The Spokane Indians will open the best-of-3 North division playoffs at 7:05 tonight (Tuesday) against the three-time defending NWL champion Vancouver Canadians at Nat Bailey Stadium.
Nobody at Avista Stadium on Friday night – and more than 7,000 people were in attendance – would have wagered that David Perez was on his way to a win after watching him pitch to the first six batters. But that’s exactly what happened as Perez, aided by the Spokane Indians’ sterling defense, shrugged off a nightmarish start to earn his first win since 2012 during an 11-5 decision over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes.
Carl Cirullo’s competitive nature didn’t subside when he stopped playing hockey. Friends remember a hockey game in which Cirullo, serving as Spokane’s trainer, couldn’t tolerate the officiating any longer and took to the ice to throw a few punches.
Charles Moorman’s first winning hit with the Spokane Indians had just enough bounce at the right time. Moorman bounded a two-run single over the head of third baseman Ryder Jones against a drawn-in infield in the fourth inning Thursday to put Spokane ahead for good during a 5-3 win over Salem-Keizer at Avista Stadium.
Last season, the big question for the Lind-Ritzville/Sprague Broncos was whether they could repeat as State 2B football champions. This season, the two-time defending state champs must concern themselves with advancing out of the league.
For a split second, the Spokane Indians, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and the fans at Avista Stadium thought Fernando Vivili had done it again. But unlike Monday, when Vivili hit a winning three-run homer in the ninth inning, the long fly ball he hit Wednesday with the bases loaded in the ninth curved foul.
Luke Tendler and the Spokane Indians are back in the swing. Tendler hit his Northwest League-leading 10th and 11th home runs Tuesday and the Indians posted their third consecutive win by roaring back from a 5-0 deficit to defeat the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 10-5 at Avista Stadium.
There’s not much to negotiate when the Spokane Indians and Texas Rangers negotiate. “We’ve been together so long that’s it’s really the little things, it’s the relationships,” Rangers president of baseball operations/general manager Jon Daniels said Tuesday while visiting Avista Stadium. ... “So when you sit down to do one of these deals, you’re not starting from scratch. Those things have already been discussed.”
The Spokane Indians and the Northwest League are taking a pioneering approach to the league’s 2015 all-star game. The Indians announced Tuesday they’ll host the league’s fourth All-Star Game on Aug. 4 at Avista Stadium, although with a revamped format.
There’s not much to negotiate when the Spokane Indians and Texas Rangers negotiate.
“We’ve been together so long that’s it’s really the little things, it’s the relationships,” Rangers president of baseball operations/general manager Jon Daniels said Tuesday while visiting Avista Stadium.
Northwest League pitchers know the book on Fernando Vivili is to throw him a steady diet of breaking balls. Vivili edited that book Monday night, waiting for the perfect breaking pitch to make his breakthrough.
Fernando Vivili hit a two-out, three-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to shock the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and give the Spokane Indians a 4-3 win Monday night at Avista Stadium.
The 63 players in attendance were the main focus Thursday, but the Spokane Chiefs couldn’t completely ignore the two who were absent. The Chiefs opened their annual fall camp at the Arena with their roster hopefuls divided into three teams that will play nine games leading up to Sunday’s Red-White Game.
