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Victoria HarbourCats – Hawks cruise to series opener win

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Xander “Boogie” McAfee started the game batting eighth for the Cats (Photo: Justin P. Morash)

June 24, 2025

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VICTORIA, B.C. – The Edmonton Riverhawks continued their dominance against the Victoria HarbourCats this season, winning 8-3 Tuesday night.

Tyler Patrick (Fresno State) made his second appearance of the season for the Cats after his impressive debut last week against Nanaimo. After getting through the first inning unscathed, he allowed his first run when he missed the mark on a throw to third, allowing the runner to score on the error. A sacrifice fly added to the Hawks’ advantage, and they led 2-0 after two innings.

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Trent Lenihan hit a solo home run in the top of the third to make it 3-0 Riverhawks. The visitors scored two more in the top of the fourth to increase their lead to 5-0. Patrick’s night was done after four innings, giving up three earned runs on four hits, walking a pair and striking out five.

JC Allen went one for four with a home run in his home debut (Photo: Justin P. Morash) 

Riley Barrett started for the Riverhawks and was dominant early. The right-hander gave up no hits until the fourth inning when JC Allen (UC San Diego) smashed a home run to left centre, giving the hosts their first run. Jacob Doyle (Nevada) hit another solo home run in the bottom of the fifth to make it 5-2.

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Austin Lindsay (Hill College) was impressive out of the bullpen for the Cats, throwing three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and striking out two.

Jalen Sami (Golden Tide) started the eighth inning, but his night was done after four walks and a sacrifice fly, which made it 6-2 Hawks. Tristin Thomas (West Texas A&M) came into the bases-loaded jam and limited the damage to just one run on a sacrifice fly, giving Edmonton a 7-2 lead. The lefty also pitched the ninth inning, giving up another sacrifice fly, making it 8-2.

Helen Edwards threw out the first pitch for her “Grumpy Bum Pants” night (Photo: Justin P. Morash)

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Cayden Munster hit a two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth to make it 8-3.

The HarbourCats were limited to just three hits all game.

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The two teams are back in action tomorrow on Winning Wednesday. Select Red Arrow products will be just six dollars. 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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Victoria HarbourCats – Biello’s big night leads Cats to win

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July 15, 2025

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VICTORIA, B.C. – The Victoria HarbourCats took on the South Island Baseball League All-Stars in non-league action and won 11-1 Tuesday night.

Hudson Lance (Coastal Carolina) started the game for the Cats and pitched a perfect two innings, striking out six.

Kamana Nahaku (Hawaii) drove in the first run of the game with an RBI triple to deep centre field in the first inning. The senior made his first appearance for the HarbourCats this season after playing in 12 games last season, where he hit four home runs.

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Victoria tacked on two more runs in the opening frame through a Dominic Biello (Golden Tide) RBI double and a Jai Berezowski (Golden Tide) sacrifice fly. In the second inning, Biello hit a two-run home run over the left field wall for his first home run of the season, making it 6-0.

The All-Stars’ only run came in the fourth inning when RJ Forbes came home on a groundout.

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Biello’s second RBI double of the evening came in the sixth inning, which made it 7-1. The Victoria native had five RBIs and reached base five times.

Solomon Anderson had two hits on the night, including an RBI double in the eighth inning.

Dustin Davidson (Brookhaven), Ryne Palmer (Cal Baptist), and Jake Finkelstein (Georgia Gwinnett) all pitched two innings apiece. Palmer struck out six, and Finkelstein recorded four strikeouts. Jalen Sami (Golden Tide) closed it out with a scoreless ninth inning to wrap up the 11-1 win.

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The Cats are back in action Thursday, July 17 at 6:35 PM against the Victoria Mavericks. Get tickets at harbourcats.com/tickets. For the remainder of the season, Thursday games are now $12 Thursdays! All premium reserved and general admission seats are just $12.

Watch Tommy Bridges, Logan Shepherd, Jack Johnson, JC Allen, and Tanner Beltowski tomorrow night on MLB.com in the West Coast League All-Star game down in Bellingham.

10 and 32-Game Flex Passes and Single Game Tickets are on sale for all home games and “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.

For more updates, be sure to follow @HarbourCats on all social channels (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

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The NightOwls Drop The Series With A 5-2 Loss Heading Into The All-Star Break

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NANAIMO, B.C. — It wasn’t our day as the Nanaimo NightOwls dropped the series finally 5-2 to the Wenatchee AppleSox on Sunday. Nanaimo took a 2-1 lead into the eighth inning, but the AppleSox were able to score two runs in the eighth and added two more in the ninth to take the series.

