Kohlwey’s grand slam leads Dust Devils to win over AquaSox
Taylor Kohlwey hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, and Diomar Lopez provided three sparkling innings of relief to lead the Tri-City Dust Devils to a 6-5 victory at Everett in Northwest League baseball Wednesday night.
Kohlwey’s first home run of the summer came after Tri-City packed the sacks with a pair of one-out singles and a walk. Another walk forced in a run. Following a strikeout and a pitching change, Kohlwey unloaded to right field to bring the Dust Devils all the way back from an early four-run hole.
Tri-City starter Angel Mejia struggled through four-plus innings, getting tagged for eight hits and five runs and also walking two batters. Will Stillman came on to finish the fifth and have an easy sixth for the win. Lopez took over in the seventh and finished up, recording five strikeouts while giving up just a hit and a walk for his first save.
Tri-City (17-16) moved a game ahead of Everett (16-17) atop the North standings. The Dust Devils open a five-game homestand Thursday with Hillsboro (16-17) at Gesa Stadium. First pitch is slated for 7:15 p.m.
Dust Devils 6, AquaSox 5
Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | Everett ab | r | h | bi | ||
Kohlwey rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Brigman ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ree dcf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Walton dh | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Baker ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Filia rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Young 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Brito 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ovrstrt c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Thurman c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
White 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Morales 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Easley 2b | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Zmmrlli 3b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Savinon dh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Leal lf | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Burgos lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Grebeck cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals 31 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Totals 35 | 5 | 9 | 5 | ||
Tri-City | 000 | 015 | 000 | — | 6 |
Everett | 121 | 010 | 000 | — | 5 |
DP—Tri-City 1, Everett 1. LOB—Tri-City 7, Everett 7. 2B—Morales (4). 3B—Leal (1). HR—Kohlwey (1), Thurman (1). CS—Reed (2). SF—Reed.
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Mejia | 4.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Stillman W,2-0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Lopez S,1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Everett | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Miller | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Ratliff | .2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Gorgas BS,1; L,0-1 | 2.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Burrows | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
HBP—by Miller (Baker). B—Mejia. Umpires—H, Harrison Silverman; F, Brian Hertzog. T—2:44. A—2,703.
This story was originally published July 21, 2016 at 1:09 PM with the headline "Kohlwey’s grand slam leads Dust Devils to win over AquaSox."