Riverhawks Battle Back Against NorthPaws to Even Out Series

2025-06-14

Two big innings push Edmonton ahead of Kamloops 14-8

By Larry Read

KAMLOOPS, BC—

In what could be best described as a character-building victory, the Edmonton Riverhawks have evened up their West Coast League weekend series with the NorthPaws in Kamloops, BC.

Playing before 341 people at Dearborn Ford Field at Norbrock Stadium, the Riverhawks rallied from a 6-0 deficit to beat the NorthPaws 14-8. That squares the weekend series at a game a piece and helps raise Edmonton’s first half WCL record to 7-4. The NorthPaws drop to 8-6.

The Riverhawks started # 24 Tate Dearing on the mound, and he lasted for only three outs. Dearing gave up five runs on four hits and walked three before being relieved by #24 Reece Devlin. Devlin earned the victory as he pitched 5.0 innings of five hit ball striking out two, walking two and giving up one run for his first win of the year.

Down 1-0 after one, Edmonton loaded the bases in the 2nd inning but couldn’t push anything across. In the bottom of the 2nd, Kamloops scored five times including two runs coming off a double.

The big innings offensively for The Riverhawks were the 3rd and 4th. In the third, Edmonton tallied six times as they sent 10 players to the plate. #35 Trent Lenihan doubled to bring in both #6 Robert Phelps and #13 Grant Yzermans. Lenihan wound up going 4-4 with four RBI and three runs scored. Phelps was 2-4 with three runs scored while Yzermans was 1-5 with three runs scored and an RBI.

NorthPaws starter #10 Landon Gutierrez was tagged with the loss. He went two and two thirds’ innings, giving up five runs on five hits, walking two and striking out two. His record is 0-1.

The 4th inning saw 11 Edmonton batters make an appearance. #1 Shiryu Sato led the way in that inning with a two-run triple. He was 3-6 with two runs scored and three runs batted in.

Edmonton added another run in the 7th and two more in the 8th inning. They had 14 hits on 16 runs and one error. Kamloops scored eight times on 12 hits and committed three errors.

The NorthPaws, who beat the Riverhawks 8-6 last night, scrapped back and scored two runs in the bottom of the 9th off #9 Jaxon MacDonald. He was the fourth of four pitchers. He pitched that one inning giving up two runs on two hits, walking one and striking out one.

The Riverhawks and NorthPaws wrap up their series at Norbrock Stadium Sunday afternoon. The opening pitch is set for 1:00 PM MDT. You can watch the game live at https://wcleague.watch.pixellot.tv/. 

#18 Mason Chamberlain is slated to pitch for the Riverhawks against #58 Lucas Dykstra. Chamberlain attends Missouri Valley College while Dykstra attend the University of Fraser Valley.

The Riverhawks next home game is Tuesday, June 17th when the Bellingham Bells come in for another three-game set at RE/MAX Field. The opening pitch is 7:05 PM MDT. Its Life’s a Beach, Aloha Night. There will be Limbo contests, hula dancing, Jimmy Buffet jams, a special Hawaiian Hawk Tropic bevy.

Teachers who show their ATA card at the box office will get a ticket to the contest for half price. It will also be Toonie Tuesday

Head over to tickets.gohawks.ca to grab yourself a seat. Follow along with the game at @RiverhawksGames on X and keep up with everything happening with the Hawks on Instagram, Facebook, @EdmRiverhawks, and TikTok. See all the latest news at riverhawksbaseball.com.

EXTRA INNINGS: The game marked the debut of catcher #43 Chavis Conceicao with the Riverhawks. The Ewa Beach, Hawaii resident attends Triffin U. He was 2-5 with a run scored.

This is the first road trip of the year for Edmonton. Head coach Jake Lanferman has this assessment of how his newly formed squad is adjusting: “Being on the road allows the guys to get to know each other better and start to build team chemistry which I think we have done a great job early. Kelowna was a great city, and we had some great weather so far. I know the boys are enjoying their down time. It’ll be the same situation here in Kamloops.”