The Vancouver Canadians, The Toronto Blue Jays’ high-A affiliate, lost in extra innings yesterday, 4-2, to The Everett AquaSox.
The Baby Blue Jays were their own worst enemy as they went 2-17 with runners in scoring position and committed a lot of mental mistakes in the top of the tenth. To start, their reliever, Jol Concepcion, who took the loss, couldn’t find the strike zone as he walked the first two batters he faced to load the bases (each inning in extras starts with a ghost runner on second base in an attempt to speed up the game). From there, Jol balked in the go ahead run and proceeded to walk the next two batters again to have Everett score again. The AquaSox hitters didn’t have to lift the bats off their shoulders as Jol was giving them free passes like it was going out of style. Next time Jol has to pitch in the rain, maybe he should ask for a towel or just say no thanks.
This game shouldn’t of gone to extras as The Canadians had the bases loaded with nobody out in the sixth inning, but couldn’t get a single run across the board.
TONIGHT // Don’t miss out on Star Wars Night!
⚾️ 7:05 PM First Pitch
🆚 @EverettAquaSox
🤝 Suppprting @BCCHF🎟 https://t.co/OD9lFuOyE9#MayThe4thBeWithYou // #AtTheNat pic.twitter.com/IF4X0Ivwga
— Vancouver Canadians (@vancanadians) May 4, 2022
The beautiful thing about baseball is that there’s a game almost every day! The Canadians will look to regroup today and hopefully things are looking more fortunate for our Baby Blue Jays. They will need to channel their inner balance and use “The Force” to defeat Everett tonight. Why these Star Wars references? Well, its because Star Wars Day will be celebrated at Nat Bailey Stadium tonight!
Make sure you get to the ball park in time tonight for 7pm first pitch and dress up and get swept up in the Star Wars spirit as there will be a fund raiser towards BC Children’s Hospital. Tickets are super affordable and available on The Vancouver Canadian’s website starting at $20! May the fourth be with you all! Go Canadians!