When you go 2-3 with two triples and two runs scored, with a walk and an RBI, you’d hope you’re the player of the game.

But what if someone else goes 4-5 with a double, a run scored, and two RBI’s…? Then what?

And what if you’re doing this on the road, in someone other team’s house, on a weekend, in front of almost two thousand of their fans, as part of a 15-hit, 10-run beatdown in which all but one of your teammates gets a hit?

At that point, does it even matter who is the player of the game? 

Such was the case with the Vancouver Canadians on Sunday, as they opened a can of Diet Whup on an unsuspecting Boise Hawks outfit that, truth be told, fought back gamely in the face of an Ali-like jab explosion.

The C’s scored runs in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th innings, giving themselves a 7-1 lead in the 6th before the Hawks caught their breath and staged a comeback.

Ed Tejada, who has fallen a long way since his debut strikes-a-plenty performance, gave up three earned in the bottom of the 9th to make the game a save situation, and Ben Hornbeck walked in a run to make a Boise walk-off win a very strong possibility, before Fabian Gomez entered the fray with bases loaded, made the final out, got the save, and showed the rooks how it’s done.

Hey, at least you kept the crowd interested, C’s.

* The guy who went 2-3 with two triples? Francisco Tirado. Well done, sir. And the guy who went 4-5 with a double? Jason freaking Christian. Fundamentally sound, sir.

July 6, 2008
 Final    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9      R   H   E 
 Vancouver   0   1   3   1   0   2   0   1   2      10   15   1 
 Boise   0   1   0   0   0   0   2   1   3      7   11   2 
Recap | Box
W: H. Garcia (1-2, 2.29); L: J. Leverton (0-2, 5.54); SV: F. Gomez (1)
HR: BOI: R. Ridling (4), K. Calvert (1).