Dust Devils sweep Indians in extras
G.K. Young didn’t have a great day at the plate Sunday against the Spokane Indians, but he did drive in the eventual game-winning run in the top of the 11th inning on a sacrifice fly to give the Tri-City Dust Devils a 3-2 victory.
A Nate Easley single and Buddy Reed walk to lead off the 11th allowed Hudson Potts to set the table for Young with a sacrifice bunt.
Young lifted the ball to center field to score Easley for the go-ahead run.
Reed paced the Dust Devils (32-36 overall, 13-17 second half) at the plate, going 3-for-4 with two doubles. However, he didn’t score or drive in a run.
Anderson Tejeda accounted for the entire Spokane offense with two solo home runs. He homered off Braxton Lorenzini in the fifth inning, and his fifth home run of the season came against Diomar Lopez in the eighth.
The Dust Devils responded by loading the bases in the top of the ninth and then walking in Wilfri De La Cruz to force extra innings.
Nathan Foriest (1-1) battled out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the ninth after Lopez surrendered a leadoff double to Leody Taveras.
After finishing their three-game sweep of the Indians (28-40, 9-21), who won the Northwest League North first-half title, the Dust Devils headed to Eugene for a five-game set with the Emeralds beginning Monday night.
Tri-City will wrap up the Northwest League season next Monday.
Dust Devils 3, Indians 2 (11)
Tri-City ab | r | h | bi | Spokane ab | r | h | bi | ||
Easley 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Taveras dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Reed cf | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Spivey lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Potts ss | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | C.Lblanc 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Young 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Terrero 2b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tatis 2b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Day cf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
White dh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P.Scott rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moore lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A.Tejeda ss | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
DeLeon rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Terry 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
D.L.Cruz c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Mddlton c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1-C.Smth pr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals 37 | 3 | 8 | 3 | Totals 37 | 2 | 6 | 2 | ||
Tri-City | 000 | 000 | 011 | 01 | — | 3 |
Spokane | 000 | 010 | 010 | 00 | — | 2 |
1-Ran for Middleton in the 10th. E—Terrero (3). DP—Spokane 2. LOB—Tri-City 14, Spokane 6. 2B—Reed 2 (8), White (11), Young (7), Taveras (5), Middleton (4). HR—A.Tejeda 2 (5). SF—White, Young. SAC—Spivey. SB—Tatis (1), Easley (11). CS—Leblanc (3).
Tri-City | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Lucchesi | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Lorenzini | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Di.Lopez | 1 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Foriest W,1-1 | 1 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ruiz S,2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Spokane | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Daniele | 4 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Anderson | 2 2/3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Fontenot BS,1 | 1 1/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Stubblefield BS,2 L,0-1 | 2 2/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Anderson pitched to 2 batters in the 8th. WP—Foriest. IBB—by Fontenot (Potts), by Di. Lopez (Leblanc). HBP—by Daniele 3 (White, DeLeon, Easley). Umpires—Home, Tanner Dobson; First, Codey Davis. T—3:37. A—4,936.
This story was originally published August 28, 2016 at 9:24 PM with the headline "Dust Devils sweep Indians in extras."