NANAIMO, B.C. — A string of runs late and near spotless pitching was all the Nanaimo NightOwls needed to stop a small slide.

The NightOwls got a run in the first inning, scored three in the fifth inning thanks in part to back to back doubles by Riley Paulino and Wylie Waters, and four more over the last three innings to post an 8-1 triumph over the visiting Kamloops NorthPaws on Tuesday night at historic Serauxmen Stadium.

The story of the game was the start for right-hander Adison Mattix, who broke a NightOwls record for strikeouts in a game with 11 — the 10 by current teammate Aiden Russell last week has already been broken. Mattix gave up just three hits and no runs over six innings, a masterful outing for the Everett CC pitcher.

Taiwanese right-hander Li Sih-te (Kobe) went two perfect innings, and Hayden Cuthbertson gave up a run in his inning of work on three hits, also striking out two, to complete the pitching line.

The NightOwls (8-11) pounded out 12 hits in total and played error-free baseball, while Kamloops (3-16), losers of 14 in a row, had six hits and three errors. Five Nanaimo hitters had two hits — Paulino, Waters, Aaron Marsh, Mitchell Middlemiss, and Drew Rutter.

The NightOwls and NorthPaws play the second of three games on Wednesday, with left-hander Caden Pearlman of Cal Poly-SLO, a 6-3 hurler from San Diego, due to make his West Coast League debut. His starting pitcher opponent will be Kolby Lukinchuk, a product of Prince George and Thompson Rivers University.

The third game of the series is also a 6:35pm start, on Thursday, with Russell slated to take the mound for Nanaimo. The NightOwls then have a rare Friday off before welcoming the Victoria HarbourCats on Saturday, then going to Victoria to play the HarbourCats in an evening game on Sunday.

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Lucas Ramirez started tonight in centre field, batting second (Photo: @JustinPMorash)

June 25, 2024

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VICTORIA, B.C. – The Redmond Dudes came to play in tonight’s exhibition game, beating the Victoria HarbourCats 8-1.

Australian Luke Hayhow (Hawaii) made his first HarbourCats appearance, starting tonight’s game. He flashed his impressive repertoire striking out three batters with his fastball sitting at 92-93 MPH while touching 95 MPH. However, he had trouble commanding his pitches walking four and giving up one run.

The Cats responded in the bottom of the first with Tyrus Hall (Bossier Parish), who led off the inning with a single up the middle, scoring on an error by Dudes’ shortstop Cutter Werdel making it 1-1.

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Garrett Villa started as the designated hitter, going one for three at the plate (Photo: @JustinPMorash)

Nick Frers (VCU), Jagger Beck (Hawaii), Devin Holmes (Ottawa), and Willem Heilker (Everett CC) all pitched one scoreless inning which kept the game tied 1-1 until the sixth inning.

After Brooks Brewster (Panola College) surrendered a lead-off single and two walks, Dudes’ catcher Jake Lockwood cleared the bases with a double giving his team a 4-1 lead.

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Darius Opdam Bak and Brett Paterson, both members of the Victoria Golden Tide, pitched the seventh and eighth innings respectively. Paterson gave up three runs which made it a 7-1 ballgame.

HarbourCats right-handed pitcher Garrett Villa started the game as the designated hitter in this exhibition game and took some reps defensively in right field. He recorded one of his team’s four hits, a single in the seventh inning.

Tyrus Hall was two for four against the Dudes (Photo: @JustinPMorash)

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Jonah Chang, Drew Abercrombie, and Soloman Anderson of the Victoria Eagles got the call to play in the exhibition and started for the Cats.

Jalen Sami (Golden Tide) pitched the ninth inning for the Cats, giving up one run.

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Jake Haggard had five hits in this series including two doubles and a triple (Photo: Christian J. Stewart)

June 23, 2024

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VICTORIA, B.C. – The Victoria HarbourCats offence scored six runs in the second inning which proved to be enough, beating the Bellingham Bells 6-2.

Big lefty Payton Hawkinson (Cal State Fullerton) made his second start for the HarbourCats, pitching four innings of one-hit ball. He pitched his way into trouble in the first inning loading the bases, but was able to escape the jam. He settled in the rest of the way striking out two and lowering his season ERA to 1.00.

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The HarbourCats huge second inning began with a Ny’Zaiah Thompson (Cal State Fullerton) double with the bases loaded, scoring three runs. Gunner Antillon (Cal Baptist) drove Thompson home with a single which was followed by a Jake Haggard (ULM) triple to make it 5-0 Cats. Haggard scored on an RBI single by Kerim Orucevic (UCSD) which completed the six-run frame.

Tate Shimao is batting .429 in his first six games as a HarbourCat (Photo: Christian J. Stewart)

LEAGUE STANDINGS

The HarbourCats had 12 hits as a team with Garrett Teunissen (Cal State San Marcos) and Lucas Ramirez (Tennessee) joining Antillon and Haggard with two hits on the afternoon.

Jacob Thompson (Minot State) was awarded his second win of the season pitching two scoreless innings and striking out two. The North Saanich native has been as dependable as they come in his relief outings this season, giving up zero runs across 10.2 innings of work.

Carson Cormier (TCU) gave up two runs in the seventh but continued to display his swing-and-miss ability. He struck out three today adding to his season total of 16 strikeouts, which leads the team.

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Gunner Antillon had two hits, improving his season average to .412 (Photo: Christian J. Stewart) 

Brett Harvey (Puget Sound) and Ben Hewitt (Everett CC) pitched scoreless frames in the eighth and ninth innings respectively to close out the victory for the HarbourCats.

The HarbourCats improve to 11-10 on the season and are back in action Tuesday at 6:35 PM against the Redmond Dudes. This is the first of four straight nights where all fans in attendance will be entered into a draw for a pair of Taylor Swift Eras Tour tickets! You do not want to miss your chance to win! Buy tickets at http://harbourcats.com/tickets. The winner will be announced at the game on Friday, June 28!

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