Canadians Shutout By Emeralds
August 30, 2009 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Vancouver Canadians News Release
(Nat Bailey Stadium - Vancouver, BC) - Revenge is a dish best served cold and on Sunday, the Eugene Emeralds exacted some revenge on the Canadians with a 4-0 shutout victory. The Emeralds were shutout by Vancouver back on Thursday night falling 1-0 out at Civic Stadium in front of one of their largest crowds of the 2009 season. On Sunday, Eugene returned the favour in front of 5,075 sun soaked fans out at Nat Bailey Stadium.
The Emeralds got to Canadians RHP Ronny Morla in the top of the 2nd inning when C Griffin Benedict hit a double (6) to left field and scored on a line drive off the bat of RF Ty Wright that was dropped by Canadians CF Tyreace House. House was charged with an error on the play that gave Eugene a 1-0 lead.
Eugene scored a pair in the top of the 7th inning off of Canadians LHP Ian Krol who was making his professional debut at the age of 18. After giving up singles to RF Ty Wright and 2B Joey Railey, CF Jason Codiroli hit a single to left that scored Wright. SS Dean Anna then hit a sacrifice fly to left field scoring Railey to extend the Eugene lead to 3-0.
The finishing touches offensively for Eugene came in the top of the 9th inning when Canadians RHP Kyle Christensen walked both 3B Brayden Drake and 2B Joey Railey before giving up a double (9) to SS Dean Anna that scored Drake to give the Emeralds a 4-0 lead.
The Canadians offense was largely held in check by Eugene starter RHP Jorge Reyes who went five scoreless innings, scattering two hits while striking out six Canadians hitters. Eugene's bullpen was strong as well as they shut down Vancouver with RHP David Erickson pitching a scoreless 6th inning and LHP Nick Greenwood who went the final three innings giving up just two hits.
Line Score:
Eugene 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 7 1
Canadians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: J. Reyes (1-0)
LP: R. Morla (1-6)
Sv: N. Greenwood (5)
Time: 2 hours 35 minutes
Attn: 5,075
For a complete box score from Sunday afternoon's 4-0 loss to Eugene, please visit http://www.canadiansbaseball.com
The Canadians (33-36) will wrap up this three game series on Monday, August 31st at 7:05pm vs. the Eugene Emeralds (32-37) with RHP Jonathan Joseph (0-1 4.53) getting the call for the Vancouver.
The BC Sports Hall of Fame presents Bill 'Spaceman' Lee as the final of four Superstar Series appearances set for Monday night. Tickets are available by calling 604.872.5232 or by visiting http://www.canadiansbaseball.com
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