Relief pitching can be a bit of an adventure, especially in the minor leagues. There’s often no margin for error when the score is close late. Both teams were reminded of that in Sunday’s game.
Some years a team will just have another team's "number." There's not really much of a difference between the records of the first-place Spokane Indians and the third-place Vancouver Canadians, but for whatever reason the Indians have had the better of play when the teams have met this season.
Sean Sullivan, the Colorado Rockies’ second-round pick in last year’s MLB draft, entered play on Friday having allowed six earned runs in five games this season, pitching to a 1.95 ERA over 27⅔ innings.
The Spokane Indians’ offense had a rough road trip last week, scoring just 10 runs over a six-game series in Hillsboro, Oregon. It’s no surprise the visitors lost five of six.
The first thing that comes up in any scouting report about Spokane Indians multiposition prospect Cole Carrigg is that he “plays with his hair on fire.”