Jackson's walk-off lifts Indians
SPOKANE - Joe Jackson hit a walk-off single with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Spokane Indians rallied from a 4-1 deficit after three innings to beat the Tri-City Dust Devils 6-5 in a Northwest League baseball game in front of a sellout crowd of 6,861 at Avista Stadium on Friday night.
Spokane (14-15) trails Everett (15-14) by one game for first place in the North Division after the AquaSox rallied to beat the Vancouver Canadians 3-2 in other action Friday night.
Tri-City took a 4-1 lead after three innings, but Spokane tied the game in the fourth as Gabriel Roa hit a three-run double to score Janlius Castro, Jackson and Barrett Serrato.
Patrick Valaika doubled with two out in the eighth inning to give Tri-City a 5-4 lead. Roa singled to score Ryan Cordell with one out in the ninth to tie the game at 5.
Spokane travels to Vancouver to start a three-game series tonight at 7:05.