2022 Spokane Indians Schedule

[David]

The following is the 2022 Regular Season Schedule for the Spokane Indians.

After spending last season as as members of the newly formed High-A West league, Minor League Baseball has restored the names of iconic Minor League names. High-A West, which was formed with six of the eight members of the Northwest League, has returned to its breathtaking logo and name for the new era of MiLB.

Spokane enters its second season with a longer season format, along with the defending league champion Eugene Emeralds, Everett AquaSox, Hillsboro Hops, Tri-City Dust Devils and Vancouver Canadians. All six teams will play in a division-less league, with no plans in the future to restore the North and South divisions of the original NWL.

After missing the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indians finally took the field in 2021 with a condensed 120-game season (60 Home/60 Away).  With sports reverting back to normal operations and working around COVID-19, the 2022 season will see an increase of 12 games for a grand total of a 132-game season (66 home/66 away). With the addition of games, the Northwest League season will now begin in early April and run through mid-September.

The 132-game schedule is the highest season of games for Spokane since they played 140-games as members of the Pacific Coast League (Triple-A) back in 1982. Beginning in 1983, Spokane would move to the Northwest League as a Single-A Short club.

Spokane enters its second season as a minor league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. The new era of Spokane Indians baseball got off to a horrible start, beginning the season at a woeful 2-10 record. However, as the season progressed, the Indians would see a series of ups and downs and spending a good chunk of the season below .500. However, in August, Spokane would find the magic and would finish the season in second place in the High-A West with a 67-49 record. Their efforts would pit them in the High-A West Championship series, facing off against the Eugene Emeralds in a best-of-5. Unfortunately, Spokane saw the magic run out as the Emeralds defeated Spokane 3 games to 1 for the new league's first title.

The 2022 season begins April 8th at home against Vancouver. Spokane will then hit the road the next week, traveling to Hillsboro to take on the Eugene Emeralds.

Spokane will have a stretch of two weeks (May 17-29, June 14-26) of their longest homestand taking on Eugene and Everett in the first set, and Hillsboro and Everett in the second set. Spokane will only see one long road trip this season, spanning from May 31-June 12th with trips to Vancouver and Eugene. The series in Vancouver will mark the first trip Spokane has gone across the border into British Columbia since 2019. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vancouver was not allowed to play in its home stadium in 2021 due to COVID-19 border crossing restrictions, resulting in the Canadians having to play in Hillsboro for the season. With COVID restrictions loosening for sports teams, Spokane will set foot in Canada for the first time in 3 years. 

SCtoC has listed the schedule below, followed by the home fields of the Indians' opponents. Start times are listed in the Pacific (PT) time zone and are subject to change. Indians games can be head locally on 105.3 FM/1510 AM The Game with Mike Boyle calling the action. Bold Red denotes home games.

APRIL
Game 1 -- Fri., April 8 - Vancouver Canadians (L 6-8) (10)
Game 2 -- Sat., April 9 - Vancouver Canadians (W 10-2)
Game 3 -- Sun., April 10 - Vancouver Canadians (L 7-8)
Game 4 -- Tue., April 12 - at Eugene Emeralds - Postponed (Rain); Rescheduled 4/16/22
Game 5 -- Wed., April 13 - at Eugene Emeralds (W 5-2)
Game 6 -- Thu., April 14 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 3-7)
Game 7 -- Fri., April 15 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 0-1)
Game 8 -- Sat., April 16 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 1-3) (7/DH)
Game 4 (makeup 4/12/22) -- Sat., April 16 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 2-4) (7/DH)
Game 9 -- Sun., April 17 - at Eugene Emeralds (W 8-1)
Game 10 -- Tue., April 19 - Hillsboro Hops (W 7-5)
Game 11 -- Wed., April 20 - Hillsboro Hops (W 2-0)
Game 12 -- Thu., April 21 - Hillsboro Hops (L 5-6)
Game 13 -- Fri., April 22 - Hillsboro Hops (W 7-3)
Game 14 -- Sat., April 23 - Hillsboro Hops (W 3-1)
Game 15 -- Sun., April 24 - Hillsboro Hops (L 9-11)
Game 16 -- Tue., April 26 - at Everett AquaSox (W 14-6)
Game 17 -- Wed., April 27 - at Everett AquaSox (W 9-3)
Game 18 -- Thu., April 28 - at Everett AquaSox (L 1-9)
Game 19 -- Fri., April 29 - at Everett AquaSox (W 4-1)
Game 20 -- Sat., April 30 - at Everett AquaSox (L 6-7)


