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The Dodgers fell behind 3-1 in the top of the fifth inning, but struck for a pair in the bottom half of the inning to tie the game against Stratford starter Shawn Gillespie. The teams exchanged runs in the sixth inning before the Dodgers blew the game open with a five-run seventh. In Gillespie, the Dodgers were facing one of the league's top pitchers, owner of the ninth best ERA with the London Majors a year ago. - Although sporting new ownership and a new name from the 1-33 Storm team of a ; last season, Stratford still appears to have some work to do, as they were pounded 25-9 by Kitchener Sunday. The Dodgers are also looking to improve on a difficult 2005, when they finished just ahead of Stratford in eighth place with a 9-26 record. "If I go into a season with any thoughts other than winning, then I'd be cheating the team," Prosper says when asked of his expectations for the Dodgers. 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