Indians hold off Eugene

SPOKANE - Janluis Castro broke the scoring drought with a leadoff home run to right in the third, Alberto Triunfel's grounder to center later in the inning scored Kevin Torres and the Spokane Indians beat the Eugene Emeralds 2-1 on Monday night in Northwest League baseball before 3,737 at Avista Stadium.

Eugene's Eric Charles led off the fifth with a home run to put the Emeralds on the board.

Indians starter Collin Wiles threw 4 1/3 innings, allowing three hits and one run and striking out five. Richard Alvarez picked up the win, going 1 1/3 innings, and Sam Wolff and Cody Ege threw scoreless relief as well for Spokane.

Spokane (14-11) is off today and kicks off a four-game series at Salem-Keizer on Wednesday. Eugene is 8-17.