Canadians Swept In Front Of Sellout Crowd
September 1, 2009 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Vancouver Canadians News Release
(Nat Bailey Stadium - Vancouver, BC) - Vancouver's baseball culture is alive and well as for the third straight night, the Canadians had a crowd in excess of 5,000 and watched as the Eugene Emeralds took their third straight from the Canadians on Monday night. The C's fell four games below .500 with a 12-3 loss to the Emeralds as Eugene managed a series sweep in the process.
Vancouver Scoring:
Bottom of the 1st Inning: Emeralds 3 Canadians 1
CF Tyreace House reaches base on Catcher's Interference (Emmanuel Quiles), and advances on a wild pitch from Eugene starter RHP Pedro Hernandez. Hernandez is then hit in the shin by a line drive off the bat of SS Micheal Gilmartin advancing House to third base. Hernandez has to leave the game due to an injury and is replaced by RHP Alessio Angelucci who allows House to score from third base on a wild pitch.
Bottom of the 5th Inning: Emeralds 6 Canadians 2
DH Kent Walton singled to right field and then stole his 5th base of the summer to advance out to second base. C Ryan Ortiz then singled off of Eugene RHP Andrew Bovich scoring Walton to cut the lead to 6-2.
Bottom of the 9th Inning: Emeralds 13 Canadians 3
2B Ryne Jernigan singles off of LHP Jeffery Ibarra and advances to third base on a double (7) off the bat of 3B Marcos Luis. Jernigan crosses home plate on a Fielder's Choice off the bat of Tyreace House as the Canadians centerfielder grounds out to Eugene SS Dean Anna.
Line Score:
Eugene 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 12 14 2
Canadians 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3 7 3
WP: A. Bovich (2-0)
LP: J. Joseph (0-2)
Time: 3 hours 16 minutes
Attn: 5,132
For a complete box score from Monday night's 12-3 loss to the Eugene Emeralds, please visit http://www.canadiansbaseball.com
The Canadians will travel to Everett, WA on Tuesday, September 1st to open up the final road series of the 2009 Northwest League season against the Aquasox starting at 7:05pm. Vancouver sends RHP Joselito Adames (5-5 5.74) to the mound in hopes of snapping the teams current three game losing skid.
Vancouver returns home on Friday, September 4th at 7:05pm to open up the final home stand of the 2009 season against the Everett Aquasox. Tickets are available by calling 604.872.5232 or by visiting the Canadians website at http://www.canadiansbaseball.com
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