pine sliver strikeouts. This left the C’s with
S-8 record—slowly getting closer to first
place in the West.

On April 22, 1998 the Canadians host-
ed their first Molson “What beer’s all
about” nooner on a great sunny
Wednesday afternoon. It was another
close game against the Buzz as pitcher
William VanLandingham only allowed one
run in the first inning, then 3 runs in the
sixth, and allowed 5 hits through six
innings. C’s pitcher Geoff Edsell came in
late in the sixth inning to get
VanLandingham out of trouble. Edsell got
the C’s into the ninth inning by only giv-
ing up two hits in eight batters. The
strong right hander-Chavez came on in the
ninth to try for his third save. In the top
of the ninth Chavez got into trouble early
and put three men on base with two base
on balls and another hit by a pitch. After
a long and grueling inning, Chavez finally
got Winnipeg native Corey Koskie to line
out to C’s second baseman Justin
Baughman. Another highlight of the game
was Buzz pitcher Todd Ritchie. Ritchie is
tom Duncanville, Texas, and played with
e Minnesota Twins last season. Ritchie
itched 2 innings of relief and had an
ing 6 strikeouts.

The last two games of the series were to be
layed on the same night due to April showers the
ight before. On April 24, 1998 the C’s had their
rst 7 inning doubleheaders of the new season. The
rst game was another win for the C’s as they
opped the Buzz in the late innings by a score of
3. Player of the game, Justin Baughman, went 3
or S with one triple and the game winning RBI.
aughman hit a huge single over the heads of the
ecrepit in outfield to drive in Orlando Palmeiro.
teve Scarsone also hit a home run in the bottom
f the fourth to put the C’s up 3-I and to pick up
e slack for the loss of power hitter Troy Neel.
tod Washburn pitched his third straight start and
on track to win his third game until Anthony
havez blew his save chance in the top of the sev-
th. In the second game of the doubleheader the
’s were looking to sweep the series vs. the Salt

 

 

 

 

Lake Buzz, but had troubles in the late innings. The
C’s were trailing throughout the game and were los-
ing 3—0 by the bottom of the fourth inning. The
C’s started their comeback against tiring Buzz
pitcher Travis Baptist. Baptist gave up a lead of
home run to Steve Scarsone. It was Scarsone’s sec-
ond of the night and first in the game. Last year
Scarsone hit II home runs with the Las Vegas
Stars. With one on and one out in the bottom of
the sixth inning, the Buzz decided to bring in Todd
Ritchie early to get the job done. After the next five
batters the game was over. Ritchie came in and sat
down five straight batters, giving him II strikeouts
against [3 batters faced. The C’s lost the game 3—2
against the Buzz. The C’s record is now 7—9 after
their first four series. The C’s hit the road to play
the Omaha Royals and then face the first place
overall Iowa Cubs before returning home to play _
the Edmonton Trappers on May S, 1998. '