Canadians Playoff Hopes Take Another Hit
September 2, 2015 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Vancouver Canadians News Release
(Gesa Stadium - Pasco, WA) - Canadians LHP Evan Smith couldn't escape the bottom of the 1st inning and Vancouver left 12 runners on-base as the Tri-City Dust Devils put a major damper on the C's playoff hopes with an 8-6 victory on Tuesday night. The loss, keeps Vancouver four games back of North Division leading Everett with just five games to play.
Canadians pitching struggled early walking nine Dust Devils over the first five innings as Tri-City took advantage with a four-run bottom of the 1st inning which chased LHP Evan Smith who allowed four earned runs early. RHP Ryan Cook allowed three runs (two earned) over this three innings of relief but exited with the Canadians down 7-1.
Vancouver's offense would get a gift from Tri-City in the top of the 6th inning as LHP Corey Kimber allowed four runs to the Canadians that included an RBI triple off the bat of LF Connor Panas. Kimber would walk five in the inning and yet escaped further damaged then the four runs he allowed as he got C Ryan Hissey and RF Sean Hurley to pop-out consecutively to leave the bases loaded.
Notes: Canadians LHP Dan Young went three innings allowing one-run to keep Vancouver within reach... 3B Justin Atkinson went 2-for-5 to bring his season average to .299... Vancouver's offense struck out 13 times in the loss.
With the loss, Vancouver falls to 15-18 through 33 second half games and 31-40 overall on the 2015 season. The Canadians are now four games back of North Division leading Everett with just five games remaining on the 2015 regular season schedule. Should the Canadians fall on Wednesday and Everett wins in Spokane, Vancouver would be eliminated from post-season contention for the first time since 2009.
Line Score:
Canadians 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 6 9 1
Tri-City 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 x 8 11 2
WP: Ramirez (1-1)
LP: Smith (2-4)
Sv: Maton (6)
Time: 3 hours 13 minutes
For a complete recap and box score from Tuesday evening's loss in Pasco, Washington, please visit www.canadiansbaseball.com
Vancouver returns to Scotiabank Field for the final regular season series starting on Friday, September 4th, 2015 as the Everett Aquasox come to Vancouver. For tickets, please visit www.canadiansbaseball.com.
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