WCL Victoria HabourCats

Clark Clubs Three Homers in HarbourCats' Win

Published on July 19, 2014 under West Coast League (WCL)
Victoria HabourCats News Release


Gabe Clark hit four balls over the fence on Friday night at Sports Traders Diamond, but ended the night with a team-record three home run game.

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Clark, one of four Victoria HarbourCats who will represent the organization at the West Coast League All-Star Game in Klamath Falls on Monday, saw one of his four blasts reeled in by the homer-stealing glove of Klamath Falls Gems centre fielder Jon Williams.

In front of a crowd of 1,709 on Synergy Health Harvey Bobblehead Night, the HarbourCats won the game 14-8, their third victory in a row that moved Victoria to 16-19 on the season, keeping their wild card hopes alive with 19 games to play in the regular season. The HarbourCats are four games back of the Bend Elks, who hold that final playoff berth with a 20-15 record. In the West Division, the HarbourCats and Cowlitz Black Bears are deadlocked in second place, 10.5 games back of the Bellingham Bells (26-8).

Clark clubbed a home run in each of the first, fourth and fifth innings. In the second inning, Williams reached over the fence to take away a home run from Clark -- two batters before that Williams robbed Alex DeGoti, another all-star, of a home run as well. Clark has a team-leading six home runs this season, two more than Sean Watkins and DeGoti, who hit a home run as well on Friday night.

The HarbourCats scored more than 12 runs again, meaning fans got a free appy coupon for 1550s Restaurant for the third time this season. Victoria scored four times in the first, seven times in the fourth, and three times in the fifth. Klamath Falls made it interesting in the ninth inning with six runs of their own, almost all the result of HarbourCats walks or hit batters.

Clark ended the night 3-4 with six runs driven in, while DeGoti drove in three runs. Nathan Lukes and Kelly Norris-Jones were both 2-4 and the HarbourCats hammered out 14 hits overall.

Logan Lombana, who will go to the All-Star Game, allowed four hits, four walks and two runs in five innings. Lombana is now 2-2 on the season with a 2.57 ERA. Alex Fagalde threw three innings with three strikeouts.

The HarbourCats and Gems will meet again on Saturday night at Sports Traders Diamond, a 7:11pm start on Bottle Depot Game Night. Dylan Stowell will make his first start of the season for the HarbourCats.

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