Dust Devils Walked Off by Indians in Extras

SPOKANE VALLEY – A bases loaded walk in the bottom of the 10^th inning spelled the end of the night for the Tri-City Dust Devils (26-29 2H, 56-65) Tuesday at Avista Stadium, where the Spokane Indians (27-28 2H, 56-65) took a 6-5 victory in ten innings to open the Inland Northwest rivals’ final series of 2025.

Tri-City got off to a hot start when LF Rio Foster drove a pitch from Spokane starter Everett Catlett off the scoreboard in right center with 3B Cole Fontenelle aboard for a two-out, two-run home run in the top of the 1^st. The 2-0 lead doubled an inning later, first going to 3-0 on RF Randy De Jesus’s solo home run to lead off the top of the 2^nd. CF Anthony Scull added a sacrifice fly later in the inning to score C Peter Burns and make the lead 4-0.

The Indians chipped away from there, scoring once in the 2^nd and twice in the 3^rd off Dust Devils starter Chris Clark to get within a run at 4-3 before tying the game in the bottom of the 6^th. Both teams then worked against the others’ bullpen, with Tri-City getting an RBI single from Burns in the top of the 8^th to score 2B Adrian Placencia and give the visitors a 5-4 lead. Spokane answered with a run in the bottom of the same inning and threatened for more before two line drive outs on the infield helped Tri-City survive the barrage.

Nine innings ended up not enough, with the Indians loading the bases in the bottom of the 9^th but ultimately held off the board by Dust Devils reliever Kyle Roche (2-1). The game then came down to the 10^th, with Spokane reliever Fidel Ulloa (2-1) keeping Tri-City from scoring on the top side. That put the visitors up against it, with the winning run getting to third on a leadoff hit in the bottom of the 10^th. An intentional walk loaded the bases to bring a force play to any base but 2B Blake Wright drew one final walk to bring home the walk-off winner.

DUST DEVILS NOTES

-The team had 11 hits on the night, three from Peter Burns. The lefty hitting catcher from Reading, Mass., put up his second professional three-hit game. The first came June 6, 2024, for Single-A Inland Empire.

-Rio Foster’s home run was his fifth of the month of August, good for a tie with Adrian Placencia for the most longballs in the month for the Dust Devils. Foster also leads the team in August in doubles (8), walks (18), on-base percentage (.457), slugging percentage (.635) and OPS (1.092).

-Anthony Scull had two hits and a sacrifice fly in his return to the Tri-City lineup. Scull sent the first pitch of the game on a line to the right center gap for a double and bookended his sac fly with a 7^th inning single.

ROUND TWO

Tri-City and Spokane square off in game two of their six-game series at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday night at Avista Stadium. The Dust Devils will send right-hander Austin Gordon (4-3, 5.47 ERA) to the mound, with the Indians countering with left-hander Stu Flesland III (1-2, 3.87 ERA).

Game coverage, available for free at dustdevilsbaseball.com and the MiLB app, begins with the Dust Devils Pregame Show at 6:15 p.m.

Tri-City returns home after the series to host the Hillsboro Hops, September 2-7, to close out the 2025 regular season.

For tickets to the regular season-ending series with Hillsboro, visit the official ticket site: dustdevilsbaseball.com.