thanks in part to three homers, in cruising to the win.

Jeff Edy (1-3), Monte Palsat (3-4), Steve Halishuk (3-4) and Dan Sullivan (2-3) all homered for Ernst.

Dan Kidd (2-4) hit a three-run shot for Smith while team-mates Troy Humphries (2-4) and Monty Wolf (2-3) also swung the bat well.

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