LEGION BASEBALL: Lewis-Clark sweeps Northern Lakes
<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>Northern Lakes' Braden Gifford throws from the mound to first baseman Dalton Strong in an attempt to pick off Lewis-Clark's Riley Way during the second game of a double-header on Wednesday at Gorton Field in Rathdrum.</p>
<p>JAKE PARRISH/Press</p><p>Northern Lakes' shortstop Joe Strietzel lines up to field a ground ball hit by a Lewis-Clark player on Wednesday at Gorton Field in Rathdrum.</p>
RATHDRUM — The visiting Lewis-Clark Twins finished a North Idaho League doubleheader with a combined 30 hits, beating the Northern Lakes Mountaineers 8-5 and 13-4 on Wednesday at Gorton Field.
“Lewis-Clark is one of the best hitting teams I’ve seen,” Northern Lakes coach Al Bevacqua said. “Our kids showed a great deal of grit tonight. I couldn’t be prouder of them.”
In the first game, Seth Villanpando drove in two runs and both Dalton Strong and J.J. Mackesy had two hits each for Northern Lakes. Andrew Neilson drove in a pair of runs in the second game for Northern Lakes.
It was the league opener for Lewis-Clark.
Northern Lakes (7-11, 2-4 NIL) begins the Fourth of July Wood Bat Classic on Friday, facing West Kelowna at 8 a.m. and the Hanford Flames at 10:30 at Rogers High in Spokane.
FIRST GAME
Lewis-Clark 201 031 1 — 8 14 1
Northern Lakes 200 011 1 — 5 10 5
W — Chase. L — Bradbury.
HITS: L-C — Way 3, Robinson 2, Phillips 2, Tibbits, White, Munoz 2, Moore 3. NL — Neilson, Pote, Strong 2, Mackesy 2, Villanpando, Strietzel, Price 2. 2B — Way, Robinson, Phillips, Munoz, Moore, Strong, Mackesy, Villanpando, Price. 3B — Moore. HR — Munoz.
SECOND GAME
Lewis-Clark 215 022 1 — 13 16 3
Northern Lakes 100 030 0 — 4 6 5
W — Murphy. L — Strong.
HITS: L-C — Way 3, Phillips, White 3, Tibbits, Powell 2, Olson, Grijalva 3, Light 2. NL — Neilson, McDaniel, Strong, Mackesy, Strietzel, Price. 2B — Way, White, Olson, Grijalva, Neilson. HR — Tibbits.