Thursday, June 3, 2021 | 7:05 p.m. PT | Ron Tonkin Field | Hillsboro, OR | Game #27 | Home Game #15 EUGENE EMERALDS (17-9) vs. VANCOUVER CANADIANS (15-11) RHP Nick Avila (1-3, 6.75 ERA) vs. RHP Luis Quinones (0-0, 0.00 ERA) ABOUT LAST NIGHT…: The Vancouver Canadians never led and fought back to tie the game on three 2021 AT A GLANCE separate occasions, but their last rally came up just short as the C’s fell 6-5 in 10 innings to the LAST TIME OUT Home 8-6 Eugene Emeralds (Giants) on Wednesday night at Ron Tonkin Field. Road 7-5 Trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the first extra inning, the C’s managed to move the placed runner to June 2/10 inn. R H E Day 4-0 third with two outs before a sinking line drive off the bat of Sebastian Espino was caught on the run Eugene 6 7 3 Night 11-10 to hand Vancouver a second consecutive loss and their fifth in the last eight games. Vancouver 5 8 0 Extra Innings 1-2 The Canadians trailed from the outset. Eugene took advantage of three consecutive walks to start 1-Run Games 6-3 the top of the first by singling home a pair of runs to make it 2-0, but Vancouver would cleave the 2-Run Games 3-1 lead in half in the bottom of the frame. Tanner Morris – who didn’t double once in May before hitting W: Russell (3-0) L: Caracci (2-2) S: --- his first two-bagger of the year in last night’s game – laced one into the corner in left to put himself 3-Run Games 2-0 in scoring position before an error moved him to third and a Spencer Horwitz sacrifice fly brought him Time: 3h 13m 4+Run Games 4-7 home and set the score at 2-1. Last 5 Games 2-3 Notable Performances Right-hander CJ Van Eyk worked through his first inning command issues to put up three consecutive Last 10 Games 4-6 zeroes before surrendering a run on two hits in the fifth that made it 3-1. All told, MLB.com’s #10 T. Morris: 3-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 BB, 2B, 3B Blue Jays prospect worked five frames, allowed three runs on five hits, didn’t walk a batter from the S. Horwitz: 1-4, 2 RBI, R | T. Kirwer: 2-5, 2 R, 2B May 15-9 second inning on and struck out three. June 0-2 July 0-0 Trailing by two heading into the bottom of the sixth, the C’s used their temporary home to their advantage to start a game-tying rally. Morris knocked a line drive into centerfield that took an HIGH-A WEST STANDINGS August 0-0 unexpected hop off the rubberized synthetic turf and bounced over the head of centerfielder Javeyan W-L GB September 0-0 Williams for a lead-off triple. After a Cameron Eden ground out brought Morris in to make it 3-2, Spencer Horwitz followed in Morris’ footsteps with a home-cooked triple of his own after a big Eugene (SF) 17-9 --- bounce prompted Williams to lose his footing in center. Ryan Gold followed with an RBI double to tie Lead after 7 11-0 the game 3-3. Everett (SEA) 16-10 1.0 Tied after 7 3-3 Behind after 7 1-8 A lead-off walk and a stolen base set the table for a go-ahead single from Eugene’s Patrick Bailey in Vancouver (TOR) 15-11 2.0 the top of the seventh, but the Canadians rallied to tie the game for a second time in their turn at Lead after 8 12-1 bat. Tanner Kirwer shot a one-out double just inside the first base line before stealing third and Hillsboro (ARI) 11-15 6.0 Tied after 8 3-1 scoring on a Horwitz ground ball out that brought the score to 4-4. Behind after 8 0-9 Spokane (COL) 10-16 7.0 The Emeralds answered with a solo home run from Jacob Gonzalez to retake a one-run lead in the Tri-City (LAA) 9-17 8.0 Scores First 10-1 eighth before the C’s came back for a third time in the bottom of the ninth. This time Kirwer led off with an infield single, stole second and went to third on a throwing error by the catcher during the Opp Scores First 5-10 steal attempt. Up stepped Morris, who used his third hit of the night to bring home the game-tying VAN 10+ Hits 4-0 tally. Opp 10+ Hits 1-3 LEAGUE LEADING C’S Eugene