Two Homers Not Enough in Loss
June 27, 2021 - Northwest League (NWL)
Vancouver Canadians News Release
EUGENE, OR - Sebastian Espino and Luis De Los Santos both homered in the fourth, but that proved to be all the offense the Vancouver Canadians could muster as they fell 7-2 to the Eugene Emeralds (Giants) Sunday afternoon at PK Park.
In a record-setting 109-degree day in Eugene, the C's saw the hometown Emeralds go up 5-0 with two runs in the second and three in the third before Espino and De Los Santos clubbed their respective home runs. The former did so on the third pitch of the inning before the latter went deep for the third time this week to make it 5-2. De Los Santos now leads the active roster with six home runs on the season and finished the series with 10 RBI in six games played.
Starter Brian Rapp (L, 0-2) went three innings before the bullpen took over. Sean Mellen turned in his finest outing with the Canadians by working a pair of scoreless stanzas before Connor Law was touched for two runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning before Roither Hernandez made his Advanced-A debut with an inning and a third of run-free relief. Parker Caracci rounded out the day by hanging a zero in the eighth for his only inning of work.
Espino and De Los Santos led the offense with two hits and an RBI apiece while Spencer Horwitz singled and doubled for his second multi-hit performance of the series. Tanner Morris and Phil Clarke also finished with one hit each.
After an off day on Monday, Vancouver travels to Everett to take on the AquaSox (Mariners) for their first visit to Funko Field. #10 Blue Jays prospect (MLB.com) CJ Van Eyk gets the nod for the C's and will be opposed by Everett's Juan Then, who is ranked by MLB.com as the #7 Mariners prospect. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. Tickets, 12-game plans and season tickets for home games in Hillsboro are available now at CanadiansBaseball.com.
Northwest League Stories from June 27, 2021
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- Emeralds First to Thirty Wins in High-A West - Eugene Emeralds
- Foul Ending...Indians Scorch 4 HR's for Series Split - Hillsboro Hops
- AquaSox Leapfrog the Dust Devils for Third Consecutive Win, 9-6 - Everett AquaSox
- Hops Streak Melts from Scorching Spokane Sticks - Hillsboro Hops
- C's Falter Late, Fall to Emeralds - Vancouver Canadians
- 9th-Inning Lead Slips Away - Tri-City Dust Devils
- Aldrete Elevates Ems to Another One-Run Victory - Eugene Emeralds
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