Lambert lifts Viks past Trojans
<p>Coeur d'Alene High's Colin Comack reaches back to fire off a throw to first base after getting the out at second against Dylan Charbonneau from Post Falls High during the Vikings 13-5 win Tuesday.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Matt Lambert went 4 for 4 with four RBIs and three stolen bases as the Coeur d'Alene Vikings downed the Post Falls Trojans 13-5 in 5A Inland Empire League baseball Tuesday at Ted Page Field.
Kaleb DeHaas went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for Coeur d'Alene (11-1, 4-0 5A IEL). Jake Pereira struck out three in four shutout innings for the Vikings.
"We got a lot of strikes out of our starting pitching, and we played good defense behind them, and we ran the bases well," Coeur d'Alene coach Nick Rook said.
Coeur d'Alene travels to Sandpoint today at 4, in a game moved up from Thursday.
Post Falls (3-3, 0-2) visits Lake City today at 4.
Post Falls 000 023 0 - 5 4 5
Coeur d'Alene 213 313 x - 13 15 0
Tony Davidson, Dylan Charbonneau (4), Zach Carter (5) and Zack Reeder; Jake Pereira, Danny Lockert (5), Logan Brastrup (7) and Kaleb DeHaas, Levi Pereira (5). W - J. Pereira (5-0). L - Davidson.
HITS: PF - Reeder, Davidson, Valente, Denney. Cd'A - Duran 2, Lambert 4, Turbin, Comack 2, DeHaas 2, J. Pereira, Lockert, Schmidt, Baracco. 2B - Turbin, Comack, DeHaas 2. 3B - Comack.
Lakeland 10-3
Lake City 4-6
COEUR d'ALENE - Tyler Burnett's three-run homer in the fifth inning of the first game put the Hawks up 5-4, and the visitors did not relinquish the lead.
In the second game, Lakeland (3-5) tied it with three runs in the top of the sixth inning. But the umpires called the game due to darkness after that, so the score reverted to the fifth inning, giving the Timberwolves a 6-3 win.
Mitch Bevacqua hit a two-run double in the fifth inning of the second game for Lake City (5-4), and Garrett Cabeza hit a pair of RBI triples.
Lake City plays host to Post Falls today at 4. Lakeland travels to Sandpoint for a doubleheader Thursday at 3 p.m.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 001 162 0 - 10 5 0
Lake City 004 000 0 - 4 7 3
Cody Vandever and Luke Howell; Taylor Combo, Sam Fortis (4), Colton Houlihan (6) and Emmitt Stangel. W - Vandever. L - Fortis (0-1).
HITS: LL - Hart, Cooper, Burnett, Vandever, Whitesitt. LC - Hoffman, Bevacqua, Pattis, Curtis, Smyly, Stangel, Combo. 2B - Hoffman. HR - Burnett.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 020 01 - 3 3 0
Lake City 201 12 - 6 5 3
Daniel Mobeck, Daniel Whitesitt (3), Gaige Gray (4) and A.J. Walls, Luke Howell (5); Suraji Kedia, Dan Brum (3) and Ben Cheevers. W - Brum (1-0). L - Whitesitt.
HITS: LL - Mobeck 2, Vandever. LC - Cabeza 2, Hoffman, Bevacqua, Pattis. 2B - Bevacqua. 3B - Cabeza 2, Hoffman.
Bonners Ferry 8
Timberlake 1
BONNERS FERRY — Alex Awbrey went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored as the Badgers defeated the Tigers in an Intermountain League game.
Austin Allen walked and scored on a single by Tyler Shaffer in the fifth inning for Timberlake (2-4, 0-1 IML), which hosts Kellogg on Friday.
Dan Mayzell had six strikeouts for Bonners Ferry (3-5, 3-0), which travels to Sandpoint on Saturday.
Timberlake 000 010 0 — 1 5 1
Bonners Ferry 400 022 x — 8 9 1
Tyler Shaffer and Austin Allen; Dan Mayzell, Austin Wilson (7) and Alek Lopez. W — Mayzell (1-0). L — Shaffer.
HITS: TL — Page 2, McNamara, Shaffer, Hayden. BF — Lopez, Wilson, Mayzell 2, Awbrey 3, Conlin, Abeyta. 2B — Wilson, Mayzell.