Prairie earns split with Trail

TRAIL, British Columbia - Derek Tymesen had four hits and three RBIs on Tuesday as the Prairie Cardinals fell 9-8 in the first game and won 8-4 in the second game against the Trail Jays in North Idaho League baseball play at Butler Park on Tuesday.

Cody Vandever hit a two-run home run in a six-run sixth inning for Prairie. Jeff Sidey was 3 for 5 and Brady Glover had three hits for Trail (16-17, 5-5).

"We came out kind of sluggish in the first game," Prairie assistant coach Kyle Reese said. "Cody (Vandever) stepped up and hit a shot and we started to string some hits together and kept knocking guys in."

In the second game, Tony Davidson had three hits as the Cardinals defeated the Jays.

"We kind of came out upset that we'd lost the first game and jumped on them," Reese said. "We got out to a fast start and the bottom of the lineup started to hit."

Nik Leva had three RBIs for Prairie (13-23, 8-6), which hosts Lewis-Clark on Thursday at Post Falls High.

FIRST GAME

Prairie 001 006 1 - 8 8 5

Trail 420 200 1 - 9 14 0

Nobody out when winning run scored.

Kostas Garcia, Tyler Burnett (6) and Cody VanDuyne; Cam Strachan, Jarret Conway (5), Ethan Green (7) and Kyle Paulson. W - Greene. L - Burnett (0-1).

HITS: Pra - Tymesen 2, VanDuyne, Vandever 2, Burnett, Peery, Davidson. Tra - Sidey 3, Underwood 3, Rebelato, Glover 3, Strachan, Rypien 2, Paulson. 2B - Glover. HR - Vandever.

SECOND GAME

Prairie 043 001 0 - 8 11 2

Trail 002 200 0 - 4 8 0

Cody Vandever, Derek Tymesen (7) and Cody VanDuyne; Garret Kucher and Kyle Paulson. W - Vandever (4-2). L - Koucher.

HITS: Pra - Tymesen 2, Leva 2, Metcalf, Smith, Burnett, Peery, Davidson 3. Tra - Sidey 3, Underwood, Rebelato, Glover, Miller, Kucher. 2B - Davidson, Leva.