MAY
Game 21 -- Sun., May 1 - at Everett AquaSox (W 9-1)
Game 22 -- Tue., May 3 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 2-1)
Game 23 -- Wed., May 4 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 8-6)
Game 24 -- Thu., May 5 - Tri-City Dust Devils - Postponed (Rain); Rescheduled 5/7/22
Game 25 -- Fri., May 6 - Tri-City Dust Devils - Postponed (Rain); Rescheduled 5/8/22
Game 24 (makeup) -- Sat., May 7 - Tri-City Dust Devils - Cancelled (Rain)
Game 26 -- Sat., May 7 - Tri-City Dust Devils - Cancelled (Rain)
Game 26 (resumption 5/6/22) -- Sun., May 8 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 5-4) (DH)
Game 27 -- Sun., May 8 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 6-1) (7/DH)
Game 28 -- Tue., May 10 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 0-5)
Game 29 -- Wed., May 11 - at Hillsboro Hops (W 10-0)
Game 30 -- Thu., May 12 - at Hillsboro Hops - Postponed (Rain); Rescheduled 5/14/22
Game 31 -- Fri., May 13 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 1-4)
Game 32 -- Sat., May 14 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 0-4) (7/DH)
Game 30 (makeup) -- Sat., May 14 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 1-2) (7/DH)
Game 33 -- Sun., May 15 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 2-3) (10)
Game 34 -- Tue., May 17 - Eugene Emeralds (W 1-0) (10)
Game 35 -- Wed., May 18 - Eugene Emeralds (W 9-8)
Game 36 -- Thu., May 19 - Eugene Emeralds (L 5-6)
Game 37 -- Fri., May 20 - Eugene Emeralds (W 4-3)
Game 38 -- Sat., May 21 - Eugene Emeralds (W 9-4)
Game 39 -- Sun., May 22 - Eugene Emeralds (W 9-7)
Game 40 -- Tue., May 24 - Everett AquaSox (W 9-3)
Game 41 -- Wed., May 25 - Everett AquaSox (W 6-5)
Game 42 -- Thu., May 26 - Everett AquaSox (L 0-4)
Game 43 -- Fri., May 27 - Everett AquaSox (W 15-7)
Game 44 -- Sat., May 28 - Everett AquaSox (L 5-12)
Game 45 -- Sun., May 29 - Everett AquaSox (L 5-10)
Game 46 -- Tue., May 31 - at Vancouver Canadians (L 3-4)


