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Owls Dominant in Season-Ending Victory

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Infielder Aaron Marsh, a third-year Nanaimo-raised player from UBC who was named Nanaimo’s top player in 2023, capped his impactful career with the NightOwls with a towering sixth-inning home run to lead the NightOwls to a 7-1 season-ending win over the visiting Edmonton Riverhawks on Wednesday night at historic Serauxmen Stadium.

It was the final game of the third season of NightOwls baseball, and the place was busy with 1,892 in the stands, saying goodbye to a memorable group of classy baseball players.

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The Marsh blast extended the lead to 5-0, and his teammates and coaches, led by Greg Frady, urged him out of the dugout for a curtain call.

The NightOwls were the cardiac kids, involved in 15 games decided by a run in the final inning and 11 of those ended as walkoff victories — if you turn Nanaimo’s 5-10 record in those suspenseful games around, the NightOwls are in first place in the second half.

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Marsh’s blast aside, the story was the pitching staff led by Gorm Heimueller — holding Edmonton to two hits and one run, with Josh Torres allowing one hit and striking out four in three innings, followed by a strong inning from Fareed Ahmed, two innings of dominant pitching from Caden Pearlman, and an adventure from Hayden Cuthbertson where he escaped with just one run allowed.

Paul Montgomery and Issac Araiza put up more zeroes to complete the combined two-hitter, with a total of 14 strikeouts.

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Marsh left with a 3-4 night, raising his average to .322, and fellow big bat Wylie Waters, named the 2024 Player of the Year prior to the game, was 3-5 with, ho hum, another pair of RBIs. Cowboy Cole Carmichael was 2-4 as part of a NightOwls offence that scored in every inning except the fourth and seventh.

The NightOwls pounded out 12 hits in total.

The NightOwls finished 25-28, the best record of any WCL team not in the post season — eight of 16 teams advance.

Serauxmen Stadium will have playoff baseball, however, thanks to the City of Victoria decision to push the Victoria HarbourCats out of Royal Athletic Park for the post-season so the facility can hold a CFL game at the end of the month.

The HarbourCats will use Serauxmen Stadium to hold Game 1 of the one North Division semifinal series on Saturday night, a 6:35pm start with the Wenatchee AppleSox in Nanaimo. The second game of that series will be in Wenatchee on Sunday night and the third game, if needed will be Monday.

NightOwls season ticket holders get free tickets for the game, with tickets available for other seats through Select Your Tickets website as of Thursday evening, or at the gate — Nanaimo baseball fans can get a taste of WCL playoff action, adopting the HarbourCats as the home team for one night, and one night only.

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Less that 24 hours after a 16 run outburst Northpaws register just two hits in loss to Falcons

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The Kamloops NorthPaws dropped the second game of the home-and-home series to the Kelowna Falcons 6-1 at Elks Stadium on Wednesday night. The NorthPaws got on the board first, but Falcons righty Gio De Graauw retired the next 26 Kamloops hitters, throwing a complete game. It’s the second complete game of the West Coast League season, both of which were thrown by Kelowna.

The NorthPaws got off to a quick start in the first as left fielder Elijah Clayton tripled to the gap in left-center. Designated hitter Drew Schmidt was up next and sent an RBI single to left field. Schmidt took his lead at first base but got erased off the base path after getting picked off. No one realized it in the moment, but that was the last time in the game Kamloops would have a runner on base.

Righty JM Harduvel got the start on the mound for Kamloops and had his longest outing of the season, going two and two-thirds, giving up three earned on two hits. Harduvel got into some trouble in the third as the Falcons loaded the bases with just one out. A sacrifice fly tied the game at one as UC Berkley pitcher was pulled from the game.

Righty Jayson Tamayo came on in relief to try and end the inning with two outs. Tamayo was about to throw his second pitch when he was called for a balk, allowing the Falcons to take the lead. A few pitches later, a single would make it 3-1 for Kelowna.

In the bottom of the fourth, a pair of walks and a stolen base put runners on second and third with two outs. Tamayo would then get called for his second balk of the game, making it 4-1. The Falcons added two more in the bottom of the seventh on two hits and two errors in the field by the NorthPaws.

At this point, all the attention was on De Graauw as the Dutchman continued to cruise through innings. After efficient innings in the seventh and eighth, throwing just 21 pitches, Falcons Head Couch Doug Noce decided to keep his starter in the game with a chance to finish the game.

De Graauw needed 15 pitches and recorded two more strikeouts to secure the complete game on 101 pitches. The righty had seven strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter, retiring 26 straight hitters. In Collegiate Summer Baseball, it’s rare for a guy to pitch seven innings, let alone a complete game. For a team to have two complete games through the first twenty contests is downright absurd. Back on June 14th, Joel Hogan threw a complete game in a 2-1 victory over the Nanaimo Night Owls.

The good news for the NorthPaws is that they won’t have much time to dwell on the loss as the two teams finish the series on Thursday night at Norbrock Stadium. The first pitch is set for 6:35.

 

 

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Nanaimo NightOwls Take Both Games Against The Redmond Dudes

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NANAIMO, B.C. — Nanaimo NightOwls defeated the Redmond Dudes 5-1 on Wednesday night in the second game of their exhibition series. Nanaimo sweeps the mini series, scoring 17 runs and only giving up 1 in the two games.

