Indees top Pirates in DC baseball play

The Independence/Gilmanton baseball team scored the first four runs and held on to beat Cochrane-Fountain City, 6-3, on the road on Friday.

The game came after a 3-1 loss to Blair-Taylor (see story elsewhere in Sports). The Indees entered this week with a 5-5 record before Tuesday’s game against Augusta. The team is slated to play a non-conference game against Eau Claire Regis on Thursday before heading to Eleva-Strum on Friday. This coming Tuesday, they’ll return home to play Osseo-Fairchild.

I/G 6 C-FC 3

The Indees took an early lead with two runs in the second then added two more in the fourth.

Preston Solberg and Nolan Schank both walked to start the bottom of the second and they came home on an error to put the Indees ahead. 

Solberg and Schank also started the fourth inning by getting on base and then scoring. Solberg singled before Schank doubled, putting runners on second and third for Ricky Lopez who singled both home. 

The Pirates fought back with three runs in the fifth, but the Indees scored one in the bottom of the fifth and added another in the sixth.

Hovey was the winning pitcher, tossing the first four innings before Chase Back finished the game. They combined to strikeout 15 while walking three and surrendering six hits. 

Individual statistics were not available as of press time.