Seven Unlucky Number for Dust Devils Sunday

PASCO – A seven-run top of the 7^th inning dashed dreams of a victory for the Tri-City Dust Devils (26-30) Sunday afternoon, as the Vancouver Canadians (29-28) soaked up the sun and dashed away with an 11-6 win at Gesa Stadium to take five of the six in the weeklong series.

Tri-City came to the 7^th with a 5-3 lead after CF Anthony Scull’s two-run home run to right off Vancouver reliever Kai Peterson (2-1) in the bottom of the 6^th. The ever-patient Canadians, leading all of High-A baseball in walks coming into the day, responded by drawing a pair of leadoff walks from reliever Jake Smith (1-3). An RBI double by Arjun Nimmala got Vancouver within a run, and two more walks brought home the tying run. Carlos Espinosa then came in, issuing a second bases loaded walk before 2B Nick Goodwin capped both the seven-run frame and a monstrous series with a grand slam to left. Goodwin set a Canadians franchise record by homering five times in the six-game series, bookending his game-winning 9^th inning three-run shot on Tuesday night with the grand slam. The Dust Devils got a run in the bottom of the 7^th on an RBI single by Scull, who drove in three on the day, but the offense stalled there. Earlier in the game, RF Randy De Jesus launched a two-run shot to give Tri-City a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the 2^nd and 3B Ben Gobbel’s 1^st inning RBI groundout opened the scoring.

DUST DEVILS NOTES

-Dust Devils starter Austin Gordon had a second solid outing, going five innings and giving up three runs on five hits. The Myrtle Beach, South Carolina native struck out five while walking two, keeping Tri-City tied after Vancouver scored three times in the 3^rd inning.

-Three Dust Devils had multi-hit games with 1B Ryan Nicholson (3-5, R), Anthony Scull (2-5, 2-R HR, 3 RBI) and Randy De Jesus (2-4, 2-R HR) providing a combined seven of the nine Tri-City hits.

-Reliever Max Gieg threw a scoreless inning on his 24^th birthday, allowing a hit but striking out two. The tall righty from Lynn, Massachusetts has held opponents without a run in three of his last four outings.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN

With its only two-week homestand of 2025 in the books Tri-City hits the road for a series with the Everett AquaSox at home run-friendly Funko Field beginning on Tuesday. The teams begin by resuming and concluding their game suspended due to heavy rain on Mother’s Day, May 11^th. It will start at 5:05 p.m. at the top of the 4^th inning, with the teams tied at 5-5. After the teams finish the suspended game, they will play a seven-inning second game to open the week’s six-game set. The teams then play single games at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with a 4:05 p.m. Sunday afternoon finale finishing out the series.

Free broadcast coverage of the series, available at dustdevilsbaseball.com and the MiLB app, begins with the Dust Devils Midgame Show at 4:45 p.m. late Tuesday afternoon.

Tri-City returns home after the road series to host the league-leading Hillsboro Hops for a six-game series beginning on a Coca-Cola Tuesday night, June 17^th, at 7:05 p.m. The first three games of the series will conclude the First Half, with the Second Half beginning Friday, June 20^th.

For tickets to the Hillsboro series, and for all 2025 Dust Devils home games, visit the official ticket site, dustdevilsbaseball.com.