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Vancouver's road troubles continue; fall to 3-16 away from Scotiabank Field

September 1, 2011 - Northwest League (NWL1)
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(Memorial Stadium - Boise, ID) - After falling behind early, the Vancouver Canadians managed to bring the tying run to the plate in the top of the 9th, but Boise closer RHP Bryce Shafer struck out DH Garrett Maines to secure a 4-2 victory on Thursday night.

The Hawks got to Canadians starter RHP Jesse Hernandez in the bottom of the 1st inning when DH Rafael Lopez singled and came around to score on a double off the bat of LF Ryan Cueno to give Boise an early 1-0 lead.

Vancouver ran into a whack of trouble in the bottom of the 2nd inning as the first four Hawks hitters of the frame managed base hits off of Hernandez producing a pair of runs. Luckily for the Canadians, a timely double play combined with a lazy fly out to center field from DH Rafael Lopez helped avoid a huge inning for Boise.

Up 3-0, the Hawks grabbed a run in the bottom of the 4th inning when 2B Zeke DeVoss would triple to the gap in left field before scoring on a sacrifice fly from CF Oliver Zapata to extend the home town lead to four.

Vancouver didn't get to the Boise pitching until the top of the 7th inning when they managed a pair of runs to break the Hawks shutout bid. 2B Jon Berti would lead the frame off with a triple, scoring on a ground out from SS Shane Opitz. DH Garrett Maines would reach shortly after on a fielder's choice and score from first base on a hard hit double off the bat of CF Nick Baligod to cut the Boise lead in half.

Canadians 1B Kevin Patterson would manage a two-out walk from Hawks closer RHP Bryce Shafer to bring the tying run to the plate, but DH Garrett Maines swung through a 2-2 fastball to end the game sending Vancouver to a third straight loss in Boise.

For a complete box score from Thursday night's loss to the Boise Hawks, please visit http://www.canadiansbaseball.com

With the loss, Vancouver falls to 38-36 (.514) on the summer and look to the Eugene Emeralds to win the Northwest League West Division if they are to challenge for the NWL Championship. Should Vancouver advance to the post-season, the Canadians would host Game 1 of the 2011 Scotiabank Playoffs on Monday, September 5th at 1:05pm out at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium.

Three-game ticket packages to the 2011 Scotiabank Playoffs are on-sale now. To grab your piece of the 2011 Scotiabank Playoffs, call 604.872.5232 or visit the Nat Bailey Box Office at 4601 Ontario Street in Vancouver, BC.

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