Dust Devils sweep up a win
SPOKANE - Michael Benjamin had two hits, an RBI and a stolen base to lead the Tri-City Dust Devils over the Spokane Indians 4-1 in Northwest League baseball before 4,231 at Avista Stadium on Monday night.
Neither team could get a run across the first three innings. The Indians struck first with Joe Jackson's double to center to move Cam Schiller to third in the bottom of the fourth. Schiller then scored on a wild pitch.
Tri-City took the lead in the fifth, as Julian Yan scored on Wilson Soriano's sacrifice bunt. Kyle Von Tungeln's double scored Benjamin and Von Tungeln came home on Chris O'Dowd's double.
The Dust Devils added an insurance run in the sixth, when Sean Dwyer came across on Benjamin's RBI single.
Starter Collin Wiles went 4 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on four hits while striking out seven for Spokane (16-15), which hosts Tri-City (15-16) again tonight at 6:30.