Dust Devils 7, Hawks 3: Tri-City wins rubber match over Boise
Robbie Podorsky, Matthew Batten and Tre Carter each had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Tri-City Dust Devils to a 7-3 win over the Boise Hawks on Monday night in the rubber match of a five-game series at Gesa Stadium.
Tri-City (7-5 second half, 27-23 overall), trailing the Spokane Indians by two games in the second-half Northwest League North Division standings, began a three-game series on the road against the Vancouver Canadians on Tuesday.
Left-hander Mick Margevicius — the San Diego Padres’ seventh round pick in this year’s MLB Draft — picked up his second win in as many starts for the Dust Devils by firing five innings of two-hit, shutout ball.
He got plenty of run support as Tri-City tacked on five runs in the third inning and two more in the fourth to take a 7-0 lead. Batten hit a two-run single and Carter an RBI triple in the third, and Podorsky smacked a run-scoring double in the fourth.
Dust Devils 7, Hawks 3
Boise | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Linkous cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .282 |
Boswell 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .239 |
McLaughlin ss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .302 |
Moss rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .292 |
Bernard c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .270 |
Jipping dh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .232 |
H.Gonzalez 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .278 |
McCarty lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .204 |
Hatch 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
Totals | 33 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
Dust Devils | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Podorsky lf | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .337 |
Batten 2b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
Carter cf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .257 |
Asuncion dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
Almanzar ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .224 |
Mattison 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .210 |
F.Blanco 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .184 |
Washington c | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .165 |
Burgos rf | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
Totals | 37 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
Boise | 000 | 000 | 111 | – | 3 | 6 | 2 |
Dust Devils | 005 | 200 | 00x | – | 7 | 15 | 1 |
E–Linkous (1); Mattison (2). LOB–Boise 6; Dust Devils 8. 2B–Podorsky (5). 3B–Carter (9). RBIs–Jipping 2 (23); Podorsky 2 (7); Batten 2 (2); Carter 2 (27); Asuncion (22). SB–F.Blanco (3) 2B. RISP–Boise 2-for-7; Dust Devils 8-for-13. Runners left in scoring position–McLaughlin; Hatch; Asuncion; Carter; Washington. DP–Dust Devils 1.
Boise | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Valek L,3-5 | 3 2/3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5.91 |
Ty.Hanson | 2 1/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.50 |
Browning | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.45 |
Dust Devils | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Margevicius W,2-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1.80 |
Ashbeck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Rogers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 |
W.Torres | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
Megill | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.90 |
GS–Valek 20; Margevicius 69. HBP–Hatch (Ashbeck); McLaughlin (Rogers); Burgos (Valek). Pitches-strikes–Valek 72-47; Ty.Hanson 33-25; Browning 36-23; Margevicius 66-55; Ashbeck 18-13; Rogers 18-13; W.Torres 19-11; Megill 17-13. Inherited runners-scored–Ty.Hanson 2-0.
T–2:56. A–1,496.
This story was originally published August 8, 2017 at 6:17 PM with the headline "Dust Devils 7, Hawks 3: Tri-City wins rubber match over Boise."