Portland Still Alive In Nwl

Justin Miller allowed only one run and struck out seven in eight innings as the Portland Rockies defeated the Boise Hawks 2-1 Sunday in game three of the Northwest League championship series.

The game was scoreless until the eighth inning when Portland’s Efrain Alamo scored on a Jeremy Jackson double off Boise starter Ryan Cummings. Jackson moved to third on a Michael Johns single and scored when Jerome Alviso grounded out to second base.

Boise began a rally in the ninth when Nelson Castro led off with a triple, and scored on Paxton Stewart’s ground out to second. The rally fell short when Jason Dewey flied out and Casey Child struck out looking to end the game.

Boise leads the best of five series two games to one.