Another championship pennant will fly at Nat Bailey Stadium
Posted September 9, 2012 10:38 pm.
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BOISE, ID (NEWS1130) – The Vancouver Canadians have repeated as Northwest League champions. The C’s scored seven runs in the eighth inning to win the third and final game of the championship series in Boise 12-9.
Vancouver opened the game with two runs, but the Hawks responded with four runs in the bottom of the first. Both teams posted three runs in the fourth.
Trailing 7-5 in the eighth inning, the Canadians loaded the bases and Jorge Flores was hit by a pitch which cut the Hawks lead to one. Third baseman Kellen Sweeney then hit a two-run single to give the C’s the lead for good. Balbino Fuenmayor added an RBI single, followed by DH Art Charles who cleared the bases with a triple and scored on a throwing error.
Vancouver had a dozen runs on 14 hits against the best hitting squad in the NWL.
Boise scored one run in each of the final innings to round out the scoring.
Right-handed pitcher Wil Browning earned the win on the mound for Vancouver.
In the opening game of the series at Little Mountain, the C’s chalked up seven runs in the seventh inning to overtake the Hawks and won game one, 10-7. Boise took the second game on Saturday night in Idaho 3-2.
