Dust Devils top Indians in series opener
Hudson Potts had two hits and scored twice and the Tri-City Dust Devils beat the Spokane Indians 7-3 in their series-opener Friday in Spokane.
Potts, one of the San Diego Padres three first-round draft picks, has played in seven games for the Dust Devils (12-17 second half) and is batting .308 in his first 26 at-bats with the squad. He was a catalyst in the Dust Devils’ two-run top of the third — driving in Buddy Reed with a single to right then scoring on a G.K. Young sacrifice fly — and in the five-run fifth — picking up another base hit and scoring on a sacrifice fly by Fernando Tatis Jr.
Five Dust Devils hit doubles, including Luis Asuncion and Josh Magee, who went back-to-back to cap the scoring in the fifth inning to put Tri-City up 7-1 and cement the victory.
Cal Quantrill put together another quiet but successful start for Tri-City, giving up three hits and a run over four innings. Dalton Erb (2-1) picked up the win by pitching three innings and allowing two runs to the Indians (9-19).
Spokane and Tri-City will play the middle game of their three-game set at 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Eric Lauer (LHP, 1-0, 1.29 ERA) will face Spokane’s Kyle Cody (RHP, 2-4, 4.06 ERA).
Dust Devils 7, Indians 3
Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | Spokane ab | r | h | bi | ||
Easley 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | C.Smith rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Reed cf | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Taveras cf | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Potts 3b | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Terrero 2b | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Ovrstrt c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Spivey c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Tatis ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Leblanc 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Young 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Tejeda ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
White dh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Scott dh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Asuncion rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | McDnald 1b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Magee lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Day lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals 38 | 7 | 12 | 7 | Totals 33 | 7 | 12 | 7 | ||
Tri-City | 002 | 050 | 000 | — | 7 |
Spokane | 000 | 100 | 200 | — | 3 |
E—Quantrill (1), Easley (14), Leblanc 2 (17), McDonald (19), Spivey (5). DP—Tri-City 2, Spokane 1. LOB—Tri-City 9, Spokane 4. 2B—Young (6), Reed (6), Overstreet (6), Asuncion (10), Magee (2). 3B—Taveras (1). SF—Young, Tatis. SB—Reed (15), White (3), Spivey (3).
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Quantrill | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Erb W,2-1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Scholtens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Spokane | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Phillips L,3-7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
Lenik | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Juan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bruce | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Umpires—Home, Tanner Dobson; First, Codey Davis. T—2:51. A—7,014.
This story was originally published August 26, 2016 at 10:17 PM with the headline "Dust Devils top Indians in series opener."