Gm 2: Five make professional debut in 8-4 loss to Eugene

(PK Park - Eugene, OR) - 2B Nick Podkul smacked an RBI triple for his first professional hit as the Vancouver Canadians debuted five players from the 2018 MLB Draft falling 8-4 to the Eugene Emeralds on Saturday night.
Podkul (7^th Round) joined C Chris Bec (5^th Round), SS Vince Capra (20^th Round), LHP Nick Allgeyer (12^th Round) and RHP Cobi Johnson (30^th Round) as players logging their first pro outings with Johnson striking out a pair in his one inning of work.
Bec had a tough night at the plate going 0-for-4 with an RBI but looked advanced behind the plate handling six Canadians arms in his debut. Capra was 0-for-2 but managed a walk, Allgeyer allowed an earned run on a hit and struck out one while Johnson struck out two over his lone inning of scoreless baseball.
For a second straight night the Canadians ran into trouble early as RHP Jose Espada allowed two runs in the bottom of the 2^nd and three more in the 3^rd to finish the night after just three innings of work taking the loss. Vancouver's offense showed promise scoring four after getting shutout on Friday night, but were 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
The loss drops the Canadians to 0-2 (.000) and marks the first time Vancouver has two straight games to start the season dating back to 2008. The Emeralds improve to 2-0 (1.000) winning in front of a home crowd of 4,067 in 2 hours and 48 minutes.
Vancouver will play game three of this five-game road series on Sunday, June 17^th at 5:05pm as LHP Jordan Barrett (3-2, 2.80 at Class-A Bluefield in 2017) takes on LHP Brailyn Marquez (2-1, 5.52 at AZL Rookie in 2017) out at PK Park on the campus of the University of Oregon.
The Canadians return to Scotiabank Field on Wednesday, June 20^th at 7:05pm to host the Everett Aquasox for the first of three games. Tickets to both Thursday, June 21^st (7:05pm) and Friday, June 22^nd (1:05pm) are available at www.canadiansbaseball.com