Grand Slam Lifts Dust Devils over Volcanoes

Shane Jordan, Matthew Downs, Garret Baker and Rothford each had two hits for Salem-Keizer.

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PASCO, Wash. - Maruis Loupadiere hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high five runs as host Tri-City held on for a 6-5 victory over Salem-Keizer on Friday.

Everth Cabrera led off the game with a walk and scored on Helder Velazquez's RBI double. After a pair of walks, Loupadiere connected for his fourth home run.

Loupadiere also had a run-scoring double in the eighth inning to give the Dust Devils (11-20) a 6-4 lead.

Velazquez and Lars Davis each had two hits for Tri-City, which snapped a four-game losing streak.

Starter Marco Duarte (1-1) gave up three runs -- two earned -- on eight hits in six frames, striking out two and walking one.

Joseph Williamson struck out the side in the eighth, but served up a solo home run to Chad Rothford.

Riquy Pena recorded his fourth save, despite giving up one run on one hit in the ninth.

Volcanoes starter Ryan McGrath (1-3) was charged with five runs on four hits and three walks with four strikeouts in three frames.

Daryl Maday gave up a hit and fanned six in four scoreless innings and hasn't allowed an earned run in seven appearances, spanning 21 1/3 innings this season.

Shane Jordan, Matthew Downs, Garret Baker and Rothford each had two hits for Salem-Keizer (25-6), which had its five-game winning streak snapped.

Story by: Tim Leonard

Courtesy: MLB.com

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