Mark Quinn’s game-tying, three-run homer for Spokane had barely cleared the fence Tuesday when the Eugene Emeralds went to work.

“Everybody started swinging the bat from that point on,” was Randy Hodges’ analysis of Eugene’s six-run seventh inning that deflated the Spokane Indians.

Hodges started the seventh with a single to right off reliever Jose Santiago (2-3). Before the inning ended, Hodges had another at-bat and another single, and Eugene was launched toward its 13-9 Northwest League win at Seafirst Stadium.

Many of the 4,000-plus in attendance had left the park when Spokane made the score respectable with a two-run eighth and a four-run ninth.

Eugene (30-35), by winning the final three games, won the series 3-2 and tied the season series at 5. The wild series in Spokane produced 10 homers and 28 errors, including five by Eugene on Tuesday.

The Emeralds won their first road series of the season. Spokane (29-36) completed its work against Southern Division teams.

The Indians begin a three-game home series against Northern Division-leading Bellingham at 7:05 tonight, with the Indians’ Hal Hodge (3-1, 4.20) scheduled to start against Joe Blasingim. Bellingham leads second-place Spokane by 10 games with 11 remaining.

Disheartening things have happened to the Indians since Saturday, when they won their 10th game in 12 tries by building a 12-0 lead over Eugene. Although Spokane won the game 12-8, something about the comeback ignited the Emeralds and sapped the Indians’ spirit.

Quinn’s homer to left-center in the sixth inning, his club-high fifth, knotted the score at 3 but had no carry-over effect.

“We’ve been through these peaks and valleys,” said Hodges, who went 3 for 6 from the leadoff position, with two runs batted in and one scored. “There’s not much that can faze these guys. We don’t get rattled.”

Hodges’ leadoff single in the seventh was followed by Glenn Williams’ second double of the night, then consecutive singles by Joe Trippy, Robert Sasser, Roosevelt Brown and Wilton Person before Santiago recorded an out.

Santiago allowed seven hits and six runs - four earned - during his 1-1/3 innings.

Tony Mazzone (3-1), the second Eugene pitcher, earned the win despite an ineffective inning that included serving up Quinn’s homer on a 0-2 pitch.

Eugene starter Matt McWilliams no-hit Spokane for five innings after allowing singles to Dwayne Lewis and Tony Miranda to start the game. Lewis and Miranda began the sixth in the same manner and were camped on second and third when Quinn momentarily brought the crowd to life.

The cheers turned to jeers in the next two innings. D. Wayne Upchurch relieved Santiago but produced the same results. His three earned runs in two-thirds of an inning included Brown’s fourth homer of the year, a two-run shot to right during a four-run eighth.

“If you give some of our guys a fastball, they’ll hit the hell out of the ball,” Hodges said.

Eugene made three errors in the final innings, causing two runs in the eighth and prolonging a ninth that saw Joel Nations clear the bases with his fifth double of the year.

Miranda went 2 for 2, scored three runs for a league-high 48, and reached base in all five plate appearances. Lewis went 3 for 5.

, DataTimes