Tri-City Turns Tables, Shuts Out Vancouver
A night after the Tri-City Dust Devils (17-15) were shut out by the Vancouver Canadians (15-16), Tri-City returned the favor, blanking Vancouver 6-0 Wednesday night at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium. Braden Olthoff (2-1) gave the Dust Devils another brilliant performance, throwing seven shutout innings and lowering his ERA
A night after the Tri-City Dust Devils (17-15) were shut out by the Vancouver Canadians (15-16), Tri-City returned the favor, blanking Vancouver 6-0 Wednesday night at Scotiabank Field at Nat Bailey Stadium.
Braden Olthoff (2-1) gave the Dust Devils another brilliant performance, throwing seven shutout innings and lowering his ERA to 1.38. He gave up only three hits, striking out six and walking only one. From there, Glenn Albanese and Emilker Guzman each threw a scoreless frame to finish the shutout.
Dust Devil pitchers, with the help of solid defensive work behind them, were so dominant Wednesday that the Canadians did not safely get a runner past second base in the game.
Tri-City got their offense going in the 6th inning. Osmy Gregorio led off with a single to left, then drew a balk by inducing the Canadians’ Hunter Gregory (1-2) to make too many pickoff throws.
After a groundball out got Gregorio to third, Jordyn Adams singled through a drawn-in infield to give the Dust Devils the opening run of the game.
That wouldn’t be all in the 6th, though. Gabe Matthews drew a walk, moving Adams to second. Francisco Del Valle then singled to right field, scoring Adams for a 2-0 lead. A two-out, two-run double to the right center field gap by Jose Reyes, who along with Christian Sepulveda made his High-A debut tonight, doubled the lead to 4-0.
Tri-City would add runs in the 8th and 9th. A Matthews RBI single to center in the 8th scored Adams for the second time. Matthews had another great day at the plate, going 3 for 3 with a walk and an RBI. In the 9th, Mike Peabody hit an opposite field double to the left center field gap to score Gregorio.
The win evened the series between the Dust Devils and the Canadians. Game three takes place Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. at Nat Bailey Stadium, with Nick Mondak going to the hill for Tri-City.
The Dust Devils return home to Gesa Stadium Tuesday, May 31 to start a six-game set with the Hillsboro Hops. It’s a Coca-Cola Tuesday, with 21 oz. Coca-Cola products available for $2.
Single-game tickets for the Hops series and all games are on sale now. Ticket packages are also available, and start at just $99. And special ticket rates are available for groups of 20 or more. For more information on Dust Devils single game, season, mini-plan (11, 22, 33) and group tickets, visit dustdevilsbaseball.com or call 509-544-8789.