Streak ends as Tri-City dusts Vancouver 8-1

(Gesa Stadium - Vancouver, BC) - Tri-City starter RHP Ben Hughes was determined to help his Dust Devils snap the Canadians seven-game winning streak on Tuesday night and his 5 2/3 innings of work was enough to hand Vancouver their first loss this month with an 8-1 final.

Vancouver's lone run came in the top of the 3rd inning when CF Ian Parmley grabbed a base hit and stole second base before he scored on an error charged to Tri-City LF Francisco Sosa who's throw back into the infield after a line out from SS Jason Leblebijian got away from 3B Patrick Hutchenson going into the Canadians dugout allowing Parmley to score uncontested.

Tri-City would score the next eight unanswered runs with RF Derek Jones hitting a two-run triple off of Canadians reliever RHP Tucker Donahue that scored both CF Kyle Von Tunglen and LF Francisco Sosa to make it 3-1 Dust Devils.

The Dust Devils would put this game out of reach in the bottom of the 7th inning as they sent nine hitters to the plate, scoring four runs including including LF Francisco Sosa who came around to count on a single off the bat of 2B Zack Osborne.

Notes: Vancouver loses for the first time in the month of August (6-1) and lose ground on all three teams in the West Division as Eugene (2 games back), Everett (2.5 games back) and Salem-Keizer (3.5 games back) all won on Tuesday.

The Canadians will face the Dust Devils in game three of this five-game series on Wednesday, August 8th at 7:15pm with RHP Ben White (3-4) taking on RHP Peter Tago (2-5) for the Dust Devils.

Vancouver Canadians Baseball returns to Scotiabank Field on Saturday, August 11th as they open up an eight-game home stand vs. Yakima (August 11-15) and Everett (Aug 16-18) starting at 7:05pm.

Tickets to Vancouver Canadians Baseball can be purchased by calling 604.872.5232, or by visiting the Nat Bailey Stadium Box Office at 4601 Ontario Street in Vancouver, B.C.