WCL Victoria HabourCats

Bats Come Alive in Cowlitz

Published on June 18, 2015 under West Coast League (WCL)
Victoria HabourCats News Release


The Victoria HarbourCats, with new recruits awaiting the team in Victoria, sent a message about the offensive potential with a 17-hit, 17-run barrage in Longview, WA on Wednesday night, drubbing the Cowlitz Black Bears 17-6.

Kevin Collard was 3-3 with a grand slam and three runs scored, and PJ Floyd had a pair of two-run home runs for Victoria. Alex Rogers moved to 3-0 on the season with two unearned runs allowed in five innings pitched.

Floyd finished with five runs driven in, and catcher Jackson Thoreson was 2-3 with two runs and two driven in.

Sean O'Toole, Kyle Francis and Mikey Wright completed the game on the mound after Rogers was lifted.

The win came after a pair of 3-2 losses in which the HarbourCats could have come out on top with a couple of clutch hits. That was not a problem on Wednesday.

The HarbourCats have Thursday off before "Mr. HarbourCat", Alex DeGoti, makes his highly-anticipated return to Sports Traders Diamond at RAP on Friday night with the Black Bears providing the opposition on Galaxy Motors Forces Friday. (Saturday is Anawim House Sock Toss, and Sunday is Outlooks for Men Father's Day, www.harbourcats.com/tickets)

The HarbourCats will arrive to find 10 players able to bolster a team with a 5-7 record that has been riding the same horses for the early part of the season -- just 17 players were active for Wednesday's game. Key is the addition of three more pitchers, with more pitching signings imminent.

-- 2B/OF Pikai Dubuque-Winchester, a 40th round pick of the Tampa Bay Rays, from Hawaii

-- Returning IF Griffin Andreychuk, from Seattle University

-- IF Michael Gretler of Oregon State, a Boston Red Sox draft choice

-- Cal Poly RHP Austin Dondanville

-- Cal Poly OF Ben Polshuk

-- UC-Irvine OF AJ Alcantara

-- UCLA OF Jake Pries

-- UCLA IF Scott Jarvis

-- UC-Davis RHP Matt Blais

-- RHP Luke Manuel of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, a Vancouver product who will start Saturday's game after signing a 10-day contract

All join the team following academic requirements at their schools. RHP Henry Omana of Cal State Fullerton is also set to come north.

The HarbourCats announce the release of OF Brendan Somers, a local product who will be unable to join the team due to academic needs for next fall. Also, RHP Preston Ryan is having his status with the team evaluated, and it is expected he will be sent home -- he did not pitch after the road series in Bend.

LHP Quinten Torres-Costa, a 2014 HarbourCat, has signed a pro contract with the the Milwaukee Brewers. Nate Lukes and Gabe Clark continue to negotiate with the teams that chose them in last week's draft. Logan Lombana, a RHP who was with the HarbourCats in 2013 and 2014, has signed with the Minnesota Twins.

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