C’s Win 4th Straight

A bases-loaded walk to Canadians CF Earl Burl III in the bottom of the 3^rd inning broke a 2-2 tie and helped Vancouver win its fourth straight game over Eugene as the C’s topped the Emeralds 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon.

3B Gunnar Heidt led the Canadians offensive attack going 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen bases, his 8^th of the season, while DH Lane Thomas drove in his team-leading 28^th RBI of the season to help Vancouver improve to 7-1 over the past eight games.

Toronto Blue Jays 1^st Round Selection in the 2015 MLB First-Year Player Draft RHP Jon Harris went 2 1/3 innings for the Canadians allowing a two-run home run to Eugene 1B Matt Rose in the top of the 2^nd inning.

The quartet of LHP Dan Young (2.2IP), LHP Stuart Holmes (1.2IP), RHP Sean Ratcliffe (1.1IP) and RHP Andrew Case (1.0IP) went the final 6 2/3 innings without allowing a run as Young got his first professional win, Andrew Case his 7^th save of the season.

The victory improves Vancouver to 15-19 (.441) on the season, while damaging the Emeralds playoff hopes as the Emeralds fall to 16-18 (.471), 3 ½ games back of Hillsboro with the Hops having just four games left in the first half.

After losing nine consecutive games between July 5-13, a franchise record, Vancouver has gone 7-1 (.875) and are the hottest team in the Northwest League over the past 10 games (7-3).

Line Score:

Eugene                 0 2 0     0 0 0     0 0 0          2 5 2

Canadians        1 1 2    0 0 0    0 0 x         4 7 0

WP:       Young (1-1)

LP:         Paulino (1-3)

Sv:         Case (7)

Time:    2 hours 26 minutes

Attn:      5,523

Vancouver remains at home, hosting the Tri City Dust Devils on Thursday, July 23^rd at 7:05pm for the first of three games at Scotiabank Field.

RHP Jon Wandling (1-1) is scheduled to get the start for the Canadians.