The Spokane Indians shook off what seemed like five innings of complete offensive indifference Saturday night at Avista Stadium and powered their way past the Eugene Emeralds 10-7 in the finale of a five-game series between the Northwest League rivals. A standing-room-only crowd of 7,088 braved the midsummer heat to watch the Indians rough up Eugene’s bullpen for eight runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to erase 4-1 deficit and spoil a remarkable performance by Emerald starter Jerry Sullivan, who struck out 12 batters and allowed only two hits and a run in his five innings.

It’s a step in the right direction. Winless in 19 games when trailing after six innings, the Spokane Indians finally broke through, rallying in 11 innings to top the Eugene Emeralds 7-6 in an entertaining Northwest League game before 4,888 at Avista Stadium.

Ten thousand dollars may have eased the pain for one of the 3,937 fans at Avista Stadium on Wednesday, but it wouldn’t have done a thing in the Spokane Indians’ clubhouse. On a night when a fan would take home $10,000 if the Indians had 10 strikeouts, they came up one K short.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Kent Walton’s two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Vancouver Canadians a 6-5 win over the Spokane Indians on Monday night in Northwest League action. Trailing 5-4 going into the bottom of the inning, Vancouver’s Tyreace House and Conner Crumbliss singled off Spokane reliever Geuris Grullon (0-1). Justin King replaced Grullon and walked his first batter, Michael Gilmartin, to load the bases.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Spokane Indians are struggling to maintain late leads. Despite finishing with a 15-7 advantage in hits Friday, the Indians dropped a 7-6 Northwest League decision to the Vancouver Canadians in a game that was similar to Thursday’s loss to open a five-game set at Nat Bailey Stadium.

By the end of the Spokane Indians’ latest loss, a 4-1 lead was a distant memory. It was a combination of a Spokane implosion and Everett, the Northwest League’s top-hitting club, doing little wrong.

A winning streak often lasts only long enough for a team to run into a hot pitcher. For the Spokane Indians, that was two games.

EUGENE, Ore. – It was a stroll in the ballpark for the Eugene Emeralds on Saturday night. Eugene used eight walks – six in the fourth inning – and cruised to an 8-2 victory over the Spokane Indians in Northwest League baseball play at Civic Stadium.

EUGENE, Ore. – The Eugene Emeralds walked away with a 3-2 win during Thursday’s opener of a five-game series with Spokane. Indians reliever Chris Matlock (0-3) issued three walks in the ninth inning, including a one-out RBI walk to Christopher Tremblay, as the Emeralds took the Northwest League baseball game at Civic Stadium.

Aja Barto punished the outfield fence in more than one way doing his a part in a Spokane Indians power display that punished Vancouver in the final game of their five-game Northwest League baseball series Wednesday at Avista Stadium. The Indians hit for the cycle during a six-run fourth inning in their 11-2 victory in the rubber game of the series. They finished with two home runs, four doubles and a triple during the 16-hit night.

Playing just his third game for the Spokane Indians, right fielder Miguel Velazquez made a favorable impression. Velazquez coupled bat with speed, hitting safely in his first three at bats, two of them doubles, and scored twice in the Indians’ 6-3 Monday night victory over Vancouver.

The hit and run can be an extremely effective weapon in the latter stages of a close baseball game like the one the Spokane Indians and Vancouver Canadians were locked up in Sunday night. It becomes ultra effective, however, when the “run” part of the equation happens to be a two-run home run like the one Cody Podraza launched off Vancouver reliever Pedro Vidal in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a scoreless tie and catapult the Indians to a 4-0 Northwest League victory in front of an Avista Stadium crowd of 3,195.