Vancouver’s bullpen delivered a rare stretch of hitless baseball on Tuesday night, with reliever Holden Wilkerson silencing the Spokane Indians for four innings.
The Canadians built an early lead, capitalizing on timely hits from Eric Snow and Alexis Hernandez, who drove in the first two runs.
Spokane answered in the fourth, tying the game at 3‑3 after a rally sparked by Cameron Nelson’s single and a subsequent double that brought home two runs.
Vancouver responded in the fifth, adding another run to pull ahead 5‑3, setting the stage for a dramatic finish.
Clayton Gray closed out the game with a strikeout in the ninth, preserving the lead as the Indians failed to mount a comeback.
Starter Lebarron Johnson Jr. gave up three runs on seven hits and a walk with two strikeouts, but the Canadians’ offense proved decisive.
Looking ahead
The series will resume Thursday at 7:05 p.m., promising another chapter in the budding rivalry as both teams look to fine‑tune their strategies before the next matchup.