The Redmond Dudes jump out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning, and it looked like it was going to be a pitchers’ duel. The score stayed 1-0 until the NightOwls were able to tie it up with one run in the sixth inning when Caden Petrey singled in Talan Zenk. Extra innings were on the horizon before a big bottom of the eighth. Nanaimo scored four runs to take the lead and the fans at Serauxmen Stadium all went home happy.

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Starting pitcher Nathan Ames was very good on the day, giving up just one run on five hits in his four innings. Dawson Shultz threw one scoreless inning with a strikeout. With this being an exhibition game, the Nanaimo NightOwls had a pair of local Victoria Golden Tide players join the team. Peter Cunningham pitched two scoreless innings before Nate Major got in and showed off.

He ended up getting the win for the Nanaimo NightOwls, pitching two scoreless innings and not giving up a hit. He walked just one and struck out two, and you could argue he deserved the save after Nanaimo went up in the eighth inning.

At the plate for the Nanaimo NightOwls Talan Zenk had a fantastic night. The second baseman who attends Everett Community College went two for three with a double, a single, two RBI, two runs, and a walk. Drew Giannini also had a multi-hit game for the Nanaimo NightOwls. He went two for three with a double, an RBI, and a run.

As mentioned earlier, Caden Petrey got the first RBI of the game and went one for three with a strikeout. The other NightOwls run came from pinch hitter Tyler Arnold, who replaced Petrey as designated hitter for the 8th-inning rally.

It was a nice series for the Nanaimo NightOwls with two strong wins over the Redmond Dudes. The pitching was strong and the bats came alive. Now a well deserved day off for the players. I also noticed some of the fans going home with roses so we hope you enjoyed Valentines in June. Friday is “Stand Up Against Cancer” Night at the ballpark and this is something that effects so many peoples lives.

The regular season gets back in action with a weekend series starting this Friday against the Edmonton RiverHawks. Friday and Saturday June, 27th and 28th are 6:35 pm first pitches while we go Nanaimo Bars Family Fun Sunday at 1:00 pm on the 29th. Make sure to follow us on all social media platforms and tag us in your photos and videos from the game using the hashtag #IlluminateTheDark.

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Victoria HarbourCats – Clutch homer from Shepherd lifts Cats to win

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The HarbourCats are now 11-10 on the season, three games back of the North Division lead (Photo: Christian J. Stewart)

June 25, 2025

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VICTORIA, B.C. – Logan Shepherd’s (Mercer U) late-game heroics powered the Victoria HarbourCats to a 6-4 win against the Edmonton Riverhawks.

HarbourCats starter Logan Saloman (Nevada) and Riverhawks starter Jesse Kaphing were both in control early, keeping it scoreless through the first two innings.

Tanner Beltowski (Westmont College) led off the third inning with a single, his first of two hits on the night, stole second base, and eventually scored on a JC Allen (UC San Diego) RBI groundout to give the hosts their first lead of the series.

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Victoria doubled their lead in the bottom of the fourth inning when Beltowski drew a walk with the bases loaded to make it 2-0.

Tanner Beltowski was in the leadoff spot today and reached base four times and stole three bases (Photo: Christian J. Stewart) 

Saloman took a no-hitter into the fifth inning but gave up three hits in the frame, including a Robert Phelps RBI single to cut the Cats’ lead in half. Saloman’s evening ended after five solid innings, giving up one run on three hits, walking two and striking out a pair.

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Edmonton tied it up at two in the sixth inning through a Grant Yzermans single. In the seventh inning, it was the Hawks’ stars who came up clutch. First, Max Stagg hit a two-out RBI single to give the visitors their first lead. Trent Lenihan was up next and smacked a double to the gap, scoring Stagg, and making it 4-2.

Ben Hewitt (Ottawa) pitched two innings, giving up three runs on four hits.

With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Hudson Shupe (Gonzaga) and Jacob Doyle (Nevada) hit back-to-back singles to bring the go-ahead run to the plate. Shepherd pinch-hit and took a hanging curveball high over the left field fence for a three-run home run to flip the script and make it 5-4 Victoria. It was his team-leading fifth long ball of the year and 17th RBI.

Hudson Shupe was back in the lineup Wednesday and went two for four (Photo: Christian J. Stewart) 

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Later in the inning, Beltowski’s aggressive baserunning once again proved decisive as his steal of third base caused an errant throw, allowing him to score and make it 6-4.

After pitching a scoreless eighth inning, Jacob Thompson (Minot State) was trusted to close out the game in the ninth inning and did just that to give his team a much-needed victory.

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The rubber match between the two teams is tomorrow at 6:35 PM. Buy tickets at harbourcats.com/tickets.

Season Tickets, 10 and 32-Game Flex Passes and Single Game Tickets are now on sale for all 33 home games and four “Showcase” events through the HarbourCats’ new and one-and-only ticketing partner SHOWPASS at harbourcats.com/tickets.

Tickets and merchandise can also be purchased in person at the HarbourCats office at 101-1814 Vancouver Street or by calling 778-265-0327.

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