Four Dust Devil pitchers combine for shutout in series opener
The Tri-City Dust Devils got their three-game road trip abroad off to a good start Tuesday night as four pitchers combined to shut out the host Vancouver Canadians for a 3-0 win in the series opener.
Ben Sheckler (2-2) got things started for Tri-City (8-5 second half, 28-23 overall) by scattering six hits and a walk over 5 2/3 innings. Travis Radke and Andres Munoz each gave up a walk over the next 2 1/3 innings, and Fred Schlichtholz picked up his second save by working a 1-2-3 ninth.
Matthew Batten — 6-for-15 (.400) in his first four games with the Dust Devils — hit a one-out double in the fourth, then came around to score the only run Tri-City would need on a single by Tyler Benson. Batten later drove in Chris Mattison on a sacrifice fly in the sixth for the team’s second run.
The Dust Devils pulled within a game of the Northwest League North Division-leading Spokane Indians (9-4, 25-26) in the second-half standings. Vancouver (6-7, 27-24) took the first-half title from Tri-City by a game, meaning it’s already secured a spot in the NWL playoffs.
Dust Devils 3, Canadians 0
Dust Devils | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Podorsky lf | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .341 |
Melean 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .248 |
Carter cf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .260 |
Mattison 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .212 |
J.Lopez ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .260 |
Batten 2b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
Benson dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .304 |
Washington c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .170 |
Burgos rf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
Totals | 33 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Vancouver | AB | R | H | BI | BB | SO | Avg |
Pruitt cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .220 |
Obeso lf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .225 |
Warmoth ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .357 |
Adams c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .305 |
Clemens 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .274 |
Barreto 2b-3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .231 |
Lizardo 3b | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .194 |
Vicuna 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .271 |
Morgan dh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .141 |
Polizzi rf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .212 |
Totals | 31 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Dust Devils | 000 | 101 | 001 | – | 3 | 10 | 1 |
Vancouver | 000 | 000 | 000 | – | 0 | 6 | 2 |
E–Batten (1); Polizzi (3). LOB–Dust Devils 11; Vancouver 7. 2B–Batten (2); Obeso (5). RBIs–Benson (1); Batten (3). SB–Carter (10) 2B. CS–Podorsky (4) 2B. S–Burgos. SF–Batten. RISP–Dust Devils 1-for-12; Vancouver 1-for-6. Runners left in scoring position–J.Lopez 4; Mattison 3; Burgos; Washington; Clemens; Barreto 2; Adams. GIDP–Melean; Benson. DP–Vancouver 2.
Dust Devils | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Sheckler W,2-2 | 5 2/3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3.25 |
Radke H,1 | 1 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1.93 |
Munoz H,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4.86 |
Schlichtholz S,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.17 |
Vancouver | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
Sellers | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.92 |
Aleton L,2-6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6.15 |
Pascual | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 |
B–Pascual. GS–Sheckler 66; Sellers 49. HBP–Washington (Sellers); Carter (Aleton); Burgos (Pascual); Mattison (Pascual). Pitches-strikes–Sheckler 91-57; Radke 16-9; Munoz 19-11; Schlichtholz 10-7; Sellers 46-28; Aleton 72-52; Pascual 23-12. WP–Munoz; Pascual. Inherited runners-scored–Radke 3-0.
T–3:06. A–6,090.
This story was originally published August 9, 2017 at 5:16 PM with the headline "Four Dust Devil pitchers combine for shutout in series opener."