Mid-Columbia roundup: Fever head to Billings, hope to halt IFL skid
Fever hope to end skid at Billings
The Tri-Cities Fever hit the road Saturday in hopes of ending a seven-game losing streak.
The Fever (3-11) play at the Billings Wolves (6-8) at 6:05 p.m. in IFL action.
The teams split their earlier meetings, each winning at home. Tri-Cities won 47-41 on March 5, while Billings took a 49-44 decision on May 14.
The playoff-bound Wolves hold the No. 2 spot in the Intense Conference. The Fever’s playoff hopes ended with last week’s loss at Green Bay.
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TWIN CITY SPLIT PAIR: Kaden Enriquez went the distance and gave up just four hits and one earned run, and Tait Gillespie doubled and drove in three runs to lead the Titans over Post Falls 8-2.
Mike Jones also doubled, going 3-for-3 and scoring two runs while setting the table for Gillespie.
Earlier, The Titans lost to Ridgeline 3-2. Gillespie doubled and had a pair of hits in that game as well.
Twin City | 400 | 002 | 2 | — | 8 | 11 | 2 |
Post Falls | 000 | 001 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Enriquez (TC) 7IP-4H-1ER-3BB-7K; Jones (TC) 3x3, 2B, 3R; Gillespie (TC) 2x3, 2B, 3 RBI.
Ridgefield | 200 | 100 | 0 | — | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Twin City | 100 | 010 | 0 | — | 2 | 7 | 4 |
Larsen (TC) 3IP-0H-0R-0BB-0K; Gillespie (TC) 2x3, 2B; Brown (TC) 2x2, RBI.
SOUTHRIDGE 13, NAMPA 4: Jake Kirchhoff doubled twice and drove in five runs to spark the Bandits to a win over the Chiefs.
Nampa | 000 | 301 | 0 | — | 4 | 11 | 7 |
Southridge | 024 | 322 | x | — | 13 | 13 | 1 |
Tool (S) 2IP-2H-1BB-2K; R. Sanders (SR) 2x3, 2B, RBI, 2R; K. Harvey (SR) 2x5, 2B, R; Beal (S) 2B, RBI; Kirchhoff (S) 2x4, 2 2B, 5 RBI, 3R; Grigg (S) 2x5, 2R.
OUTLAWS 6, BELLEVUE HONDA 0: Trent Sellers went 3-for-3 with a double, Andrew Vargas doubled in a pair of runs and Gerald Hein threw six shutout innings and struck out eight as Kennewick rolled in Yakim.
Honda | 000 | 000 | 0 | — | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Kennewick | 002 | 004 | x | — | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Hein (K) 6IP-4H-0R-1BB-8K; Green (K) 1IP-0H-3K; Sellers (K) 3x3, 2B, RBI; Vargas (K) 2B, 2 RBI.
This story was originally published June 17, 2016 at 7:31 PM with the headline "Mid-Columbia roundup: Fever head to Billings, hope to halt IFL skid."