JUNE
Game 47 -- Wed., June 1 - at Vancouver Canadians (W 6-5)
Game 48 -- Thu., June 2 - at Vancouver Canadians (L 1-2)
Game 49 -- Fri., June 3 - at Vancouver Canadians - Postponed - (field conditions)
Game 50 -- Sat., June 4 - at Vancouver Canadians (L 1-12)
GAME 49 -- Sat., June 4 - at Vancouver Canadians - Make up from 6/3/22 - Postponed
Game 51 -- Sun., June 5 - at Vancouver Canadians (W 3-0) (7/DH)
GAME 49 -- Sat., June 4 - at Vancouver Canadians (W 5-1) (7/DH) - Make up from 6/3/22
Game 52 -- Tue., June 7 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 1-7)
Game 53 -- Wed., June 8 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 2-3)
Game 54 -- Thu., June 9 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 5-6) (11)
Game 55 -- Fri., June 10 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 7-8)
Game 56 -- Sat., June 11 - at Eugene Emeralds (W 7-6)
Game 57 -- Sun., June 12 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 2-7)
Game 58 -- Tue., June 14 - Hillsboro Hops (W 9-2)
Game 59 -- Wed., June 15 - Hillsboro Hops (W 4-0)
Game 60 -- Thu., June 16 - Hillsboro Hops (L 2-4)
Game 61 -- Fri., June 17 - Hillsboro Hops (L 3-12)
Game 62 -- Sat., June 18 - Hillsboro Hops (W 3-1)
Game 63 -- Sun., June 19 - Hillsboro Hops (W 3-2)
Game 64 -- Tue., June 21 - Everett AquaSox (L 6-7)
Game 65 -- Wed., June 22 - Everett AquaSox (W 9-8) (10)
Game 66 -- Thu., June 23 - Everett AquaSox (W 6-5)
Game 67 -- Fri., June 24 - Everett AquaSox (L 5-7)
Game 68 -- Sat., June 25 - Everett AquaSox (L 4-5)
Game 69 -- Sun., June 26 - Everett AquaSox (W 8-2)
Game 70 -- Tue., June 28 - at Vancouver Canadians (W 6-4)
Game 71 -- Wed., June 29 - at Vancouver Canadians (L 5-6)
Game 72 -- Thu., June 30 - at Vancouver Canadians (L 4-8)

JULY
Game 73 -- Fri., July 1 - at Vancouver Canadians (W 9-4)
Game 74 -- Sat., July 2 - at Vancouver Canadians (L 3-4)
Game 75 -- Sun., July 3 - at Vancouver Canadians Postponed (Inclement Weather); Rescheduled 8/31/22
Game 76 -- Mon., July 4 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 8-7)
Game 77 -- Wed., July 6 - Tri-City Dust Devils (L 4-5)
Game 78 -- Thu., July 7 - Tri-City Dust Devils (L 1-11)
Game 79 -- Fri., July 8 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 6-4)
Game 80 -- Sat., July 9 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 8-0)
Game 81 -- Sun., July 10 - Tri-City Dust Devils (L 3-7)
Game 82 -- Tue., July 12 - at Eugene Emeralds (W 9-0)
Game 83 -- Wed., July 13 - at Eugene Emeralds (W 9-5)
Game 84 -- Thu., July 14 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 2-4)
Game 85 -- Fri., July 15 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 1-8)
Game 86 -- Sat., July 16 - at Eugene Emeralds (L 2-6)
Game 87 -- Sun., July 17 - at Eugene Emeralds (W 5-4)
Game 88 -- Fri., July 22 - Vancouver Canadians (L 2-7)
Game 89 -- Sat., July 23 - Vancouver Canadians (W 11-2)
Game 90 -- Sun., July 24 - Vancouver Canadians (L 4-5)
Game 91 -- Tue., July 26 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (W 9-3)
Game 92 -- Wed., July 27 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (W 5-2)
Game 93 -- Thu., July 28 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (W 6-3)
Game 94 -- Fri., July 29 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (W 4-3)
Game 95 -- Sat., July 30 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (L 0-3)
Game 96 -- Sun., July 31 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (L 4-5)

