EVERETT – Taylor Dollard was dominant on the mound for five innings and the Everett AquaSox beat the Spokane Indians 5-2 in the first of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Funko Field on Tuesday.
It’s a long season – 132 games in the High-A Northwest League – so fretting about a win-loss record after 15 games probably won’t do anyone any good. But after a tough home stand, the Spokane Indians will try to find renewed energy when they kick off a two-week road trip in Everett on Tuesday.
Arjun Nimmala is the Toronto Blue Jays’ No. 3 ranked prospect by MLB.com, selected with the 20th overall pick in the 2023 MLB draft, making him the highest first-generation Indian-American ever taken in one of the four major U.S. sports.
After Thursday's crushing defeat – when they gave up a two-run homer in the ninth and a grand slam in the 10th – the Spokane Indians needed a boost on Friday. They received a dominant pitching performance, then a highly-rated prospect came though for them in extra innings.
The Spokane Indians came from three runs down to take a 5-3 lead into the ninth inning. But reliever Francis Rivera allowed two home runs – a tying two-run shot in the ninth, and a grand slam in the 10th – rendering the comeback moot.
Kendry Chirinos and Carter Cunningham hit grand slams and the Vancouver Canadians trounced the Spokane Indians 14-6 in the second of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Avista Stadium on Wednesday.
Brody Brecht is the type of pitcher big league teams dream about. At 6-foot-4, 235 pounds, he has the physique of a football player – because he was that, too, at the University of Iowa. He possesses a big fastball, routinely hitting 96 mph, and three other average-to-plus pitches, including a quality late-breaking slider.
After the first two series of the season – a three-game season-opening series at Avista Stadium against Everett and a six-game road trip at Hillsboro – the Spokane Indians return home with a 4-5 record.
HILLSBORO, Ore. – The Spokane Indians couldn’t complete a comeback and fell to the Hillsboro Hops 5-2 in the finale of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark on Sunday.
HILLSBORO, Ore. – Jordy Vargas turned in a strong outing in his first road start, Tommy Hopfe homered and the Spokane Indians held off the Hillsboro Hops 6-3 in the fifth of a six-game High-A Northwest League series on Saturday at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark .
HILLSBORO, Ore. — Jackson Cox grew up in Toutle Lake, Washington, about an hour and a half from Hillsboro, so he had a large contingent of family and friends for his outing Friday against the Hops in their new ballpark.
HILLSBORO, Ore. – Yassel Soler hit a walk-off two-run homer in the 10th inning and the Hillsboro Hops beat the Spokane Indians 6-4 in the third of a six-game High-A Northwest League series at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark on Thursday.
HILLSBORO, Ore. – Yassel Soler drove in two runs, including an insurance run in the eighth inning, and the Hillsboro Hops beat the Spokane Indians 4-1 in the second of a six-game High-A Northwest League series Wednesday at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark .
HILLSBORO, Oregon – Robert Calaz went 2 for 5 with two RBIs and the Spokane Indians beat the Hillsboro Hops 7-3 in the inaugural game at Hillsboro Hops Ballpark on Tuesday.
An eight-run inning late in the game usually spells doom for the team that gives it up. But on Sunday, the Spokane Indians showed enough resolve after the blow-up not only to tie the game and force extra innings, but win it once they got there.
Jackson Cox, the Colorado Rockies second-round pick in the 2022 draft out of Toutle Lake High School in Washington, was one of three highly touted Rockies pitching prospects to lose all of the 2024 season to elbow ligament replacement surgery.
There was still a little bit of snow at the very top of the mountains, but in the valley the sun was warm and the grass was green for opening day of baseball in 2026 in Spokane.
With another season of major and minor league baseball upon us, let’s take a unique look back at notable events involving Spokane minor league baseball figures during their time in Spokane and/or the major leagues.
The Spokane Indians 2025 season came to an unceremonious close on Sunday with a 9-1 loss to the Eugene Emeralds, the Northwest League second-half champions. Though there were some impressive individual performances this season, the end product turned out to be fairly underwhelming.
The Spokane Indians were sent to a fifth-straight loss to the Eugene Emeralds in their penultimate game of the season by score of 5-1 at PK Park in Eugene. The Indians (29-36) surrenered runs in the second, fourth, sixth and …