Canadians Continue To Climb; Win 2-0
Published on August 26, 2011 under Northwest League (NWL1)
Vancouver Canadians News Release
(Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium, Vancouver, BC) - The Vancouver Canadians made it three straight victories over the Tri-City Dust Devils with a 2-0 shutout in front of a sellout crowd of 5,157 at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium on Friday afternoon.
The C's got to Dust Devils starter RHP Tyler Gagnon in the bottom of the 1st inning. With 2B Shane Opitz on first base with two outs, 1B Kevin Patterson drove a hard-hit ball off the centerfield wall for his first triple of the summer to send him home with the game's first run. LF Steve McQuail followed with an RBI double, driving in Patterson for a quick 2-0 advantage.
C's starter RHP Jesse Hernandez, who threw five shutout innings, pitched in and out of trouble all afternoon. He bore down with runners on base, however, pitching extremely well in the clutch.
Case in point' The Dust Devils had at least one runner on base in each of Hernandez's five innings, but were 0-for-7 against him with runners in scoring position, stranding eight baserunners against the C's starter.
The Canadians bullpen went the final four frames to help preserve the Friday afternoon victory as RHP Eric Brown (2.2IP); LHP Shane Davis (0.0IP) and RHP Philip Brua (1.1IP) limited the Dust Devils offense to just four hits.
The Canadians and Dust Devils will play the fourth game of this five-game series out at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium on Saturday, August 27th at 7:05pm. This game has been Sold Out since Wednesday, as has the series finale set for Sunday, August 28th.
Vancouver will send RHP Ben White to the mound in hopes of grabbing the Canadians 38th victory of the season.
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