Boise Series, August 8-11, 2013 (including doubleheader on Aug. 11)
Following the Northwest League All-Star Game, the Canadians travelled to Boise, ID, for a five-game series, where they have historically struggled. It was no different in 2013, as the C's dropped four of five to the Hawks.
The series began with 7-5, 5-4, 9-2, and 3-1 victories for Boise, before Vancouver salvaged the finale with a 6-5 win.
In the 9-2 loss for the C's on August 10, LHP Kyle Anderson (4-2, 3.05) had a rare bad outing, as he gave up five runs in the second inning and Vancouver found itself in a deep hole early on, one which the Canadians weren't able to come back from. In the defeat, CF Ian Parmley went 2-for-4 with a run scored. Hawks DH Trevor Gretzky, the son of Wayne Gretzky, went 2-for-4 while SS Carlos Penalver was 3-for-4 with a double, home run, and four RBIs.
After the C's lost the first four contests of this series, they could have given up as Boise raced out to a 5-3 lead after four innings, battering RHP Jeremy Gabryszwski for five runs on 11 hits. Vancouver, however, came storming back with two runs in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game as 2B David Harris delivered an RBI double and RF Ian Parmley smacked a run-scoring single, before getting the go-ahead run on LF Brenden Kalfus' RBI single in the seventh. Closer RHP Chuck Ghysels pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning to close out the victory, getting two strikeouts, as Vancouver salvaged the finale with the 6-5 triumph.
Everett Series, August 13-15, 2013
The Everett AquaSox, who won the first-half pennant in the North Division, did no favours for the Canadians as they came into Scotiabank Field and took two of three from the C's, winning 5-3 and 4-3. Vancouver won the middle game of the series, 10-1 on August 14, with RHP Tom Robson improving to 2-0 on the summer. The Ladner, BC native allowed one run on two hits over five innings for the C's, while Vancouver exploded for six runs in the first three innings en route to the blowout win.
Still, the C's lost the two close games in the series, as in the opening contest the AquaSox got out to a 5-0 lead against LHP Colton Turner (4.2 innings, 8 hits, 5 runs) before the Canadians' late-inning rally fell just short in the 5-3 defeat. In the series finale, it was again Everett jumping out ahead early on, and held a 3-1 lead going into the bottom of the sixth. The C's cut the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth when Ian Parmley scored on a wild pitch by AquaSox starter LHP Steven Ewing, and then tied it at 3-3 an inning later on RF Melvin Garcia's RBI double. The AquaSox, though, went on to win the game in the 12th inning on a walk and a pair of errors, and the game finished 4-3 in favour of Everett. It was a slopping game all around for the C's, who committed four errors and collected only five hits (while Everett finished with 13 hits and three errors).
The series loss dropped Vancouver's record to 9-12 in the second half. The C's would go on to lose 7-2 in the opening game of a five-game set against Salem-Keizer at Scotiabank Field on August 16, and fall three games behind the suddenly red-hot Spokane Indians in the North standings. With the Indians' sixth straight win on August 16, Spokane (12-10) had taken over top spot in the North Division standings in the second half, two games ahead of second-place Everett (10-12), with exactly 16 games remaining in the schedule. If Everett, the first-half winner, goes on to win the second half, then it will be the team with the next best overall record that will win the North Division's second-half pennant.
Second-Half Standings on August 16
North Division
Team W-L Pct GB
Spokane 12-10 .545 -
*Everett 10-12 .455 2
Vancouver 9-13 .409 3
Tri-City 7-15 .318 5
*denotes first-half winner
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