Indians top Hawks, win 3rd straight
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 3 months AGO
SPOKANE - Spokane starting pitcher John Kukuruda allowed two hits and struck out four in five innings as the Indians won their third straight game by defeating the Boise Hawks 3-1 in Northwest League play Tuesday night in front of 2,912 at Avista Stadium.
Boise (4-8) opened the scoring with two out in the second inning as Roderick Shoulders singled to score Chadd Krist.
Spokane (4-8) took a 2-1 lead in the fourth as Patrick Cantwell hit a two-run double to score Gabriel Roa and Ryan Rua.
Rua singled leading off the eighth for Spokane and scored on a sacrifice fly by Cam Schiller to extend the lead to 3-1.
Alec Asher pitched the final two innings to get his first save for Spokane.
The teams finish their series today at 3:30 p.m. at Avista Stadium, then play another three-game series in Boise starting Thursday.