PASCO -- The Tri-City Dust Devils, winners of the Northwest League's East Division twice in the past three seasons, will open their 2010 slate on June 18, starting on the road with a three-game series against the Spokane Indians at Avista Stadium.

NEW YORK -- A pair of Colorado Rockies minor leaguers, first baseman Brent "Bo" Bowman and outfielder Shane Lowe, have each been suspended for 50 games following positive tests for amphetamines.

KEIZER, Ore. -- Pitching and defense is supposed to win championships. The Tri-City Dust Devils certainly got enough of those two elements to win the Northwest League title against Salem-Keizer.

KEIZER, Ore. -- Kevin Clark has been here before.

It wasn't until well after Salem-Keizer's 2-0 victory Tuesday over Tri-City in Game 2 of the Northwest League championship series that the weight of the Volcanoes' win hit Chris Gloor.

Sheng-An Kuo turned out to be every bit the big-game pitcher Fred Ocasio hoped he would be.

KEIZER, Ore. -- Here is a glance at the 2009 Northwest League championship series Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (49-27) vs. Tri-City Dust Devils (47-29).

PASCO — The Tri-City Dust Devils and Salem-Keizer Volcanoes both clinched their respective divisions about 20 minutes apart last Saturday.

BOISE -- A pair of first inning home runs held up for the Tri-City Dust Devils, knocking off the Boise Hawks 3-2 before 2,895 fans at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.

The Yakima Bears have been able to score runs early and take a lead in each of a three-game series against the Tri-City Dust Devils.

There wasn't quite a full moon Wednesday night at Gesa Stadium, but there was madness in the air during the Tri-City Dust Devils' 12-6 victory over the Yakima Bears.

PASCO — After four years in the Colorado Rockies' farm system, Leonardo Reyes is enjoying his first run at a professional baseball title with the Tri-City Dust Devils.

Hearing Charlie Ruiz, the Tri-City Dust Devils closer, talk about his split-finger fastball can be a little confounding.

PASCO — The Tri-City Dust Devils earned a hearty celebration after Saturday night's East Division-clinching win over Boise in front of a packed Gesa Stadium crowd.

It's been one happy week for Fred Ocasio.

YAKIMA -- Tim Wheeler hit his first professional grand slam as the Tri-City Dust Devils defeated the Yakima Bears 7-1 on Friday at County Stadium in Yakima for a team-record seventh consecutive victory.

YAKIMA -- On a night when Tri-City Dust Devils manager Fred Ocasio was named the Northwest League's manager of the year, his team inched closer to the East Division title.

YAKIMA — It's nothing new, this matter of low-scoring teams struggling mightily to win games. But that doesn't mean it can't become especially old for a squad thus plagued.

No question about it, Bo Bowman misses the unmistakeable rush of drilling the ball out of a ballpark.

Rhett Ballard was dealing with enough pressure Monday at Gesa Stadium.

PASCO — Brad McAtee may not want to live there, but the Tri-City Dust Devils bullpen has been a great place for him to visit.

PASCO -- The Spokane Indians may have picked up a big win over the Tri-City Dust Devils at Gesa Stadium on Thursday, but Donna Furlong, Peggy Henry and Gene Tolley ended up with an even bigger save.

The Tri-City Dust Devils have held a share of the Northwest League East Division lead since the season began June 20, and had at least a five-game lead since July 2.

PASCO — Home-field advantage.

The Tri-City Dust Devils have had the luxury of a virtually unstoppable bullpen through the first 54 games of the Northwest League season.

The Tri-City Dust Devils are inching ever closer to their second Northwest League East Division title.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Tri-City Dust Devils lost 2-1 to the Vancouver Canadians on Tuesday afternoon in the final game of their eight-game road trip.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The Tri-City Dust Devils pounded out 13 hits on their way to a 10-3 victory over host Vancouver on Monday night.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- The bottom part of the Tri-City order came up big Sunday afternoon as the Dust Devils beat the Vancouver Canadians 8-3.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Anthony Aliotti singled home the winning run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, lifting the Vancouver Canadians to a 6-5 victory over the Tri-City Dust Devils.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- When the Tri-City Dust Devils finally managed to scratch out a lead in the 13th inning Friday against the Vancouver Canadians, they handed the ball to closer Charles Ruiz.

YAKIMA -- Coming off 13 shutout innings the previous night and two innings into a scoreless game, the Tri-City Dust Devils seemed well on their way Thursday night to possibly matching a 25-inning drought they recently ended.

One might think that a steady rain shower might serve a baseball team well against an opponent called the Dust Devils.

That's a whole lotta zeroes.

PASCO — The lesson during a 3-0 loss to the Spokane Indians on Sunday at Gesa Stadium was simple.

Fathers playing catch with their sons has become an indelible image in Amercian culture.

PASCO -- Two weeks have passed since the Tri-City Dust Devils last faced the Spokane Indians.

Two weeks have passed since the Tri-City Dust Devils last faced the Spokane Indians.

EUGENE -- Jerry Sullivan is thriving once again in a familiar role.

EUGENE -- Joey Wong is chasing another championship this summer in the Northwest League.

EUGENE -- Perhaps two nights in a row is too much to ask.

EUGENE -- The losses keep piling up for Eugene.

EUGENE -- Monday night's 14-1 rout of Eugene was the best of all worlds for the Tri-City Dust Devils.

After Friday's 16-1 loss to Salem-Keizer, a closed-door meeting in the Tri-City Dust Devils' clubhouse probably wasn't something to look forward to.

It was Faith Night at Gesa Stadium on Friday night.

The Northwest League season is just past the halfway point, but this much is clear: The two teams battling in the 40th game of a 76-game slate at Gesa Stadium have the inside track to the NWL championship series.

True, the Tri-City Dust Devils have a reasonably comfortable 71/2-game lead in the Northwest League's East Division.

Three weeks ago, the Tri-City Dust Devils were 12-2 and seemed unbeatable heading into their first meeting of the year against Salem-Keizer.

EVERETT -- A bad inning by Brad McAtee turned into a long day for the Tri-City Dust Devils.

EVERETT - Everett broke out the big bats to snap a three-game losing streak against the Tri-City Dust Devils.