Indians strike out
PASCO – The Tri-City Dust Devils capitalized on triples in the bottom of the fourth and eighth innings to edge the Spokane Indians 2-0 in Northwest League action on Sunday night.
Athony Jackson tripled to lead off the bottom of the fourth and scored the Dust Devils’ (8-13) first run on a Mike McKenry sacrifice fly.
In the bottom of the eighth inning Brett Berglund tripled on a fly ball to center field. Two batters later Joshua Banda hit a sacrifice fly to left and Berglund scored the second and final run of the game.
Shane Lindsay picked up the win for the Dust Devils, scattering three hits and striking out 12 in five innings. The Indians (9-12) were held to just five hits in the game and were struck out 15 times total.
Steven Marquardt was 2 for 4 at the plate for the Indians. Thomas Berkery, Wally Backman and Nickolas Cadena added one hit apiece.
Patrtick Donovan lost his first decision, scattering three hits and striking out two in four innings.
Spokane, tied for first place with Boise (9-12), resumes play tonight against Tri-City at 7:15 p.m. to try and avoid a three-game sweep on the road.
The Dust Devils are only one game out of first place in the tightly contested East Division.
Dust Devils 2, Indians 0
| Spokane | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Berkery ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| Backman rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .215 |
| Tracy c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .302 |
| Gerrard cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .304 |
| Cadena dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .300 |
| Marquardt 3b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Kemp 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Davis lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .145 |
| Heafner 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .261 |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | .251 |
| Tri-City | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg. |
| Jackson 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Strickland 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .217 |
| McKenry c | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
| Ferrante rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 |
| Repec 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .197 |
| Mayora ss | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 |
| Berglund cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .127 |
| Rodriguez dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .200 |
| Banda lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .203 |
| Totals | 25 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | .208 |
| Spokane | 000 | 000 | 000—0 | 5 | 0 |
| Tri-City | 000 | 100 | 01x—2 | 4 | 2 |
E—Jackson 2 (5). LOB—Spokane 7, Tri-City 2. 3B—Jackson (1), Berglund (1). RLSP—Spokane 3, Tri-City 2. SB—Strickland (2). CS—Cadena (2), Mayora (2).
| Spokane | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| Crow | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4.91 |
| Donovan, L 0-1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3.86 |
| Zamzow | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.61 |
| Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
| Weiser | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5.68 |
| Lindsay W, 2-3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2.19 |
WP—Lindsay. T—2:15. A—1,646.