AUGUST
Game 97 -- Tue., August 2 - Eugene Emeralds (L 3-11)
Game 98 -- Wed., August 3 - Eugene Emeralds (W 8-5)
Game 99 -- Thu., August 4 - Eugene Emeralds (L 2-8)
Game 100 -- Fri., August 5 - Eugene Emeralds (W 8-4)
Game 101 -- Sat., August 6 - Eugene Emeralds (W 6-2)
Game 102 -- Sun., August 7 - Eugene Emeralds (L 5-12)
Game 103 -- Tue., August 9 - at Hillsboro Hops (W 10-4)
Game 104 -- Wed., August 10 - at Hillsboro Hops (W 5-4)
Game 105 -- Thu., August 11 - at Hillsboro Hops (W 5-4)
Game 106 -- Fri., August 12 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 1-8)
Game 107 -- Sat., August 13 - at Hillsboro Hops (W 9-4)
Game 108 -- Sun., August 14 - at Hillsboro Hops (L 1-5)
Game 109 -- Tue., August 16 - Tri-City Dust Devils (L 5-15)
Game 110 -- Wed., August 17 - Tri-City Dust Devils (L 8-13)
Game 111 -- Thu., August 18 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 10-5)
Game 112 -- Fri., August 19 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 7-0)
Game 113 -- Sat., August 20 - Tri-City Dust Devils (L 4-7)
Game 114 -- Sun., August 21 - Tri-City Dust Devils (W 14-4)
Game 115 -- Tue., August 23 - at Everett AquaSox (L 4-5)
Game 116 -- Wed., August 24 - at Everett AquaSox (W 7-1)
Game 117 -- Thu., August 25 - at Everett AquaSox (W 10-9)
Game 118 -- Fri., August 26 - at Everett AquaSox (L 4-6)
Game 119 -- Sat., August 27 - at Everett AquaSox (L 2-3)
Game 120 -- Sun., August 28 - at Everett AquaSox (L 3-5)
Game 121 -- Tue., August 30 - Vancouver Canadians (L 4-9)
Game 122 -- Wed., August 31 - Vancouver Canadians (L 4-6) (7/DH)
Game 75 (Makeup) -- Wed., August 31- at Vancouver Canadians - (Spokane, WA) - Make up from 7/3/22 (L 4-5) (7/DH)

SEPTEMBER
Game 123 -- Thu., September 1 - Vancouver Canadians (W 4-3) (11)
Game 124 -- Fri., September 2 - Vancouver Canadians (L 5-7)
Game 125 -- Sat., September 3 - Vancouver Canadians (L 6-7) (10)
Game 126 -- Sun., September 4 - Vancouver Canadians (W 4-3)
Game 127 -- Tue., September 6 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (L 0-5)
Game 128 -- Wed., September 7 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (W 8-3)
Game 129 -- Thu., September 8 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (L 2-4)
Game 130 -- Fri., September 9 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (L 3-5)
Game 131 -- Sat., September 10 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (W 7-4)
Game 132 -- Sun., September 11 - at Tri-City Dust Devils (L 3-4)


AWAY VENUES
Eugene Emeralds - PK Park; Eugene, Oregon
Everett AquaSox - Funko Field at Everett Memorial Stadium; Everett, Washington
Hillsboro Hops - Ron Tonkin Field; Hillsboro, Oregon
Tri-City Dust Devils - Gesa Stadium; Pasco, Washington
Vancouver Canadians - Nat Bailey Stadium; Vancouver, British Columbia

TEAM MLB AFFILIATES
Eugene Emeralds - San Francisco Giants (NL West)
Everett AquaSox - Seattle Mariners (AL West)
Hillsboro Hops - Arizona Diamondbacks (NL West)
Spokane Indians - Colorado Rockies (NL West)
Tri-City Dust Devils - Los Angeles Angels (AL West)
Vancouver Canadians - Toronto Blue Jays (AL East)


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[David]

Monthly Update:

Spokane got off to a disappointing loss on Opening Pay, the team's first Opening Day in April since 1982. Runs would be scored a-plenty in the first, short opening series against the Vancouver Canadians, but Spokane would begin the season with a series loss. A trip to Eugene to take on the Emeralds was delayed a day due to rain, but the Indians would get off to a good start taking the first game of the series before losing the next four and then salvaging a second win to end the series. The Indians would bounce back at home against the Hillsboro Hops, following a trend of winning two straight, the losing the next. However, Spokane would win its first series of the season.

High scoring would continue in the next series, a road meeting with the Everett AquaSox. Spokane would win the first two of the series, then proceed to alternate losses and wins. With May approaching tomorrow in the final game of the series, Spokane looks to eek out one more win to win its second series of the season.

