Spokane team alive at ASA

Sun., Aug. 15, 2004

The Spokesman-Review

Rikki Jackson had a run-scoring single in the eighth inning and Kaylene Fountain added an RBI single in the ninth as Eagle Sportswear of Spokane defeated Victory Softball of Los Angeles 4-3 Saturday in a loser-out game of the Women’s B Fastball National Championship at Franklin Park.

Jo Gonzalez added three hits for Eagle Sportswear, which will meet U-Bet of Salem, Ore., at 9 a.m. today in another loser-out game. Eagle Sportswear earlier eliminated Northwest Wildfire of Hayden, Idaho, by tying it up in the seventh and winning it 3-2 in the eighth.

The Sliders of Corona, Calif., and the Diamond Queens of Lynnwood, Wash., both won twice Saturday.

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Spokane team alive at ASA

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