Fairfax keeps 3-game lead in IVL
IOWA CITY - Fairfax is making a strong bid to snap Red Top's stranglehold on the Iowa Valley League title.
Fairfax split a doubleheader with Red Top on Sunday in games played at Iowa City West High School to maintain its three-game lead in the IVL standings with six games left in the regular season.
Red Top won the first game, 8-7, in eight innings, but Fairfax responded with an 8-0 victory in the nightcap.
Fairfax sits atop the league with a 12-2 record. Red Top, which has won six straight league titles, is sitting in second place at 9-5.
Trey Beckman drove in Cal Clark with the winning run for Red Top in the eighth inning of the opener. Beckman hit a two-run homer in the game and was named the IVL Player of the Week.
Reid Bonner went 4-or-4 for Red Top in the first game with a double, triple and three RBIs. Ben Norman had two hits for the winners.
Jimmy Lizarraga had three hits, three RBIs and a two-run homer for Fairfax in the first game. Read more...