Dust Devils can’t hold down Eugene in series opener
Sam Tidaback drove in three runs and the Eugene Emeralds beat the Tri-City Dust Devils 4-2 on Monday night to open their five-game series in Eugene.
The Dust Devils (32-37 overall, 13-18 second half) took a 1-0 lead when G.K. Young hit a solo homer to lead off the second, but Tidaback answered with a two-run double in the bottom of the frame that scored Marcus Mastrobuoni and Jose Paniagua.
Nate Easley tied it back up in the fifth for Tri-City with a two-out single up the middle to plate Josh Magee and make the score 2-2.
Again it was Tidaback with the answer, this time on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth to score Kevonte Mitchell — who led off the inning with a double — and give the Emeralds (50-19, 22-9) the eventual game-winning run.
Alex Santana (3-0) got credit for the win by scattering three hits and a walk to get through 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Tri-City starter Will Headean didn’t have his best stuff, but ended the day with a no-decision after allowing eight men to reach base but only allowing two to score over 4 innings.
The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for the Dust Devils after they swept the Northwest League North division first-half champion Spokane Indians over the weekend.
The Dust Devils and Emeralds will continue their series at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Eugene Emeralds 4, Dust Devils 2
Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | Eugene ab | r | h | bi | ||
Easley 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | D.Wilson cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed cf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Peguero 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Overstrt 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Short ss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Young dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Gmbrone 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Potts ss | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Mstrobni dh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
White 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Mitchell lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Asnuncion rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pngua 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Redman c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tidabck c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Magee lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | R.Garcia rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -J.Gnzlez rf | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals 34 | 2 | 10 | 2 | Totals 30 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
Tri-City | 010 | 010 | 000 | — | 2 |
Eugene | 020 | 001 | 01x | — | 4 |
E—Wilson (7). DP—Eugene 2. LOB—Tri-City, Eugene 8. 2B—Tidaback (3), Mitchell 2 (10). HR—Young (4). SF—Tidaback. CS—J. Gonzales (2).
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Headean | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Weickel L,0-1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Scholtens | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Spokane | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
T.Miller | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Santana W,3-0 | 1 2/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Minacci H,5 | 1 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Wy.Short S,7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
WP—Headean, Weickel, Santana. HBP—by Santana (Potts). Umpires—Home, Darius Ghani; First, Tanner Moore. T—3:05. A—2,265.
This story was originally published August 29, 2016 at 10:59 PM with the headline "Dust Devils can’t hold down Eugene in series opener."