Dust Devils shut out by Boise Hawks
Four Boise Hawks pitchers combined to throw a five-hit shutout Saturday night at Gesa Stadium, which overshadowed another dominant performance by Dust Devils starter Joey Lucchesi in a 4-0 loss.
Making a spot start for the Hawks (4-5, second half), Christian Talley set the tone for the Boise pitching staff by going four innings and scattering three hits. Brandon Gold (1-1) picked up the win by firing two shutout innings in relief of Talley.
Boise scored the only runs it needed in the top of the fifth after Luis Castro scored on a balk by Braxton Lorenzini (2-3) and Steven Linkous doubled to right bring home Campbell Wear — who also doubled in the frame — to make it 2-0 Boise.
Left-handed Lucchesi allowed just one hit and struck out seven in his four inning, shutout start. Lucchesi has not allowed a run in his last 10 innings, and only one run has crossed the plate against him in his last 16 innings of work.
The Dust Devils (3-6) and Hawks will continue their five-game series at 7:15 p.m. Sunday. Tri-City’s Jordan Guerrero (RHP, 3-4, 4.55 ERA) is expected to face Erick Julio (RHP, 3-2, 3.64 ERA).
Hawks 4, Dust Devils 0
Boise ab | r | h | bi | Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | ||
Linkous lf | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Kohlwey cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
A.Brito 2b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Easley 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Hampson ss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Baker ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bsikovic 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Young 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stahel rf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | B.White 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
L.Castro dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Redman c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Suero cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Savinon dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wear c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Asuncion rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Follis 3b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | DeLeon lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals 35 | 4 | 9 | 2 | Totals 31 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
Boise | 000 | 020 | 020 | — | 4 |
Tri-City | 000 | 000 | 000 | — | 0 |
E—White 2 (9), Redman (2). DP—Boise 1. LOB—Boise 7, Tri-City 5. 2B—Wear (2), Linkous (5), Bosiokovic (14), Kohlwey (3), Young (3). SB—Stahel (6), Hampson (18), Bosiokovich (14), Follis (1). CS—Follis (1).
Boise | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Talley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Gold W, 1-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Moore H, 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
J.Fernandez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Lucchesi | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Lorenzini L, 2-3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Di.Lopez | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
WP—Talley, Gold. Balk—Lorenzini. HBP—By Moore (Asuncion). Umpires—Home, Darius Ghani; First, Tanner Moore. T—2:49. A—2,807.
Dustin Brennan: 509-582-1413, @Tweet_By_Dustin
This story was originally published August 6, 2016 at 11:02 PM with the headline "Dust Devils shut out by Boise Hawks."