Indians start second half with loss

BOISE - Yaniel Cabezas homered to right field leading off the sixth inning to break a 4-all tie as the Boise Hawks defeated the Spokane Indians 5-4 to start the second half of the Northwest League baseball season Tuesday night in front of 2,365 at Memorial Stadium.

Brett Nicholas went 1 for 3 with three RBIs for Spokane, which hosts Eugene in a five-game series starting tonight at 6:30 at Avista Stadium.