If 16 was sweet, and 17 avoided being sour, then 18 was electric.
The Victoria HarbourCats extended their record-setting West Coast League baseball winning streak to 18 games Thursday night with a 9-1 victory over the Kelowna Falcons at Royal Athletic Park.
The victory secured for the HarbourCats a playoff berth as the champions of the first half of the season.
What is even more remarkable is that the HarbourCats are 18-3 after starting the season with three losses.
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If the evening wasn鈥檛 memorable enough, the game drew a WCL all-time record crowd of 5,133 fans who were also entertained by pre-sa国际传媒 Day fireworks.
The HarbourCats and the Falcons have a doubleheader at Royal Athletic Park on Friday, sa国际传媒 Day, with games at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.
The two teams meet again on Saturday evening, again at Royal Athletic Park. On Sunday, the HarbourCats will play the Nanaimo Pirates in Nanaimo.
