Wild pitch leads Tri-City over Indians

PASCO, Wash. - Rosell Herrera scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Tri-City Dust Devils topped the Spokane Indians 5-4 in Northwest League baseball before 1,750 at Gesa Stadium on Sunday night.

Herrera singled to lead off the inning, moved to second on a wild pitch by Spokane's Cody Kendall, and went on to third on a groundout before Kendall again threw one off target.

Ryan Rua's RBI triple put the Indians (8-16) on the board 1-0 in the first.

Patrick Cantwell hit a sacrifice fly, Joe Maloney followed with an RBI double and Brandon Garcia sacrificed in Maloney to give the Indians a 4-0 lead in the top of the third.

Tri-City (12-12) answered with a four-run fourth.

The two teams square off again tonight at 7:15 in Pasco.