Indians hurlers quiet Tri-City

PASCO, Wash. - Yohander Mendez, Travis Dean, John Straka and Justin Sprenger teamed on a six-hitter as the Spokane Indians toppled the Tri-City Dust Devils 3-1 on Monday in Northwest League baseball before 1,373 at Gesa Stadium.

Saquan Johnson drove in a run with a single in the third inning for his first RBI of the season for Spokane (8-10). Chris Garia added an RBI single in the fifth, and Cam Schiller singled in a run in the sixth.

Wilfredo Rodriguez had an RBI single for Tri-City (6-12) in the fifth.

Tri-City put runners on first and third in the ninth, but Sprenger came on and got Ben Waldrip to ground out to second base to end the game.

Game 2 of the three-game series is tonight at 7:15.