The Vancouver Canadians found themselves back in the win column Tuesday night, when they took care of business with a 6-0 shutout win over the Hillsboro Hops in the first of a six game set.

Toronto Blue Jays pitching prospect Sem Robberse was sensational on the mound, throwing seven shutout innings, for his second goose egg on the year in only his third start.  The twenty year old held the Hops to only two hits in twenty-five At-Bats.  Robberse also registered a season high in strikeouts, with seven.  The game also saw a solid outing from the Vancouver bullpen, as Sean Mellen and Thomas Ruwe were each able to work their way through some sticky situations, with the bases loaded in the eighth and ninth innings, respectively.  Mellen and Ruwe were both able to hold strong and preserve the shutout win.

On offence, the Canadians kept the bats banging, as Zach Britton’s first career High-A Home Run got the C’s on the board in the second, before Addison Barger demolished a two-run drive to make it 3-0 by the end of the inning.  Barger would also bring in another two runs with a single in the sixth inning, finishing the game with a single-season game high of four RBIs.  Trevor Schwecke also also continued his great play at the plate, registering a hit in his ninth consecutive game.

The Canadians are still holding on to first place in the MiLB High-A Pacific Division, but only hold a 0.5 Game lead over second place Tri-City.

Vancouver and Hillsboro continue the series tonight in Oregon at Ron Tonkin Field.  Hunter Gregory will make his second start of the campaign on the mound for the C’s, while Hillsboro will be going with Ross Carver.  First pitch is slated for 6:35.