Canadians shutout Spokane... Again
(Avista Stadium - Spokane, WA) - Six scoreless innings from LHP Colton Turner combined with a two-hit night for DH Dickie Thon Jr. helped the Canadians to a 2-0 shutout victory over the Spokane Indians on Wednesday night out at Avista Stadium.
Turner limited the Indians offense to just four hits over his six shutout innings that resulted in his 3rd win of the season. RHP Justin James (2.0IP) and RHP Matt Johnson (1.0IP) allowed just one hit over the final three frames with Johnson grabbing his 1st save of the season.
Offensively, the Canadians ran into tough pitching for a second straight night as they struck out 11 times on Wednesday, but solved Indians reliever RHP Eric Brooks in the top of the 6th inning when DH Dickie Thon Jr. (walk) and 1B L.B. Dantlzer (double) both scored the only runs of the night. Canadian-born C Mike Reeves hit a single to right that scored Dantzler.
With the victory, the Canadians improve to 2-0 on the NWL second half and 24-16 (.600) overall through 40 games. The loss drops Spokane to 0-2 and 20-20 (.500) on the summer.
Notes: Vancouver pitching has now gone 22 scoreless innings dating back to the 5th inning against Eugene on July 22nd at Scotiabank Field… The Canadians have four (4) pitchers in the NWL Top 10 (ERA) with RHP Jeremy Gabryszwski (0.99) leading the way.
Line Score:
Canadians 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 0
Spokane 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
WP: Turner (3-3)
LP: Brooks (1-1)
Sv: Johnson (1)
Time: 2 Hours 24 Minutes
Attn: 5,029
The Vancouver Canadians play game three of this eight-game road trip on Thursday, July 25th at 6:30pm out at Avista Stadium with RHP Eric Brown (5-0) making his 8th start of the summer.
Vancouver Canadians Baseball returns to Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium on July 31st as the Canadians host the Hillsboro Hops for five games through August 4th. Tickets are available by calling 604.872.5232, online at www.canadiansbaseball.com or by visiting the Nat Bailey Stadium Box Office at 4601 Ontario Street, Vancouver, B.C.