Taylor Cole again proved again why he should be considered or thought of as a League All-Star after going six scoreless innings helping the C’s earn a 3-2 victory over Salem-Keizer.
This game opens a three-game home stand for the C’s who look to continue on there winning ways.
This was Cole’s third victory as well as seeing him drop his ERA to a respectable 0.30. Cole comes from the City that never sleeps (Las Vegas) and to date has impressed everyone during his six innings of play.
He has restricted Salem to a mere five hits as well as striking out five.
Blue Jay’s first round draft selection Marcus Stroman managed to follow with a pair of scoreless innings thus expanding the C’s shutout streak to 26 innings while playing at home.
This dates back to July 25th when they closed out their series with Eugene, managing back-to-back shutouts.
The Canadians grabbed a pair of runs in the bottom of the 4th inning when Parmley hit a leadoff double off of Volcanoes starter Chris Johnson, and later came into score from Left Fielder Matt Newman.
A wild pitch sent him to second where Newman would make it 2-0 as he came around to count on a base hit from Designated Hitter Art Charles.
Vancouver added a run in the bottom of the 5th with Carlos Ramirez hitting a triple’ then eventually scoring on a single as Daniel Arcila sent him home extending the lead to 3-0.
After 26 innings of holding the opposition off the scoreboard, the streak eventually came to an end in the top of the 9th when Canadians Arik Sikula gave up a two-run home run to Mergenthaler which saw the lead cut to 3-2.
Manager McCullough went to the pen and pulled out Eric Brown who got Ryan Jones to ground out ending the game.
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