Indians complete sweep of Canadians

SPOKANE - Michael Olt went 3 for 5 with two RBIs as the Spokane Indians defeated the Vancouver Canadians 8-1 to sweep their five-game series in front of 6,111 at Avista Stadium in Northwest League baseball action Saturday night.

Andrew Clark had an RBI single to score Santiago Chirino to open the scoring for Spokane (16-12) in the first inning.

Tim Stanford had three strikeouts over four innings to get the win in relief.

Joshua Richmond and Jacob Skole had back-to-back RBI hits to stretch the lead to 3-0 after the second.

Ryan Lipkin had an RBI double in the fourth for Vancouver (12-17), which committed five errors. Nathan Long allowed four runs on five hits in three innings to take the loss.

East Division-leading Spokane opens a three-game series at second-place Boise tonight at 6:15.