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.
The Dust Devils were without Northwest League saves leader Charlie Ruiz, who had closed out the two previous games.
Eric Federico (3-1), who came on to strike out Aliotti for the final out in the seventh, was called upon to get the save.
The first two Canadians reached base in the ninth, and after a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk, Kent Walton's groundout scored the tying run. Aliotti followed with a line drive to center to bring home Conner Crumbliss.
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Jayson Langfels hit a solo homer in the seventh and a two-run triple in the eighth, powering Tri-City to a 6-4 win over the host Vancouver Canadians on Sunday.
It was part of a five-run outburst in the last three innings that dug the Dust Devils out of a 3-1 hole.
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The Dust Devils swept the first half and second half East Division titles, and then went on to sweep Boise in the best-of-3 NWL divisional playoffs.
The Canadians didn't win either half in the West and backed into the playoffs after losing five of their last six regular season games.
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In a tension-filled game that went down to the wire, Tri-City reliever Nelson Gonzalez faced a bases-loaded, one-out situation in the ninth inning. But he got Vancouver all-star Jon Berti to hit into a game-ending double play to give the Dust Devils a 5-3 Game 2 victory against the Canadians at Nat Bailey Stadium.
"Whatever happened in the beginning (of the inning), I've still got a lot of confidence that I can finish," said Gonzalez, whose confidence in his defense was rewarded. "I know every player behind me is going to do their best to get the out. That's the biggest thing in the world."
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Problem was, the Dust Devils (17-13) couldn't find any offense to support it. Tri-City finished the game with 10 runners left on base, leaving runners in scoring position in five of the nine innings.
Kevin Patterson hit an RBI triple to center field in the first inning, and Stephen McQuail followed with an RBI double to left to make it 2-0 Vancouver.
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Dust Devils fall in title bid
VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- This was not the way the Tri-City Dust Devils wanted to go out.
Tri-City players could only watch as the Vancouver Canadians celebrated their first-ever Northwest League title Sunday afternoon at Nat Bailey Stadium after a gut-punch of a 9-2 loss in Game 3 of the NWL championship series.
The Dust Devils locker room was dead silent after the loss. They built some momentum after a 5-3 win yesterday to keep their title hopes alive.
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