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.
Tri-City (34-23) has now taken three of the first four games in the five-game series with the finale this afternoon.
The Dust Devils, who lead the Northwest League East Division by 71/2 games over Boise (26-30) and Spokane (26-30), had five players with multiple hits, including three from Jeremiah Sammy.
Shortstop Joey Wong had two hits -- both doubles -- to raise his average to .217.
Sheng-An Kuo went five innings, allowing three runs on three hits to pick up his second victory of the season. Kuo's last win came June 21 against Eugene.
Tri-City, which beat the Canadians 8-3 on Sunday, broke the game open with a four-run eighth inning.
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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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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Just when it seemed like the Tri-City Dust Devils were headed for their third consecutive miserable day at the plate, they broke out the lumber.
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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Tim Smalling went 3-for-4 with two runs and hit his NWL-leading seventh triple of the year to tie the score at one. Tyler Massey, Jared Simon and Leonardo Reyes each added RBI singles to cap the scoring in the third.
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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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On paper, Dust Devils have NWL title wrapped up
PASCO -- If you look at the Northwest League website, you'll see that the Tri-City Dust Devils have vastly superior numbers to the Vancouver Canadians.
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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