St. Maries falls to Fruitland in 3A semifinals

ONTARIO, Ore. - Joe Martarano hit a grand slam in the fifth inning as the two-time defending champion Fruitland Grizzlies capitalized on five errors by the St. Maries Lumberjacks to win 13-1 in a semifinal game in the state 3A baseball tournament Friday night at Treasure Valley Community College.

"He's verbally committed to play linebacker at Boise State," said St. Maries coach Craig Tefft of Martarano. "He's one of the top prospects for baseball in the nation. He's a big kid and impressive athlete."

St. Maries took a 1-0 lead on an RBI single by David Barbour to score Ashton Stephenson. The Lumberjacks had runners in scoring position in each inning, but were unable to score again.

“We were in a great position to make it competitive,” Tefft said. “We just couldn’t get that hit to score that run. We got a great effort from our pitching, but didn’t play well defensively and offensively. They’re a good team and don’t need any help being good.”

St. Maries (12-10) will face Snake River in the third-place game today.

Fruitland 006 25 — 13 9 0

St. Maries 100 00 — 1 3 5

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Huff, Seamans (3) and Webber; David Barbour, Dylan Michael (4), Tyson Truscott (5) and Ray Flowers. W — Huff. L — Barbour (3-3).

HITS: Fruit — Blackwell, Martarano 3, Lacrone, Webber, Ware, Grace 2. SM — Stapleton, Stephenson, Barbour. HR — Martarano.

Coeur d’Alene 7

Idaho Falls 6 (8 inn.)

BOISE — Jesse O’Hagan doubled in the bottom of the eighth and scored the winning run for the Vikings in the consolation bracket game at Memorial Stadium.

Coeur d’Alene (23-3), which had its 22-game winning streak snapped by Mountain View of Meridian in the first round Thursday night, will play 5A Inland Empire League foe Lewiston (12-13) for the consolation title today at 9 a.m. PDT.

Catcher Levi Pereira went 4 for 4 and scored a pair of runs for Coeur d’Alene. Kolby DeHaas went 2 for 3, and Sean Sutton tied the game at 6 with a sacrifice fly in the seventh.

Idaho Falls 200 210 10 — 6 9 2

Coeur d’Alene 121 000 21 — 7 11 5

0 out when winning run scored.

Max Carlson, Ricky Higginbotham (7), Jaeger Jensen (8) and Johnny Hyland; Bubba Duran and Levi Pereira. W — Duran. L — Higginbotham.

HITS: IF — Jones, Hyland, Greene, Guza, Carlson, Higginbotham 2, Thayer, Benson. Cd’A — Nyquist, Pereira 4, DeHaas 2, D. Sutton, O’Hara 2. 2B — Hyland, D. Sutton, O’Hagan 2.

Bonneville 8

Lakeland 5

NAMPA — At the state 4A tournament at Rodeo Park, the Hawks went two and out with the loss to the Bees from Idaho Falls in the consolation bracket.

Lakeland finished 16-7. No report was received from the Hawks.

Payette 15

Timberlake 5

ONTARIO, Ore. — The Tigers bowed out of the state 3A tournament at Treasure Valley Community College with the loss in the consolation bracket game.

Timberlake finished 14-8. No report was received from the Tigers.