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The Boise Hawks beat the Bears to advance to the Northwest League championship series.>> The Boise Hawks beat the Bears to advance to the Northwest League championship series.>> The Yakima Bears lost 11-5 to the Boise Hawks in game two of the Northwest League East Division series Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 11-5 to the Boise Hawks in game two of the Northwest League East Division series Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears defeated the Boise Hawks 5-4 in game one of the Northwest League East Division Series at Memorial Stadium in Boise, Idaho. >> The Yakima Bears defeated the Boise Hawks 5-4 in game one of the Northwest League East Division Series at Memorial Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The Bears now lead the best two out of three series 1-0 with the series going to Yakima to finish up.>> The Yakima Bears lost 4-1 to the Vancouver Canadians in 11 innings Saturday at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 4-1 to the Vancouver Canadians in 11 innings Saturday at Yakima County Stadium. The loss was the fourth-straight for the Bears to end the regular season, with the playoffs starting for the team on Monday.>> The Yakima Bears lost 3-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Friday night at Yakima County Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 3-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Friday night at Yakima County Stadium. The win for Vancouver, coupled with a Eugene loss to Spokane Friday, made the Canadians the final team to qualify for the 2012 playoffs. The Yakima Bears and Everett AquaSox clinched in the first half and the Boise Hawks were the other team to win in the second half.>> The Yakima Bears lost 7-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Thursday night. The Bears were no-hit by Vancouver starter Taylor Cole through seven and two thirds innings.>> The Yakima Bears lost 7-1 to the Vancouver Canadians Thursday night. The Bears were no-hit by Vancouver starter Taylor Cole through seven and two thirds innings.>> The Yakima Bears lost 3-2 against the Vancouver Canadians Wednesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears lost 3-2 against the Vancouver Canadians Wednesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears started the final homestand of the regular season with a 9-1 win over the Vancouver Canadians Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears started the final homestand of the regular season with a 9-1 win over the Vancouver Canadians Tuesday night at Yakima County Stadium.>> The Yakima Bears lost 5-2 Sunday afternoon against the Everett AquaSox at Everett Memorial Stadium. >> The Yakima Bears lost 5-2 Sunday afternoon against the Everett AquaSox at Everett Memorial Stadium. The Bears won only one of the five games in the series, with the team that took the initial lead losing each and every game of the series.>> The Yakima Bears lost 6-3 to the Everett AquaSox Saturday night at Everett Memorial Stadium in Everett, Washington.>> The Yakima Bears lost 6-3 to the Everett AquaSox Saturday night at Everett Memorial Stadium in Everett, Washington. Both teams had nine hits and one error, but the AquaSox put together a pair of three run innings.>>
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The Yakima Bears broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh inning and went on to beat the Vancouver Canadians 3-2 at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia Wednesday afternoon. The win snapped a three-game losing streak, but the Bears still lost the series in Vancouver 3-2.
After three scoreless innings for both teams to start the game, the Bears took the lead in the fourth. Josh Parr led off with a double and Shaun Cooper hit a one-out double to score Parr and put the Bears up 1-0. Back-to-back doubles by the Canadians tied the game in the fifth inning. Mark Ginther started the seventh inning with a home run to give the Bears a 2-1 lead. Another double in the eighth extended the lead for Yakima, as Josh Parr hit a lead-off single, stole second base, and came home on Cooper's second double of the game. The Bears needed that run, as the Canadians pulled within one in the bottom of the ninth, but couldn't tie the game.
Austin Platt got his first win in the Northwest League. Platt came in after Cody Wheeler pitched three shutout innings as the starter. Now 1-3, Platt allowed only one run on five hits and two walks. Will Locante earned his second Northwest League save, giving up a run on two hits in the ninth inning.
The Bears were outhit 10-8, but it was still the best offensive effort of the series for Yakima. Parr finished 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored. Cooper went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Ginther's homer was his third of the season.
The Bears start a six-game homestand Thursday night with the first of three games against the Spokane Indians. Game time for all three games against the Indians is scheduled for 7:05. Left-handed pitcher Alex Carreras is expected to pitch for the Bears against right-handed pitcher John Kukuruda of the Indians.
