QUÉBEC CITY, Québec (July 26, 2026) – The Down East Bird Dawgs led 7-3 heading into the seventh inning but watched it slip away as the Québec Capitales rallied for five unanswered runs before Eddie Hacopian delivered his second walk-off hit of the weekend with a ninth-inning single to right, handing Down East an 8-7 defeat at Stade CANAC Sunday afternoon and capping a difficult Canadian road trip.

Down East jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first as Colby Backus hit a sacrifice fly, Jacob Corson doubled in a run, and Yeniel Laboy added an RBI groundout.

Québec cut it to 3-2 in the bottom half on a Torin Montgomery RBI groundout and a Yuta Hamada RBI double before Backus and Corson went back-to-back with home runs in the third to push the lead to 6-2.

Chavez Young pulled the Capitales within three with an RBI double in the fifth before Christian Adams extended the lead to 7-3 with an RBI single in the sixth.

Québec then erupted for five unanswered runs in the seventh as Young added an RBI single and Kyle Crowl launched a three-run homer to tie it at 7-7 before Hacopian delivered the crusher in the ninth.

Jace Miner was solid, allowing four runs on four hits over 6⅓ innings with one strikeout and three walks. Jack Hagan (2-2) took the loss, surrendering one run on two hits over two innings.

Sebastian Kahn struggled in his professional debut for Québec, allowing six runs on seven hits over 2⅓ innings with two strikeouts and one walk. Cooper Morgan (3-1) earned the win with 1⅓ hitless innings and two strikeouts.

The Bird Dawgs (28-38) return home to Historic Grainger Stadium to begin a six-game series against the Tri-City ValleyCats on Tuesday, July 28 at 7 p.m.