would score what proved to be the winning run in the top of the tenth when the placed runner Opp Starts RH 13-10 stole third then scored on a passed ball to give the Giants affiliate a 6-5 edge they wouldn’t Opp Starts LH 2-1 relinquish. AVG: Kirwer (.300, 3), Horwitz (.297, 5), Morris (.280, 7) Comeback Wins 7 FEELING GREEN: The Eugene Emeralds, Advanced-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, come to HR: Kirwer (4, T-7) RBI: De Los Santos (16,6) W-L in Last AB 4-3 town this week for their first taste of the Canadians this season. This is the first of just two series between these two clubs in 2021; Vancouver will visit PK Park June 22-27 for the remaining six games Walk-off W/L 3-0 of the 12-game season set. The C’s went 3-4 against the Ems in 2019 when both clubs were their OBP: Horwitz (.485, 1), Kirwer (.446, 2), Morris (.402, 6) Shutouts by VAN 2 parent organization’s Short-Season A affiliate. Shutouts by OPP 1 SLG: Kirwer (.500, T-5) TB: Kirwer (40, 10) HOME AWAY FROM HOME: Due to pandemic-related border closures, Ron Tonkin Field in Hillsboro Tuesday 1-4 will serve as Vancouver’s home ballpark this year. 78 of 120 C’s game will take place in the Tualatin Valley over the course of the season (60 home games, 18 as the visitors). OPS: Kirwer (.946, 3), Horwitz (.931, 5) Wednesday 2-3 Thursday 4-0 EARLY WEEK BLUES: After last night’s loss, the C’s are now 3-7 in the first two days of a series this H: Kirwer (24, T-8) 2B: Gold (7, T-8), Horwitz (6, 10) Friday 2-2 season. Saturday 2-2 ON THE HILL: Right-hander Luis Quinones returns to the hill tonight for Vancouver. He wowed in his BB: Horwitz (27, 1), Kirwer (17, T-4), Gold (15, T-9) Sunday 4-0 season debut on May 27 against Everett; that night, the Arecibo, Puerto Rico native went five innings in which he gave up one unearned run on one hit in five innings of work. He walked two and struck out R: SB: Eden (17, 1), Kirwer (15, 2) Eden (19, T-4), Kirwer (18, T-6) five. Quinones, 23, returned to action after serving an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a White Jerseys 2-4 banned substance. Drafted by Toronto in the 34th round of the 2019 draft out of San Jacinto Junior CS: ERA: W: Red Jerseys 5-0 College (TX), Quinones made his pro debut with Bluefield before joining Vancouver in July, where he Horwitz (4, T-2) N. Fraze (1.57, 2) N. Fraze (3, T-1) Black Jerseys 7-5 went 2-2 with a 2.97 ERA in 10 games (four starts) across 30.1 innings pitch. SV: Caracci (3, T-2), McAffer (2, T-6), Maese (2, T-6) Grey Jerseys 1-2 Nick Avila gets the nod for Eugene. In his last turn on May 28 against Spokane, the right-hander matched a season-high when he allowed four runs on a season-high nine hits in 4.2 innings OPP AVG: Fraze (.145, 2) WHIP: Fraze (0.61, 2) At Ron Tonkin 12-8 pitched. Tonight will be his third start and sixth overall appearance. Avila, 23, was taken by San Francisco in the 26th round of the 2019 draft out of Long Beach State. Date Time Opponent Canadians Pitcher Opposing Pitcher Fri. 6/4 7:05 p.m. vs. Eugene RHP Nick Fraze (3-0, 1.57 ERA) RHP Travis Perry (3-0, 1.23 ERA) Sat. 6/5 7:05 p.m. vs. Eugene RHP Adam Kloffenstein (1-2, 7.27 ERA) LHP Seth Corry (0-1, 2.37 ERA) Sun. 6/6 1:05 p.m. vs. Eugene RHP Paxton Schultz (2-0, 2.25 ERA) RHP Aaron Phillips (0-1, 7.36 ERA) Mon. 6/7 OFF Tues. 6/8 6:30 p.m. at Spokane RHP Sean Wymer (0-2, 8.24 ERA) TBA SEASON HIGHS AND LOWS – T (ties record), N (new record) Run TEAM HITTING: Team Home Away Most Runs, Game………………….. 13 – May 18 at Hillsboro (W, 13-4) Diff. 2019 Most Runs, Inning…………………. 6 – May 18 at Hillsboro (3rd inn., W, 13-4) Most Hits, Game……………………. 18 – May 18 at Hillsboro (W, 13-4) Eugene 0-2 0-0 6-13 3-4 Fewest Hits, Game…………………. 2 – May 20 at Hillsboro (W, 2-1) Most Doubles, Game……………….. 4 – Last: May 19 at Hillsboro (W, 6-1) Most Triples, Game…………………. 2 – May 9 at Tri-City Everett 3-3 0-0 17-27 4-14 Most Home Runs, Game………..