Riverhawks Shut Out In Nanaimo, Series Evened

2026-06-06

Edmonton unable to mount an offence against the NightOwls

By Cody F. Schmidt

Fresh off a momentous win at Serauxmen Stadium last night, the Edmonton Riverhawks returned for game two of their series with the Nanaimo NightOwls. While the Hawks had successes across a plethora of innings in their previous game, tonight Edmonton was unable to repeat that performance. Edmonton only had more than one runner on base a single time though the game, and Easton Andrews was the only multi-hitter. Shiryu Sato reached base in all of his plate appearances, between a single with a stolen base and two walks.

The Riverhawks were held quiet through the start of the game, only getting a hit from last night’s hero #51 Easton Andrews in the 2nd. Meanwhile, Nanaimo took an initial 2-run lead thanks to a leadoff triple in the 2nd followed by a sac play and a couple hits before Edmonton starter #30 Sam Coxen could diffuse the situation with a strikeout.

The Riverhawks attempted to mount a response in the 3rd, after #1 Shiryu Sato hit a leadoff single to right, then stole second base before #31 Kotaro Wakui hit a single of his own. The Japanese pair would end up stranded as the frame ended on a strikeout.

The 4th started with two fast ground outs for Edmonton, even though #36 Mitchell Middlemiss reached base on a single to left, the Hawks were still held scoreless after a called ꓘ. A five-pitch walk to Sato started off the 5th, but he would again end up stranded as the Hawks were unable to put any rallies together through the first half of the game.

Coxen was able to keep Nanaimo at bay until the 5th, as after what should have been a routine out was spoiled by a throwing error. The runner then stole before being sent home by a single. Thankfully the inning ended on the Hawks’ second caught runner of the game, as #36 Jason Green’s arm was firing on all cylinders. Coxen would finish his start with 2 earned runs on 5 hits, with a single walk and 4 strikeouts over 5.0 innings.

#33 Logan Colville took over for the bottom of the 6th, while he gave up a leadoff walk, a double play with the runner caught trying for third base ended the inning and kept Nanaimo from adding on. Sato, the only Riverhawk to have multiple trips to the bases this evening, earned a two-out walk in the 7th, but a weak fly from left prevented him from getting any further than first base. Colville continued his solid work in the 8th, getting a three-up-three-down inning to finish with 2.0 innings pitched, and only a single walk against his record.

With nothing going on from the offence, #54 Tate MacMillan took over for the bottom of the 8th to try and keep Nanaimo from adding on any more runs. Andrews led off the 9th with a speedy single to keep the Hawks alive, but it would be another frame with a single runner stranded as the Riverhawks were unable to put any offence together this evening.

The series with Nanaimo concludes tomorrow afternoon at 2:05PM MDT, before the Riverhawks head home to RE/MAX Field. June 9th the Hawks will don lavender jerseys for Strike Out Cancer night sponsored by Delta Valley Landscaping. Jerseys will be auctioned to support the Kids with Cancer Society and the Riverhawks Community Foundation. Get a spot in the stands by going to tickets.gohawks.ca!