The Vernon Canadians walked the plank as they dropped a pair of B.C. AAA midget baseball games to the Nanaimo Buccaneers Saturday at Marshall Field.
The Bucs clipped the C’s 9-5 in the opener.
Canadians’ ace Dylan Emmons wasn’t himself on the mound, as he gave up five runs, only three earned, and struck out one batter. The blip on Emmons’ season is hardly noticeable with his 1.80 ERA and 109 strikeouts in 65 innings pitched.
Tyler Wellman came on in relief, pitched four innings, gave up three hits and two earned runs. Wellman is third in strikeouts with 29.
Landon Currie whacked three hits in four trips to the dish, raising his average to .265. He also swiped two bags and scored twice.
Kadyn Thomas turned in a solid game with a pair of singles, a walk and a run scored.
The Canadians were plauged by errors once again. Nine of the 16 runs they allowed were unearned.
The Bucs raised the Jolly Roger with a 7-3 victory in the back end of the double dip.
Brayden Damini started and went six innings, yielding eight hits, six runs, two earned runs and fanned three Bucs (22-14).
Ethan Huizinga went 1-for-2 with a single and wore a bean ball.
Emmons crushed a triple and scored his 16th and 17th RBI of the season.
The Canadians (8-27-1) host the first-place Ridge Meadows Royals (30-3) for two games today at 1 and 4 p.m. at Marshall Field.
The Royals are fresh off a sweep over the Richmond City Chuckers (21-13) at Hammond Stadium on Sunday. They won 12-2 and 8-0.
