Tri-City Surrenders Three Homers to Québec in Series Opener
Published on August 15, 2023 under Frontier League (FL)
Tri-City ValleyCats News Release
QUÉBEC, CANADA - The Tri-City ValleyCats (48-31) fell victim to the long ball, and dropped the series opener 8-1 to the Québec Capitales (50-28) at Stade Canac on Tuesday.
Tri-City broke the deadlock in the fourth. Jakob Goldfarb launched a solo home run off Ruben Ramirez. His 12th round-tripper of the season provided the ValleyCats with a 1-0 lead.
Justin Gideon tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the fourth after hitting a solo shot off Angelo Baez.
Québec took the lead in the fifth. Tommy Siedl cranked a solo homer. Ethan Boies singled, and Ruben Castro walked, and T.J. White had a base hit to load the bases. Gideon lifted a sac fly, and Castro went to third. Juremi Profar had an RBI infield single to give the Capitales a 4-1 advantage.
Tanner Propst walked Seidl in the sixth. Boies knocked in a run with a triple. Castro was hit by a pitch, and afterward, White drilled a three-run jack to put Québec ahead, 8-1.
Ramirez (7-2) earned the win. He pitched 5.2 innings, giving up a run on six hits, walking two, and striking out three.
Baez (4-6) received the loss. He tossed 4.2 innings, allowing four runs on seven hits, walking two, and striking out two.
The ValleyCats play the middle game of the three-game series against the Capitales tomorrow, Wednesday, August 16. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.
FINAL | QUÉBEC 8 | TRI-CITY 1
W: Ruben Ramirez (7-2)
L: Angelo Baez (4-7)
Attendance: 4,015
Time of Game: 2:31
Season Twenty-FUN of ValleyCats baseball and entertainment continues tomorrow with the middle game of a three-game midweek road trip in Canada against the Québec Capitales. Tri-City then returns for a three-game series at "The Joe" against the Sussex County Miners from August 18-20, and a three-game set at home against Québec from August 22-24. You can secure your seats today and be a part of the excitement by logging on to tcvalleycats.com or by calling 518-629-CATS (2287).
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