The HarbourCats, however, do have a passing interest because they will play the second-half champion in the divisional playoff. It appears it will be either the Bellingham Bells, Kelowna Falcons or Walla Walla Sweets.
The Bells stated their case with a 5-2 win over Victoria before 1,217 fans Friday night at Joe Martin Field in Bellingham while Walla Walla beat Cowlitz 7-3 and the Falcons went down 8-3 to the Yakima Valley Pippins.
The HarbourCats and Bells are 11-8, Falcons 10-9 and Walla Walla 9-10 in the second half. Each of those teams has eight games remaining. If Victoria also wins the second half of the division, the team placing second will get the second divisional playoff spot.
Fresno State鈥檚 Austin Guibor doubled and then scored an unearned run to give Victoria the lead in the top of the first inning Friday. Bellingham responded by putting up three runs, two of them earned, by the third inning on HarbourCats starter Indigo Diaz, who was recently signed out of North Vancouver.
A Brad Pluschkell sacrifice fly scored Tommy Jew in the seventh inning for Victoria鈥檚 other run. The HarbourCats loaded the bases in the eighth inning but were unable to score when a pop up by Jew went to the shortstop for the third out.
P.J. Floyd from Sacramento State had two hits for Victoria, including a double.
The HarbourCats are 34-12 overall and Bells 26-20 .
The HarbourCats series in Bellingham continues tonight and Sunday.
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