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Granite Falls Kilowatts season ends with loss to Spicer Twins 13-4

Chris Drummond

SPICER- The Granite Falls Kilowatts traveled to Spicer for the opening round of the Region 4C tournament facing off against the New London Spicer Twins. The Winner would go on to play the Cornbelt League champions Raymond Rockets in the finale of Saturday’s games at 5:30 on the same field. The Kilowatts season would come to an end after a horrific start to the game as it got out of hand early and ultimately would lose 13-4. The Twins got off to a quick start putting up two runs in the first inning and then followed it up by scoring seven runs in the second and two more in the third while keeping the Kilowatts bats at bay going up 11-0 after three innings. The Twins added another run and the game was about to be called after seven inning due to the run rule in the league of being up 10 or more after seven innings.

The Kilowatts bats would come alive scoring four runs in the top of the seventh inning extending the game but it wasn’t enough as the Twins would punch their ticket to more postseason play by winning 13-4. Kyle Tebeest for the Kilowatts led the team in hits with three and had a RBI Teammates Bennett Knapper and Bryce Sneller Jr. Both would have two hits apiece with Sneller adding a RBI. Manager of the Kilowatts Mike Richter reflected on the game and season for his team.

“We have a very young group on the field and overall last night didn’t start too good but the guys didn’t quit,” Richter said. “We competed till the very end and I was proud of my team for that. We didn’t start the season out good but we started playing some great baseball, got on a roll and won six straight. I wanted to let my team know how proud I was of how we finished the season and I’m looking forward to next year.”

Richter added that he most looking forward to the guys coming back playing together and just having fun He also mentioned about the age of his players being 28 and younger for the most part, how exciting things can be next year if they manage to get off to a better start.

The Kilowatts finished the season going 8-10, first knocking off the Wabasso Jaxx in a 4-2 victory to earn the opportunity to play in the play in playoff game.