Capaul fans 3 in Yakima's loss

SPOKANE - Former Lake City High pitcher Alex Capaul gave up two runs - one earned - on two hits while striking out three in three innings of relief for Yakima, but a two-run home run by Ruben Sierra Jr. in the bottom of the eighth inning - after Capaul had departed - lifted the Spokane Indians past the Bears 6-4 in the finale of their three-game Northwest League baseball series Thursday night in front of 4,334 at Avista Stadium.

With Capaul on the mound, a passed ball in the fifth and an RBI groundout in the sixth allowed Spokane to tie the game at 4 after six innings.

Capaul pitched a scoreless seventh before being replaced by Greg Robinson in the eighth. He now has five strikeouts in eight innings pitched with a 1.13 earned run average and one walk in three appearances for Yakima (4-10).

Drew Robinson had a two-run single to score Rougned Odor and Nick Vickerson to give Spokane a 2-1 lead in the third inning.

Juan Grullon struck out five in relief to get the win for Spokane.

Spokane (8-6) begins a three-game series with the Tri-City Dust Devils tonight at 7 in Pasco, Wash.