August 15 - Canadians Final
August 16, 2016 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Vancouver Canadians News Release
Ron Tonkin Field - Hillsboro, OR- Vancouver's offense got things going early en route to a 14-hit performance that helped beat Hillsboro 6-4. The win is the Canadians third straight and brings them to within five games of North Division leading Everett with three calendar weeks remaining.
Canadians 1B Nash Knight was 4-for-5 with a double, RF Josh Palacios was 3-for-5 with two runs scored and CF J.B. Woodman hit his 2nd home run of the season against the Hops who fall to 2-7 (.222) against Vancouver in 2016. 2B Cavan Biggio delivered the key insurance run of the game for the C's as his single scored Palacios from second base in the top of the 9th inning off of RHP Curtis Taylor (University of British Columbia). The run was the first one allowed by the 4th rounder since he signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Canadians RHP Pat Murphy (3-4) grabbed the win after going 5 2/3 innings, scattering seven hits while striking out five. RHP Gabriel Noyalis allowed three runs in the bottom of the 7th inning to bring the Hops to within one, but the combination of LHP Grayson Huffman (1.0IP) and RHP Nick Hartman (1.0IP) slammed the door on the Hops down the stretch, with Hartman recording his first professional save.
With the victory, Vancouver improves to 7-11 (.389) on the second half of the season, while Hillsboro falls to 10-8 (.556) with 20 regular season games remaining. The win, as mentioned, moves Vancouver to within five games of North Division leading Everett who fell at home to Salem-Keizer 7-0 on Monday night.
Vancouver wraps up this five-game series on Tuesday at 1:05pm with Toronto Blue Jays 1st Rounder RHP T.J. Zeuch (0-1, 3.50) getting the ball for the Canadians opposite Mack Lemieux (0-2, 5.63). This game can be heard on TSN1410 AM and at www.canadiansbaseball.com.
Vancouver Canadians Baseball returns to Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium on Wednesday, August 17th at 7:05pm to open up an eight-game home stand against Spokane (Aug 17-19) and Boise (August 20-24). Tickets are available at www.canadiansbaseball.com, by calling 604.872.5232, or by visiting the Nat Bailey Stadium Box Office at 4601 Ontario Street, Vancouver, B.C.
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Northwest League Stories from August 16, 2016
- Hops Walk off with Win on J-Mo Jack - Hillsboro Hops
- Ljay Newsome Wins Second NWL Pitcher of the Week Award - Everett AquaSox
- Ems and Easyhome Teaming up Again - Eugene Emeralds
- Volcanoes Tag Cishek With Loss - Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
- Biggio's Big Plays End Hops' Series Streak - Hillsboro Hops
- August 15 - Canadians Final - Vancouver Canadians
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