Friday, June 11, 2021 | 6:30 p.m. PT | Avista Stadium | Spokane, WA | Game #34 | Road Game #16 VANCOUVER CANADIANS (19-14) vs. SPOKANE INDIANS (14-19) RHP Adam Kloffenstein (1-3, 6.55 ERA) vs. RHP Will Ethridge (Advanced-A Debut) 2021 AT A GLANCE ABOUT LAST TIME…: The Vancouver Canadians mustered a season-low two hits in an 8-0 loss to the Spokane Indians (Rockies) Thursday afternoon as their seven-game LAST TIME OUT Home 10-8 winning streak against their Eastern Washington opponent came to an end. Road 9-6 June 10 R H E Day 5-1 After a scoreless first, Spokane took the lead for good with a run in the bottom of the Vancouver 0 2 1 Night 14-13 second. Niko Decolati successfully bunted for a base hit and went to third on the same Extra Innings 1-2 play after the throw to first went down the right field line before coming home with Spokane 8 7 1 1-Run Games 6-3 the first run of the game via a Luis Quinones (L, 1-1) balk. 2-Run Games 5-1 W: Feltner (3-1) L: Quinones (1-1) S: --- Spokane starter Ryan Feltner (W, 3-1) baffled the C’s for five innings in which he Time: 3h 04m 3-Run Games 2-1 scattered two hits, walked two and struck out seven. 4+Run Games 6-9 Last 5 Games 3-2 The Indians doubled their lead by scoring a run without a hit in the fourth. Consecutive Notable Performances Last 10 Games 5-5 one out walks, a double steal and a wild pitch made it 2-0 before an RBI double from P. Caracci: 1 perfect inning of relief Willie MacIver in the fifth put the Tribe up 3-0. R. Gold: 1-3, 2B, R. Lantigua: 1-3 May 15-9 June 4-5 Quinones made it through four innings and issued a season-high six walks – the most July 0-0 by a C’s starter this year – with eight strikeouts. HIGH-A WEST STANDINGS August 0-0 W-L GB September 0-0 Spokane put the game away for good with two runs in the sixth and three in the eighth to win 8-0. Everett (SEA) 20-12 --- Lead after 7 15-0 HASTA AVISTA: Vancouver arrives in Spokane this week for the first of two visits to Vancouver (TOR) 19-14 1.5 Tied after 7 3-3 Avista Stadium and the second of five meetings with the Indians. These two teams Eugene (SF) 19-14 1.5 Behind after 7 1-11 last met May 11-16 at Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro, when the C’s took the last five Lead after 8 16-1 games of the series after dropping the home-away-from-home opener. The Canadians Hillsboro (ARI) 15-17 5.0 Tied after 8 3-1 have outscored the Rockies affiliate 44-24 in the season series. Spokane (COL) 14-19 6.5 Behind after 8 0-12 HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Due to pandemic-related border closures, Ron Tonkin Tri-City (LAA) 11-22 9.5 Scores First 13-3 Field in Hillsboro will serve as Vancouver’s home ballpark this year. 78 of 120 C’s game Opp Scores First 6-11 will take place in the Tualatin Valley over the course of the season (60 home games, 18 VAN 10+ Hits 6-0 as the visitors). LEAGUE LEADING C’S Opp 10+ Hits 1-4 ON THIS DATE IN BASEBALL HISTORY: June 11, 1990 – At the age of 43, Ranger Nolan Opp Starts RH 16-12 AVG: Kirwer (.298, 4), Morris (.278, 9) Ryan no-hits the A's, 5-0, becoming the oldest player to throw a no-hitter, extending Opp Starts LH 3-2 his major league record to six. The 'Ryan Express' becomes the first player to throw HR: Kirwer (4, T-10) RBI: De Los Santos (22, 4) Comeback Wins 8 one in three different decades and to accomplish the feat for three different teams. OBP: Kirwer (.443, 1), Horwitz (.439, 2), Morris (.408, 7), Gold (.388, 10) W-L in Last AB 4-3 DID YOU KNOW?: C’s skipper Donnie Murphy made his pro debut for Spokane in 2002 Walk-off W/L 3-0 after he was drafted by the Royals in the 5th round that year. 19-year-old Murph hit SLG: Kirwer (.490, 7) TB: Shutouts by VAN 2 .303 with 10 doubles, two triples, 12 runs scored and 15 RBI in 28 games before he was Shutouts by OPP 2 promoted to Low-A Burlington. He made his MLB debut with Kansas City in 2004 and went on to play in parts of nine seasons with five different