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Sweeney Shine In Canadians Game One Victory

September 3, 2012 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Vancouver Canadians News Release


(Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium - Vancouver, BC) - A single off the bat of Canadians 3B Kellen Sweeney scored SS Jorge Flores in the bottom of the 8th inning to give Vancouver the opening game of a best-of-three West Division Final against the Everett Aquasox on Monday afternoon in front of 4,698 sun soaked fans out at Scotiabank Field.

Canadians starter RHP Roberto Osuna pitched three scoreless innings against Everett striking out six before handing the ball over to the bullpen. From the 4th inning on, Vancouver's pitching limited the Aquasox to just one hit as the combination of RHP Jon Lucas (2.1IP), LHP Colton Turner (2.1IP), RHP Wil Browning (0.1IP) and RHP Arik Sikula (1.0IP) completed the shutout of Everett.

Aquasox starter RHP Dylan Unsworth was exceptional as well on Monday as the native of Durban, South Africa went six scoreless innings limiting the Canadians offensive attack to just four hits while striking out eight.

Vancouver's only run came in the bottom of the 8th inning off of Everett reliever RHP Dominic Leone who gave up a one out double to SS Jorge Flores, then watched as Aquasox C Marcus Littlewood let a pitch get away from him moving Flores over to third base. Shortly after, Canadians 3B Kellen Sweeney would step up with two outs in the inning and single to right field allowing Flores to score the game's only run.

Notes: With the win, Vancouver improves to 1-0 in the West Division Final with Game 2 and Game 3 set for Everett's Memorial Stadium on Tuesday, September 4th and 5th respectively... Both games in Everett are scheduled for 7:05pm... The Canadians improve to 5-8 (.385) against Everett this summer and 1-2 (.333) in the post-season dating back to 2000 when the Canadians joined the NWL... Vancouver's all-time record in the post-season dating back to 2000 is now 7-10 (.412) with one NWL Championship.

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