Cecconi Earns Second Win 5-2 at Tri-City
PASCO, WASH. --- Slade Cecconi worked five strong innings on Friday night at Gesa Stadium, pitching out of a big jam in his final frame, leading the Hillsboro Hops to a 5-2 win over the Tri-City Dust Devils. Hillsboro again drew a lot of walks early, but this time they
PASCO, WASH. --- Slade Cecconi worked five strong innings on Friday night at Gesa Stadium, pitching out of a big jam in his final frame, leading the Hillsboro Hops to a 5-2 win over the Tri-City Dust Devils.
Hillsboro again drew a lot of walks early, but this time they were able to cash them in. Tri-City starter
It was still 2-0 Hops in the top of the fourth when Hampton clouted a solo home run (he now has four home runs this year, two from each side of the plate), to make it 3-0.
Cecconi retired the side in order in three of the first four innings, but ran into problems in the fifth. Kasser doubled,
Hillsboro added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth.
Cecconi improved to 2-2 with the win. Coursey's 10-game hitting streak came to an end, as he was 0-for-3 with a walk. The bottom four hitters in Tri-City's lineup --- Kasser, Griffin, Torres and Keinner Pina --- went a combined 8-for-15; the rest of the Dust Devils' lineup was 0-for-18. Griffin is now 12-for-38 (.316) against the Hops, and 9-for-67 (.134) against the rest of the league.
Hillsboro (24-32) and Tri-City (20-37) have now split the first four games of the six-game set. Game five is slated for 7:05 on Saturday night, with radio airtime at 6:50 on Rip City Radio 620AM and www.RipCityRadio.com.