Indians slam past Salem-Keizer

SPOKANE — Tanner Gardner hit a grand slam in an eight-run eighth inning for the Spokane Indians in a 18-4 romp over the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in Northwest League baseball in front of 4,563 at Avista Stadium on Thursday night.

Gardner finished with eight RBIs for Spokane (31-35, 15-13 second half), which notched a season high in hits and runs scored.

Curtis Terry had three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored for Spokane, which scored the first eight runs of the game before Salem-Keizer (33-33, 13-15) got on the scoreboard with two runs in the top of the fifth inning.

Diosbel Arias had three hits and four runs scored for Spokane.

The teams resume the five-game series tonight at 6:30.