The Vancouver Canadians had a disappointing seven-game set against the Spokane Indians at Avista Stadium.
On Tuesday, the C’s dropped the series opener 4-1 to the Indians. Nick Goodwin had an RBI single to give Vancouver a first-inning lead. Juan Guerrero homered to tie it for Spokane in the fourth and a Jommer Hernández passed ball in the fifth allowed the winning run to score. Pat Gallagher allowed two runs over five frames but suffered the loss. The C’s best chance regain the lead came when they loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fifth. A Jace Bohrofen fly ball to center resulted in Dasan Brown getting thrown out at third after tagging up at second, just before Hernández crossed the plate.
On Wednesday, the Canadians finally recorded their first win over Spokane with a 6-2 victory. A two-run double by Dylan Rock and a two-run single by Glenn Santiago in the seventh inning snapped a 2-2 tie. Jace Bohrofen clubbed his first Northwest League home run. Geison Urbaez gave up two runs over 4-2/3 innings. Grayson Thurman, Rafael Ohashi, Carson Pierce and Justin Kelly combined for 4-1/3 shutout innings of relief with Thurman’s four outs rewarding him with the victory.
On Thursday, Spokane outscored Vancouver 8-6. Ryan Jennings was jolted for seven runs over four frames—including a two-run homer by Bryant Betancourt—despite a K/BB total of 7-0. Jean Arnaez connected for his first home run of the year and Jeff Wehler hit his second big fly. Anders Tolhurst struck out two in a shutout inning and Johnathan Lavallee struck out the side in his lone inning of work.
On Friday, Jace Bohrofen homered off Spokane lefty Sean Sullivan and drove in four runs and Chris McElvain pitched five shutout frames with five strikeouts as Vancouver downed Spokane 7-3.
Jackson Hornung also belted a two-run homer.
Braiden Ward homered twice for the Spo Squad. Josh Mollerus stranded a runner and struck out three to nail down the final four outs of the game.
On Saturday, despite rallying from a 3-0 deficit to lead 6-4, Vancouver lost 7-6 on a walk-off hit in game one of their doubleheader. Spokane loaded the bases with one out and Braiden Ward‘s single to right off Anders Tolhurst and a fielding error by Glenn Santiago at first allowed all three runners to score. Carson Pierce took the loss. The C’s got to Rockies 2023 first-rounder Chase Dollander for four runs over four innings.
Game 2 of the doubleheader was a write-off. It was a 2-1 game in the second inning but Spokane scored 11 runs in the seventh. leading to a 17-1 loss. It was a day to forget for C’s starter Rafael Sánchez who gave up six runs over 4-2/3 innings and lefty Naswell Paulino was popped for seven more runs without getting an out. Position players José Ferrer and Jean Arnaez had to work the top of the seventh as the C’s were the “home team” in this one.
On Sunday, the Canadians lost another heartbreaker 10-9 after Kyle Karros hit a walk-off three-run homer against Grayson Thurman. The C’s had three homers in this one as Jean Arnaez and Ryan McCarty went deep.
Trailing 7-4 in the ninth inning, the C’s staged a comeback with Dasan Brown‘s grand slam making it 9-7.
C-Notes
Congratulations to Geison Urbaez who was named the Northwest League Pitcher of the Week for May 6-12. Urbaez spun five shutout innings without allowing a hit, issuing just three walks and striking out five on May 8 against Everett in an eventual C’s win against the AquaSox.
Congratulations to 2011 C’s outfielder Kevin Pillar who collected his 1,000th major league hit. The milestone knock was a two-run single that lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-1 win over the host Texas Rangers on Sunday.
The C’s have activated catcher José Ferrer from the Development List. The 25-year-old from Carora, Venezuela made his Vancouver debut not behind the plate or in the batter’s box but on the mound. He allowed four runs in two-thirds of an inning during Game 2 of Saturday’s disastrous doubleheader. A 5-foot-11, 175-pound righthanded hitter, Ferrer has been assigned number 38.
2023 C’s first baseman Peyton Williams has begun a rehab assignment with the Florida Coast League Blue Jays. 2023-2024 pitcher Kevin Miranda and first baseman Brennan Orf are currently on the seven-day injured list after suffering injuries during the last homestand against Everett.
The 16-19 Vancouver Canadians continue their road trip on Tuesday as they visit the Hillsboro Hops. Tyler Zickel will have the play-by-play at 6:35 p.m. at Hillsboro Ballpark on CanadiansBaseball.com. The game is also available on MiLB.TV. Pat Gallagher starts for Vancouver and will be followed in the rotation by Geison Urbaez, Ryan Jennings and Chris McElvain.
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