The Vancouver Canadians have capped the season with a championship.
The Toronto Blue Jays‘ high-A affiliate captured the Northwest League title on Friday with a 9-8 win in 12 innings over the Eugene Emeralds to brush the best-of-five collection.
Catcher Ryan Sprock drove in shortstop JoJo Parker for the profitable run within the high of the twelfth. Proper-hander Jack Eshleman closed the sport out by pitching the ultimate 4 innings to get the win.
The victory got here after the Canadians scored as soon as within the eighth and thrice within the ninth, together with a two-run residence run from right-fielder David Calabrese, to erase a 7-3 gap and pressure additional innings. Left fielder Austin Smith additionally homered within the recreation.
The workforce options 4 gamers who’re on the Blue Jays’ high 30 prospects checklist, in response to MLB Pipeline: Parker (No. 1), left-hander Dasan Hill (No. 8), shortstop Ty Southisene (No. 19) and outfielder Jake Casey (No. 25).
The Canadians went 64-68 in the course of the common season, however surged within the second half with a file of 37-29 to succeed in the championship collection towards Eugene.
The win marked Vancouver’s first championship since 2023 and its sixth general.
