Richmond's grand night lifts Indians

SPOKANE - Joshua Richmond hit a grand slam in a six-run fifth inning as the Spokane Indians defeated the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes 11-2 in front of 4,838 at Avista Stadium in Northwest League baseball action Thursday.

Salem-Keizer (2-7) opened the scoring in the third as Julio Izturis came around to score on a Randol Rojas wild pitch.

Spokane (5-4) answered with five runs in the bottom of the inning, keyed by a three-run home run by Clark Murphy to take a 5-1 lead.

Rojas allowed six hits over six innings to get the win for Spokane.

The teams conclude their five-game series tonight at 6:30.