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Rough Vic. trip for ragged Reds

The Coquitlam Reds ' trip to Vancouver Island last weekend was hardly of the holiday variety. The Reds dropped all four games in a pair of doubleheaders versus the B.C.

The Coquitlam Reds' trip to Vancouver Island last weekend was hardly of the holiday variety.

The Reds dropped all four games in a pair of doubleheaders versus the B.C. Premier Baseball League's two Victoria teams, the Eagles and the Mariners, and dipped to 4-5 on the season after bolting out of the gate at 4-1.

Run production was at a premium for the Reds, who managed to plate only five base runners in the four-game set.

On Saturday, the Reds suffered a 4-1 opening-game defeat to the Eagles, then let an 2-0 first-inning lead evaporate by surrendering four fifth-inning runs in a 6-2 loss in Game 2.

"The Eagles capitalized on every defensive miscue [we made] and were able to shut down [our] offence," Reds head coach Kyle WIlliams said on the team's website.

Max Hollingworth slapped a pair of hits for the Reds in the first game, with Darren Honeysett, Mitchell Jackman and Austin Macdonald had two hits apiece in the nightcap.

Curtis Taylor and Brandon Becking took the losses on the mound for the Reds as the Eagles, who were 12th to the Reds' second among the 13 BCPBL teams last season with a 16-32 mark, currently sit 6-4.

On Sunday, the Mariners cranked out 10 hits to just two for the Reds in a 2-0 first-game decision, then prevailed 3-2 in extra innings despite Coquitlam having out-hit them by a lopsided 12-6 margin.

Mark Trimble pitched the Game 1 loss, with Jeff Heidema and Willie Davis the only two Reds to manage hits.

The Reds racked up plenty of hits in Game 2 but few runs, with Brian Nicholas, Tyler Yorko and Becking all smacking a pair apiece. Reds' pitcher Luan Dang was saddled with the loss, as the Mariners moved to 6-2 and into a second-place tie with the Nanaimo Pirates behind only the league-leading Okanagan Athletics, who are 9-3.

Next, the Reds host the 1-7 Whalley Chiefs on Saturday in an 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. twinbill at Mundy Park.