Big Inning Leads to Second Straight Win
An impressive offensive performance boosted the Tri-City Dust Devils (12-17, 31-36) to the 9-3 win over the Spokane Indians (9-20, 28-39) on Saturday night. The Dust Devils scored six runs in the third inning, highlighted by a G.K. Young home run.
Tri-City jumped out to a seven-run lead after the third inning. The Dust Devils would take their largest lead of game, an eight-run advantage, after bringing home two additional runs in the fourth inning. Buddy Reed continued his hot stretch at the plate. Reed had a triple, a single and scored two runs for Tri-City. His on-base streak is now up to nine games and his hitting streak has been extended to five games.
The pitching was strong throughout the evening for the Dust Devils. Starting pitcher Eric Lauer allowed one run in his four innings of work. Adrian De Horta earned the win after tossing four innings in relief. De Horta gave up two runs, but both were unearned.
Left-hander Joey Lucchesi will start the final game of the series on Sunday afternoon as Tri-City will look for the sweep over the Indians. Spokane will counter with right-hander Alex Danielle. The team will return home for the final series of the season starting September 3rd. There will be a postgame fireworks show that night presented by McCurley Integrity Dealerships. Great seats are available by calling the Dust Devils' front office at (509) 544-8789 or by going to www.dustdevilsbaseball.com to purchase tickets.
Dust Devils Baseball… "It Will Blow You Away!"