The NightOwls had two runs on 10 hits but committed three errors on the day, which didn’t help their pitchers. The Wenatchee AppleSox had five runs on nine hits with one error. That drops Nanaimo to 17-19 on the year and 3.5 games back of the playoff spot.

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It was a great night for starting NightOwls pitcher, Teague Van Dyke, who went 5.1 innings. The 6’2 right-handed pitcher from Flagstaff, Arizona, gave up just one run on six hits and struck out four. It was a great performance as his family was in town for the weekend to watch him pitch.

Nanaimo NightOwls Vs Wenatchee AppleSox (Photo Credit: Chad Frostad)

Asher DeLeo came on in relief and pitched 1.2 innings of perfect ball with two strikeouts. Dalton Hanson was the losing pitcher of record for the Nanaimo NightOwls, and Aidan Gonzalez got the win for the AppleSox, going 3.1 innings and giving up just one run on four hits and striking out five Nanaimo batters.

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All-Star Talan Zenk was on base three times on the afternoon for the NightOwls. He went one for three with a double, two walks and a run scored. He will be joining fellow NightOwl Jacob Hayes down in Bellingham for the West Coast League All-Star Game.

Nanaimo NightOwls Vs Wenatchee AppleSox (Photo Credit: Chad Frostad)

Hayes had another hit on the day going one for five as he was given the day off from first base. Tyler Arnold was tasked with manning first base and he did an amazing job making a great diving snag in the field and also producing at the plate. Tyler went one for three with a sacrifice fly and single.

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A break now for the Nanaimo NightOwls as Monday is an off day before getting back on the field Tuesday July 15th again the Nanaimo Selects in an exhibition game. Then we have the West Coast League All-Star Break on July 16th.

One more exhibition game on Thursday July 17th against the Nanaimo Selects before we get back into league action. Than it’s back on the road for a weekend series against the Wenatchee AppleSox Friday, Saturday and Sunday July 18th, 19th, and 20th. Make sure to follow the team on the live stream and use the hashtag #IlluminuteTheDark on social media so we can engage with you! Go Owls Go, Hoot Hoot!!!!!

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Victoria HarbourCats – Cats battle their way to another walk-off win

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Tanner Beltowski was the hero Sunday afternoon (Photo: Justin P. Morash)

July 13, 2025

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VICTORIA, B.C. – The Kelowna Falcons made things interesting late, but the Victoria HarbourCats came out on top with another 10-9 walk-off win.

It was a huge six-run second inning that gave the HarbourCats a dream start to the afternoon. Falcons starter Charles Bower struggled with his control, hitting Cayden Munster (Fresno State) and walking Isaiah Afework (TAMU-CC) with the bases loaded to gift the Cats two runs. An RBI fielder’s choice made it 3-0 before Jack Johnson (Baylor) drove in a pair with a double, pushing the lead to 5-0. JC Allen (UC San Diego) drove in his 17th run of the season in as many games with an RBI single to cap off the inning, extending the lead to 6-0.

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Logan Rumberg (George Mason) made his fifth start of the campaign and had his best stuff working. He struck out seven batters for the second outing in a row, with the only damage against him coming on a two-run home run surrendered to Zachary Wieder in the third inning.

Dillon Lopez drove in five runs this weekend (Photo: Justin P. Morash)

In the bottom half of the third inning, Dillon Lopez (St. Mary’s) continued his great weekend, hitting a solo home run to make it 7-2.

Braxton Thomas hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning off Cade Rusch (Bellarmine), to cut the HarbourCats’ lead down to 7-5. Thomas was a thorn in the side of Victoria pitchers all weekend, producing seven hits and three home runs in the three-game series.

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The Falcons cut the deficit to one with a bases-loaded walk in the sixth inning, but the Cats restored their multi-run lead in the bottom half with a Garrett Brooks (St. Mary’s) home run and an Allen sacrifice fly.

That 9-6 lead held up until the top of the ninth inning, where the Falcons rallied, scoring three runs in the frame, including a two-out two-run single by Jace Nagler to tie it up at 9-9.

The Cats loaded the bases with no one out in the bottom of the ninth for Tanner Beltowski (Westmont College), who drew a walk to win the game.

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Along with Rusch, Ben Hewitt (Ottawa) and Tyler Patrick (Fresno State) pitched out of the bullpen for Victoria.

It’s all smiles as the HarbourCats sit atop the North Division second half standings with a 10-2 record (Photo: Justin P. Morash)

The HarbourCats are back in action on this $12 Tuesday against the SIBL All-Stars! The WCL All-Star game is Wednesday, July 16. Five HarbourCats are on the North Division team. You can watch the game on MLB.com.

10 and 32-Game Flex Passes and Single Game Tickets are on sale for all home games and “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.

For more updates, be sure to follow @HarbourCats on all social channels (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram).

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