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Victoria HarbourCats – Tide turns on Mariners, late surge leads to win

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3 years ago

October 3, 2021

Dugout Wire Service

Story and Photos by Christian J. Stewart

October 2, 2021, Victoria, BC – The Victoria Golden Tide used a six-run eighth inning to overcome a 6-3 deficit and go on to a 9-6 win over the Victoria Mariners in exhibition baseball action Saturday night at Wilson’s Group Stadium at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria.

Nate Horricks got the start for the Tide and he and his defence struggled early, giving up three errors, as the Mariners got to him for three runs in the top of the first inning, without a hit. The Tide would respond with a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning, as Mariners starter Matt Druin would also struggle to find his control.

Nate Horricks

After the half-hour first inning was over, both teams had to take a break as the lights at Royal Athletic Park malfunctioned and had to be rebooted. This took about 20 minutes, but it served to reset the pitching on both sides, as neither team could mount much in the way of offence for the next few innings.

The Tide would score one in the bottom of the second to tie the game 3-3, but the Mariners would score one in the top of the fifth and two in the top of the seventh to take a 6-3 lead.

Nate Horricks and Parker Harris wait out a light delay

The Tide would not give up however and a two-RBI single from Daniel Sawchyn in the bottom of the eighth, and a wild pitch that eventually scored Sawchyn pulled the Tide into a 6-6 tie. After another run scored, to give the Tide their first lead of the game, they would load the bases for Ryan Deagle who stroked a single into right scoring two and giving the Tide a 9-6 win heading to the ninth.

Alex MacLauchlan steals second as throw escapes Mariners Walker Selley (Photo: Christian J. Stewart)

Brady Wilson would throw a 1-2-3 ninth to close things out in regulation time, however given this was an exhibition game, both teams agreed to play the bottom of the ninth with no additional scoring happening.

In other action Saturday, the Golden Tide split-squad travelled to Kamloops to take on the TRU Wolfpack, losing game one 5-4 and then dropping the second game 7-6 as the Wolfpack would walk it off with two runs in the bottom of the ninth.

Chase Thompson had a hit early for the Tide (Photo: Christian J. Stewart)

Next action for the Golden Tide is the CCBC Fall Championship tournament in Kelowna over the Thanksgiving weekend. The Golden Tide will play Calgary on Friday, Fraser Valley on Saturday and the Wolfpack on Sunday in their round robin games and then hope to advance to the semi-finals on Sunday and the final on Monday.

The Mariners Corrin Chapeskie makes a nice play.

The Tide return to Wilson’s Group Stadium for a Black vs Gold intersquad double-header on Saturday October 16 at 1PM and the will host the UBC Thunderbirds on Sunday the 17th, also a 1PM start.

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Record-setting HPU closer, five others added to roster

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10 hours ago

May 1, 2024

Dugout Wire Service

The players announced as signed by the NightOwls today:

RHP Ryan Inouye, Hawaii Pacific, 5-9/165, Honolulu

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C Cassidy Watt, Dakota State, 6-1/215, Coquitlam, BC

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RHP Aidan Boice, Salt Lake City CC, 6-5/225, Millcreek, UT

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LHP Connor Abadie, San Diego State, 6-0/165, Apple Valley, CA

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IF/OF Cole Carmichael, East LA College, 6-1/185, Petaluma, CA

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RHP Kai Hanasaki, College of the Desert, 6-0/160, Kofu, Japan

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Victoria HarbourCats – HarbourCats 2024 Summer Kids Camps now open for registration

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4 days ago

April 27, 2024

Dugout Wire Service

April 27, 2024

VICTORIA, BC – The Victoria HarbourCats are pleased to announce that their always popular summer baseball camps are now open for registration.

Catering to kids in the 8-11 and 12-15 year-old age groups, a series of half-day camps will take place both outdoors at Royal Athletic Park – the home of the HarbourCats, and indoors at the Edwards Family Training Centre, the official off-field training facility of the HarbourCats and the Victoria Golden Tide.

Camps are set up as half-day sessions and by two age groups: 8-11 and 12-15. For Outdoor camps only, you may register your child for both the morning and afternoon camps according to age, but you must add both the morning camp and afternoon camp to your cart when registering. This option is NOT available for INDOOR camps.

Spaces in each session are limited and sessions may be cancelled if there are not enough participants.

Camps schedule and pricing as follows:

July 2-5th INDOOR – $200.00 (four half-day sessions per age group)
July 8-12th OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
July 15-19th OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
July 22-26th OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
July 29-August 2 OUTDOOR – $300.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)
August 6- August 9th INDOOR – $200.00 (four half-day sessions per age group)
August 12-16th INDOOR – $250.00 (five half-day sessions per age group)

All camps will be run by Victoria Golden Tide College Baseball coaches and players and/or HarbourCats players when available pending their schedule.

TO REGISTER, please head to The Cat Shop at https://victoria-harbourcats-official.myshopify.com/collections/harbourcats-youth-camps

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Japanese pitcher, Hawaiian speedster, big bat from VIU among eight added by NightOwls

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1 week ago

April 22, 2024

Dugout Wire Service

The pitching staff, it is growing — and adding interesting storylines.

Japanese pitcher Moosa Nonomiya, who is at Skagit Valley College in Washington, will add more to the international flavor of the Nanaimo NightOwls for 2024 — already with players from Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Taiwan

Not all are far flung — lefty-hitting DH/1B Brayden McClary of the VIU Mariners and returning lefty arm Hayden Cuthbertson are islanders who know Serauxmen Stadium well.

Hata can fly — he started 40 games as a freshman and will top that this spring, piling up 28 stolen bases over two seasons. He’s not just speed, he hit a game-winning grand slam in extra innings earlier this month and has three home runs and 25 runs driven in, batting .320 with a low strikeout rate.

Cuthbertson has had a breakout year with a 3-1 record and four saves, striking out 27 in 17 innings and earning a Division1 spot with Miami-Ohio. McClary, also an Islander, will be the first married player on the NightOwls — he’s a key offensive force in the middle of the VIU lineup, hitting a ball out of Serauxmen this weekend against TRU.

Felix is a young star catcher with position versatility— and he’s big at 6-2/200 as he goes to Cal Poly this fall. Jakobson is a righthander who will have ample innings available for the summer, a oower arm with bullpen potential.

Ariaza is a great mix of power and strikes, and he’s the biggest NightOwl to date at 6-5/270. He didn’t walk a batter in 10 outings as a freshman and has 25 strikeouts in 18 innings, along with a save, this spring.

Hanning has had success at the junior college level and has proven to be a workhorse, including 61 innings already this season, tops on his staff.

Nonomiya has moved into a starting role in the NWAC conference and is now over 30 innings for a team that has NightOwls assistant Sean FitzGerald on the staff.

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