teams. OPS: Kirwer (.933, 4) Tuesday 2-4 Wednesday 3-3 ON THE HILL: #9 Blue Jays prospect (MLB.com) Adam Kloffenstein returns to the hill H: Kirwer (31, 8) 2B: Gold (9, T-5), De Los Santos (8, T-9) Thursday 5-1 tonight looking for a return to his early season form that saw him post a 1-0 record and Friday 2-3 0.71 ERA through his first three outings. His finest start of the year game against the BB: Horwitz (30, 1), Kirwer (22, 4), Gold (19, T-6) Saturday 2-3 Indians on May 15; that day, the 20-year-old dominated for six innings in which he Sunday 5-0 allowed one run on two hits with two walks and four strikeouts. Since then, R: Kirwer (27, 2), Eden (24, T-6) SB: Kirwer (20, 1), Eden (18, 2) Kloffenstein has allowed 15 earned runs in 9.1 innings and has failed to go longer than th 4.2 frames in a start. Drafted in the third round (88 overall) of the 2018 draft out of ERA: Fraze (2.05, 1) W: Fraze (3, T-1), Schultz (3, T-1) White Jerseys 2-5 Magnolia HS in his hometown of Magnolia, TX, “Kloff” is in the midst of his first full Red Jerseys 6-1 professional season. SO: Schultz (36, 9) SV: Caracci (3, T-4), Maese (3, T-4), Black Jerseys 9-6 McAffer (3, T-4) Right-hander Will Ethridge makes his Advanced-A debut tonight for Spokane after he Grey Jerseys 2-2 was promoted from Low-A Freson. In six starts for the Grizzlies, the 23-year-old went OPP AVG: Fraze (.183, 3) WHIP: Fraze (0.87, 1) 3-1 with a 2.56 ERA in 31.2 innings pitched with 32 strikeouts and just two walks. Low- At Ron Tonkin 14-10 A Southwest batters hit .191 against him. Ethridge played collegiately at Ole Miss Everywhere Else 5-4 where he was teammates with C’s reliever Parker Caracci. Date Time Opponent Canadians Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Sat. 6/12 6:30 p.m. at Spokane RHP Sam Ryan (0-0, 3.46 ERA) LHP Nick Bush (2-1, 2.86 ERA) Sun. 6/13 5:09 p.m. at Spokane RHP Paxton Schultz (3-0, 2.08 ERA) LHP Helcris Olivarez (1-4, 4.50 ERA) Mon. 6/14 Off Tues. 6/15 7:05 p.m. vs. Everett RHP Sean Wymer (1-2, 8.03 ERA) TBA Wed. 6/16 7:05 p.m. vs. Everett RHP CJ Van Eyk (1-1, 0.000) TBA Run Team Home Away SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS – T (ties record), N (new record) Diff. 2019 TEAM HITTING: Most Runs, Game………………….. 13 – May 18 at Hillsboro (W, 13-4) Eugene 2-4 0-0 29-38 3-4 Most Runs, Inning…………………. 6 – May 18 at Hillsboro (3rd inn., W, 13-4) Most Hits, Game……………………. 18 – May 18 at Hillsboro (W, 13-4) Fewest Hits, Game…………………. 2 (2x) – Last: June 10 at Spokane (L, 8-0) Everett 3-3 0-0 17-27 4-14 Most Doubles, Game……………….. 4 (2x) – Last: June 3 vs. Eugene (W, 7-5) Most Triples, Game…………………. 2 (2x) – Last: June 2 vs. Eugene (L, 6-5/10) Most Home Runs, Game………... 2 (2x) – Last: May 21 at Hillsboro. (L, 4-3) Hillsboro 0-0 4-2 32-22 1-6 Most Consec. HR, Game…………... --- Most Consec. Game w/HR……..… 2 – May 13-14 Spokane 5-1 2-1 44-32 6-7 Most Home Runs, Month………… 12 – May Most Total Bases, Game………….. 21 – May 18 at Hillsboro (W, 13-4) Most Extra Base Hits, Game…….. 6 – May 19 at Hillsboro (W, 6-1) Tri-City 0-0 3-3 28-31 8-6 Most Walks…………………………… 11 (2x) – Last: May 27 vs. Everett (W, 5-4) Most Strikeouts…………………….. 15 – May 29 vs. Everett (L, 9-1) Most Stolen Bases, Game……….. 4 – May 25 vs. Everett (L, 5-3) Totals 10-8 9-6 151-149 30-46 Most Hit into DP, Game…………. 3 – June 5 vs. Eugene (L, 7-4) Left on Base………………………… 14 – May 7 at Tri-City Consec. Scoreless Innings………. 12.2 – May 4-5 Shutouts……………………………… 2 – Last: June 10 at Spokane (L, 8-0) SERIES BREAKDOWN INDIVIDUAL HITTING Won 2 Most Runs, Game………………….. 3 (4x) – Last: Kirwer, June 6 vs. Eugene (W, 7-3) Most Hits, Game……………………. 4 – Eden, May 16 vs. Spokane (W, 7-6/11) Lost 1 Most Doubles, Game……………….. 2 (2x) – Last: Lantigua, June 3 vs. Eugene (W, 7-5) Split 2 Most Triples, Game………………… 1 – Morris/Gold, June 2 vs. Eugene (L, 6-5/10) Most Home Runs, Game………….. 1 (16x) – Last: De Los Santos, June 8 at Spokane (W, 8-6) Sweeps --- Most HR, Month…………………….