Maybe it was only appropriate the Victoria HarbourCats got to do some celebrating on sa国际传媒 Day.
Alex Real鈥檚 two-out, two-run triple in the 13th inning gave Victoria a 6-4 victory Monday night over the Cowlitz Black Bears in Washington.
However, the HarbourCats (11-6) lost their first series of their inaugural baseball season in the West Coast League as the Black Bears won the first two games of the set.
The Black Bears (9-9), from the southern Washington communities of Kelso and Longview, used a seven-run sixth inning 鈥� with all those runs scored with two out 鈥� en route to a 9-0 victory Sunday. Cowlitz outhit Victoria 11-3 with starter Bryan Conant taking the loss. The Black Bears began the set with a 4-3 win Saturday.
Monday鈥檚 game was tied 4-4 after nine innings. Victoria starter Ty Provencher gave it his all, going nine innings for his second consecutive outing. The win went to his relief man Joe Navilhon.
Another bright spot was that after enduring 11 errors in its previous three games, Victoria clamped down and committed just one Monday.
鈥淚t鈥檚 been pretty rough,鈥� Victoria first-baseman Real said before the Monday tilt.
鈥淲e haven鈥檛 hit well, and need to pick it up on defence, too. We seem to have lacked energy. When everyone is contributing, we can be a dangerous team,鈥� added the Atlanta Braves draft pick, who played a key role in making the HarbourCats dangerous again with his 13th-inning heroics Monday.
Meanwhile, the HarbourCats will dress their first World Series champion tonight when they meet the AppleSox (10-10) in Wenatchee, Wash., to begin a three-game set.
Well, OK, Brett Urabe is a college World Series champion, but that鈥檚 still not too shabby. The five-foot-10 infielder will join the HarbourCats today after his UCLA Bruins defeated Mississippi State last week in the college World Series final at Omaha, Neb.
Just a freshman, Urabe didn鈥檛 play a major role in the Bruins championship.
鈥淗e had minimum at-bats but he鈥檚 got a college World Series ring,鈥� Victoria head coach Dennis Rogers said.
