Bears pound Boise

BOISE, Idaho — After losing back-to-back pitcher’s duels, the Bears came out swinging Tuesday night in the finale of their three-game series with the Boise Hawks.

Astolfo Inciarte had three hits and Clayton Conner homered as Yakima beat the Hawks 9-5 in front of an announced crowd of 2,540 at Memorial Stadium to snap a three-game losing streak.

The victory also put the Bears back over the .500 mark at 6-5 going into tonight’s home game against Spokane.

Yakima snapped a 5-5 tie with a run in the seventh inning and three more in the eighth, setting up Brad Wilson for another scoreless relief appearance.

While Houston Summers got the win (2-0) after succeeding starter Rafael Quezada, allowing three hits and a run over two innings, Wilson worked two hitless frames with four strikeouts and a walk.

The right-hander from Cal Poly Pomona has not allowed a run in seven innings over four appearances, striking out 10 while walking one.

Conner, who had singled home one of two runs in Yakima’s first inning gave the Bears a 5-4 lead with a two-run homer in the fifth.

After the Hawks tied it in the bottom of the sixth, Yakima took the lead in the seventh on a wild pitch and was poised for a big inning with the bases loaded and one out, but Tim Sherlock lined into an unassisted double play at first.

In the seventh, however, Ryan Wheeler’s sacrifice fly, an RBI single by Inciarte and another wild pitch broke it open.