Late-rally fuels Boise victory
Daniel Suero had four hits and drove in five runs, Willie Abreu hit his fifth homer of the season and the Boise Hawks beat the Tri-City Dust Devils 11-4 Sunday in Boise.
With the game tied at four heading into the bottom of the seventh, the Hawks (7-10, second half) loaded the bases with no outs, and Suero dealt the eventual game-winning blow — a two-run single through the right side of the infield. Steven Linkous followed with an RBI single and Garrett Hampson capped the scoring with another RBI knock to make it 8-4.
Suero had another two-run single in Boise’s three-run bottom of the eighth. He finished 4-for-5 with a double, five RBIs and two runs scored.
The Dust Devils (7-10) had several chances to increase their run production, but were stymied by the four double plays the Hawks infield turned. Boomer White grounded into two of them, including a 4-6-3 he hit into in the third after Tri-City led off the inning with a walk and a single.
Tri-City starter Hansel Rodriguez continued to struggle in his second start in the Padres organization, allowing two runs — both earned — on four hits and walking three Hawks over 3 1/3 innings. Rodriguez has given up five runs in 7 1/3 innings since joining the Dust Devils.
Jordan Guerrero (4-5) got stuck with the loss after giving up three earned runs on three hits in 2 2/3 innings. Guerrero gave up a walk and a double to the first two batters in Boise’s four-run seventh before giving way to Nick Monroe.
Tri-City and Boise will play the fourth game of their five-game series at 6:15 p.m. Monday. Cal Quantrill (RHP, 0-0, 0.00 ERA) — who hasn’t allowed a run in his two starts since joining the Dust Devils — is expected to face Antonio Santos (RHP, 3-4, 5.16 ERA).
Hawks 11, Dust Devils 4
Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | Boise ab | r | h | bi | ||
Easley 2b | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Linkous lf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Orris 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Baker ss | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Hampson ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Young 1b | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bosikvich dh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Overstrt dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | W.Jones 3b | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Asuncion rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Abreu rf | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Magee cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | L.Castro 1b | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
DeLeon lf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Wear c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D.L.Cruz c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Suero cf | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Totals 27 | 4 | 6 | 3 | Totals 35 | 11 | 13 | 10 | ||
Tri-City | 002 | 010 | 100 | — | 4 |
Boise | 010 | 111 | 43x | — | 11 |
E—DeLeon (1), Eusebio (2), W. Jones (5). PB—Mattison (3), Wear (2). DP—Boise 4. LOB—Tri-City 4, Boise 11. 2B—Young (5), Orris (2), Suero (7), W. Jones (8). 3B—Easley (4). HR—Abreu (5). SF—White, Hampson, Linkous. SB—Baker (12), DeLeon (2), Hampson 2 (24), L. Castro (7). CS—Magee (2), Baker (5).
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
H.Rodriguez | 3 1/3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Guerrero L,4-5 | 2 2/3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Monroe | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Ford | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Boise | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Eusebio | 5 2/3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
McCormick | 2/3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Calomeni BS,1 W,2-0 | 1 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
J.Fernandez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Guerrero pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. WP—Guerrero 2. B—Guerrero 2, Calomeni. PO—Eusebio (Magee) Umpires—Home, Randy Wilmes; First, Harrison Silverman. T—3:05. A—3,565.
This story was originally published August 14, 2016 at 10:28 PM with the headline "Late-rally fuels Boise victory."