PREP BASEBALL: Baumgarner, Hunt spark Post Falls to win over Cd'A in 8
<p>Coeur d'Alene High's Devin Kluss positions himself to avoid the tag at third base by Kurtis Wiltse from Post Falls High. Kluss was called safe on the play.</p>
<p>Coeur d'Alene High's Nick Nyquist makes the throw to first for the out on a Post Falls High hitter during the eighth inning Tuesday.</p>
POST FALLS - Derek Baumgarner had two RBIs, including a walk-off single to score Ryan Hunt with one out in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Post Falls Trojans beat the Coeur d'Alene Vikings 3-2 in the 5A Inland Empire League baseball opener for both schools Tuesday at Post Falls High.
Post Falls snapped an 18-game losing streak to Coeur d'Alene. The Trojans' last win over the Vikings came in a loser-out game at the 2008 5A Region 1 tournament.
Hunt also struck out 11 for Post Falls (3-2, 1-0 5A IEL), which travels to Moscow for a nonleague doubleheader on Thursday.
"I was really, really proud of (Ryan) Hunt," Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. "It was one of the better pitching performances I've ever seen. He was really strong and had some good off-speed stuff going and it was good for J.D. Sullivan to come in and get the win late. We struggled offensively because (Sean) Sutton pitched so well for them, but it was good to get through that first couple of innings."
Alec Barrowcliff had a two-run RBI single for Coeur d’Alene, which travels to Lewiston on Saturday for an IEL doubleheader at Church Field. Gibson Green scored on a wild pitch to tie the game in the seventh for Coeur d’Alene.
Coeur d’Alene 000 010 10 — 2 7 2
Post Falls 000 200 01 — 3 10 1
1 out when winning run scored.
Sean Sutton, Devin Kluss (8) and Kolby DeHaas; Ryan Hunt, J.D. Sullivan and Matt Hammond. W — Sullivan (1-0). L — Kluss.
HITS: Cd’A — Kluss, Barrowcliff, Pereira, Sutton, Green 2, Bailey. PF — Wiltsie 2, Gomer, Hunt, Hammond, Buschbacher, Baumgarner 2, Ludiker, Bailey. 2B — Green.
Lewiston 1-10
Lake City 0-0
LEWISTON — Kyler Brooks scored the only run of the first game, then was a walk away from a perfect game in the second game to lead the Bengals past the Timberwolves in a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Church Field.
In the first game, Ethan Brandt had two hits and Austin Lake allowed seven hits on the mound for Lake City (2-4, 0-2 5A IEL), which travels to Lakeland on Thursday.
“Austin didn’t have many strikeouts, but he didn’t have many walks either,” Lake City coach Travis Georgius said. “He threw a lot of strikes and it was a pretty efficient game on both ends in the first game. We just didn’t capitalize on the momentum from the first game and came out flat in the second game, and you can’t do that against Lewiston because they’re a good team.”
FIRST GAME
Lake City 000 000 0 — 0 4 0
Lewiston 000 100 x — 1 7 0
Austin Lake and Reilly Cherry; Tyler Charlo and Bret Martin. W — Charlo. L — Lake (0-2).
HITS: LC — Bevacqua, Brandt 2, Winger. Lew — Wakefield, Brooks, Martin, Meacham, Charlo, Reynolds 2. 2B — Brandt, Charlo. 3B — Brooks.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 000 00 — 0 0 2
Lewiston 007 12 — 10 14 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
J.J. Winger, Sam Schultz (3), Kyle Parson (5) and Ethan Brandt; Kyler Brooks and Jake Ralstin. W — Brooks. L — Winger (1-2).
HITS: LC — none. Lew — Wakefield 2, Charlo 2, Fuller, Brooks, Ralstin, Martin 3, Woods 2, Meacham. 2B — Wakefield, Charlo, Ralstin, Martin, Woods.
Lakeland 13
Sandpoint 0
SANDPOINT — Jesse Marks tossed a one-hitter, and Jeremy McKinney had four hits and scored three runs to lead the Hawks over the Bulldogs in the 4A Inland Empire League opener at Pine St. Field.
Evan Johnson had three hits, including a double, as Lakeland (6-1) scored five first inning runs and banged out 15 hits.
“We’re trying to be patient at the plate, see the ball deep,” said Hawks coach Jason Bradbury. “Jeremy and Evan hit some nice shots.”
Justin Puryear had a single and stolen base to lead the Bulldogs (0-7).
Lakeland is scheduled to play at Timberlake today at 4.
Lakeland 531 22 — 13 15 0
Sandpoint 000 00 — 0 1 4
Jesse Marks and James Prockish; Nik Feyen, Michael Plaster (4) and Paul Sundquist. W — Marks. L — Feyen (0-4).
HITS: LL — Jackson 2, Ceballos, McKinney 4, Carr 2, Johnson 3, Prockish, Wrotenberg, Bruner. Spt — Puryear. 2B — McKinney, Johnson.
Timberlake 11
Kellogg 3
SPIRIT LAKE — Mason Cramer went 2 for 4 with four RBIs, two coming on a sixth-inning single, as the host Tigers opened Intermountain League play by winning their fifth straight game.
Austin Allen added three RBIs for Timberlake (5-5), including a two-run single in the second inning.
“We’re playing much better defense than we were earlier,” Timberlake coach Bill Rider said.
Timberlake is scheduled to host Lakeland today at 4.
Brandon Scott had a pair of hits for Kellogg (0-4, 0-1 IML), which plays host to St. Maries on Thursday.
Kellogg 001 110 0 — 3 7 3
Timberlake 120 305 x — 11 10 1
Jack Long, Logan Silva (6) and Casey Jerome; Bryce Johnson, Derek Hansen (7) and Austin Allen. W — Johnson (2-1). L — Long.
HITS: Kell — Jerome, Berman, Long, Scott 2, Redd, Easley. TL — Hansen 2, Cramer 2, Allen, Tonkin, Masterson 2, Galloway, Foster 2. 2B — Long, Scott.