Heading into May, Spokane sits in 4th place with a 10-10 record, but only 1.0 games back of 1st place behind Tri-City (10-8) and Hillsboro (11-9), as well as 0.5 games behind Eugene (9-8). 

[David]

Monthly Update:

April Showers bring May Flowers, but in this case, April showers plagued the Spokane Indians the first week of May with a total of five games impacted by inclement rain.

Spokane began the month with a 3-game win streak, beginning with the series finale against the Everett AquaSox and taking the first two games against the Tri-City Dust Devils. Rain would impact the next three games and its rescheduled double headers, resulting in two games being cancelled and one game made up as a Sunday double header. Spokane would sweep the series against Tri-City, 4-0.

However, a trip down to Hillsboro would result in doom for the Indians, as they would lose the first game of the series against the Hops 5-0. Spokane roared back the next night, winning 10-0, but another rainout would take momentum as Spokane lost the next four to lose the series 1-5.

Home Cooking would be just the remedy, as Spokane would win several walk-off games against the Eugene Emeralds, including 9-8 and 9-7 scorefests to take 5 of 6 from Eugene, including a three game win streak that would turn into five games with Everett coming to town. However, Spokane's offense would stall after a 15-7 explosion on Friday the 27th, losing the weekend games 5-12 and 5-10, respectively. Spokane would split the series with Everett, then would make its first trip to Canada in 3 years to begin a series with the Vancouver Canadians. Spokane's losing streak would hit 3 at the month's end.

Heading into June, Spokane's win streaks saw the team soar from 4th place in the league standings into 1st Place with a 24-20 record. Eugene sits 0.5 games back at 22-19, followed by Hillsboro (23-21), Vancouver (21-21), Tri-City (19-23) and Everett (20-25).

[David]

Season Update: A busy month of July that would see the season feature a short break in the action due to the 2022 MLB All Star Game saw the Spokane Indians win one series, split two, and lose two.

The 2022 Northwest League Playoff format has been updated for 2022; while the league observes a full 132 game season for standings, the playoffs are determined by half finishes. Spokane finished in 2nd place in the overall league standings in the first half, going 34-30 and finishing 4.5 games back of the first place Eugene Emeralds, who finished in 1st with a 38-25 mark to win the first half standings and claim one of two playoff berths in the 2022 Northwest League Championship.

Spokane has seen its share of struggles in the second half, sitting at 14-15 and sitting in 4th place. Eugene (19-11) sits in first place pursed closely by the Vancouver Canadians (18-11). Spokane must finish in either first place, or keep winning to maintain its pace in the overall standings. Should Eugene win the 2nd half, the team with the next best full-season winning percentage will advance.

Spokane's 12-11 record in July has dropped them in 3rd place just a half game back of 2nd place Vancouver in the overall standings at 48-45. The Indians must continue to keep a winning pace if they wish to make a third consecutive NWL/High-A West Championship appearance.

[David]

End of Season Update: The Spokane Indians end the season with a 64-66 record, placing third in the overall Northwest League division standings. 

It was a tale of two half seasons for the Indians, who finished the First-half of the season standings in second place at 34-30, just missing the First-half division championship by 4.5 games to the Eugene Emeralds. In order to clinch a playoff berth, Spokane would have to either win the Second-half division championship or finish second behind the Emeralds.

Unfortunately, the second half of the season wasn't as kind to Spokane, as the Indians would finish the second half in 4th place at 30-36. Spokane held its playoff destiny in chasing down the Vancouver Canadians for second in the division race (won in the second half by Eugene), but would lose 5 of 7 in the series (including a makeup game from July) and watch their playoff hopes slip away. Spokane would stumble down the stretch, going 4-6 in its final 10 games, including 4 of 6 in the final series against the Tri-City Dust Devils. 

Eugene (81-48 Overall) would win the First-half and second-half division championships, clinching home-field advantage in the Northwest League Championship and earning its 5th championship appearance in 6 seasons. They'll take on Vancouver (67-62), who makes its first appearance in the NWL Championship for the first time since 2017.