Cortez Chappell threw a complete game four-hit shutout while Jerod Barnik and Zach Mihic drove in three runs apiece as the 91Ô´´ Blaze won for the eighth time in their past 10 games, 8-0.
Bill Germaine had the other two RBIs.
The Blaze defeated the visiting Coquitlam Reds on Thursday night at McLeod Park in B.C. Premier U18 Baseball League action.
The win, 91Ô´´'s second straight shutout — and 11th of the season — gives the Blaze a 28-8 mark with a dozen games remaining. The Blaze are 1.5 games behind Nanaimo (23-6) for the regular season pennant.
91Ô´´ has a doubleheader in Parksville on Saturday (June 25) against the Royals (19-12) and a Sunday doubleheader at McLeod Park against the Victoria Eagles (7-22).