Sumner's slam sends Vikings to 5A IEL sweep
POST FALLS — Jackson Sumner broke the second game open with a grand slam in the top of the sixth innning as the Coeur d’Alene Vikings swept the Post Falls Trojans 10-5 and 9-3 in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both schools at Post Falls High on Saturday.
Sumner’s homer came with Coeur d’Alene leading 4-3 in the second game. Jayce Bailey homered in both games for Coeur d’Alene, which improves to 10-2.
“We’d had some good at-bats to load the bases and Jackson put a good swing on the ball,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “It was just good team baseball yet again. We didn’t play as sound as I’d like defensively, but they did enough to get a couple of wins. We pitched really well, played great defense and had great approaches at the plate all day.”
Cameron Luckey had six hits on the day for Coeur d’Alene, driving in a combined three runs.
Jake Pfennigs homered twice in the first game for Post Falls.
“They’re doing a lot better job of having good approaches at the plate,” Mahin said of Post Falls. “They’re a scary team and have a lot of talent. They’re starting to mature and figure things out, and it centers around Pfennigs. He’s an incredible talent.”
Coeur d’Alene visits Lewiston on Wednesday for a doubleheader at Church Field.
Post Falls (5-6) hosts Lake City on Tuesday in a doubleheader.
FIRST GAME
Coeur d’Alene 112 222 2 — 10 13 1
Post Falls 020 102 0 — 5 5 2
Jackson Sumner, Jayce Bailey (6), Daniel Gunnerson (7) and Kellen Langley; Jake Pfennigs, Jacob Rutherford (6) and Nate Buer. W — Sumner. L — Pfennigs.
HITS: Cd’A — C. Luckey 3, Mayfield, T. Luckey, Langley, Sumner, Beggerly 2, Bailey, Thompson 2, Bunch. PF — Weeks, Bennett, Pfennigs 2, Fleming. 3B — Mayfield. HR — C. Luckey, Bailey, Pfennigs 2.
SECOND GAME
Coeur d’Alene 010 305 0 — 9 13 2
Post Falls 000 120 0 — 3 7 1
Thomas Robinson, Justin Bates (6), Daniel Gunnerson (7) and Kellen Langley; Wesley Brown, Isiah Gosney (6) and Nate Buer. W — Robinson. L — Brown.
HITS: Cd’A — C. Luckey 3, T. Luckey, Sumner 2, Beggerly, Bailey 2, Thompson 2, Gjevre 2. PF — Weeks, Buer 3, Gosney, Bennett, Rutherford. 2B — C. Luckey, Bailey, Buer. HR — Sumner, Bailey, Bennett.
Lewiston 9-3
Lake City 1-4
LEWISTON — Brandon Gay allowed one earned run over five innings in the second game and the Timberwolves bounced back for a split with the Bengals in the 5A Inland Empire League opener for both at Church Field.
Lake City fell in the opener 9-1, but fought back to win 4-3 in the second game on the heels of a two RBI game by Kyle Manzardo.
“Lewiston’s a really good team and they’ve got quite a few seniors and a lot of experience,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “I’m proud that our guys rallied back to get the win in the second game. Brandon pitched a really good game. Everyone’s at the same point right now. We’ve just got to continue to get better each day.”
Lake City (6-3) travels to Post Falls on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Lake City 000 001 0 — 1 6 1
Lewiston 030 033 x — 9 9 1
Nathan Phillips, Andrew Rios (5), Zach Sensel (7) and Conner Conigliaro; Baldwin, Phillips (5) and Fuller. W — Baldwin. L — Phillips.
HITS: LC — Manzardo, Phillips, Rios, Stapleton, Compton, Conigilaro. Lew — Light 2, Way, White, Phillips, Baldwin, Washburn 2, Fuller. 2B — Washburn.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 002 020 0 — 4 7 3
Lewiston 000 012 0 — 3 9 0
Brandon Gay, Kodie Kolden (6) and Brock Sween; Stottlemyre, White (5) and Fuller. W — Gay. L — Stottlemyre. S — Kolden.
HITS: LC — Cunningham, Kolden 2, Manzardo 2, Phillips, Sensel. Lew — Light, Way 2, White 2, Phillips, Baldwin, Washburn, Fuller. 2B — Manzardo, Cunningham, Way.
Moscow 3-5
Lakeland 2-13
MOSCOW — Jared McDaniel drove in three runs and four others had two RBIs each for the Hawks in the second game of a split with the Bears in 4A Inland Empire League play.
“I told my players between games that they just needed to relax and have fun playing the game,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “And they responded really well.”
Lakeland finished the second game with three doubles and three triples, with Andrew Neilson finishing with three hits and four runs scored.
“The guys were hitting the ball in the gaps and running the bases very well,” Bradbury said.
Lakeland hosts East Valley on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 000 200 0 — 2 4 3
Moscow 000 210 x — 3 4 1
Max Baker and Jared McDaniel; Larson, Dunn (5) and unknown. W — Dunn. L — Baker.
HITS: LL — Pote, McDaniel, Price 2. Mos — Knott, Larson, Reyes, Vis. 2B — Pote, Larson.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 040 441 0 — 13 17 4
Moscow 001 400 0 — 5 7 1
Dylan Bradbury, Ryan Pote (5) and Jared McDaniel; Bronneke, Dunn (4), Gosse (5) and unknown. W — Bradbury. L — Bronneke.
HITS: LL — Neilson 3, Pote 3, McDaniel 3, Mackesy 2, Strietzel 2, Price 2, Gifford, Baker. Mos — Gosse, Knott 2, Larson, Reyes 2, Thompson. 2B — Mackesy, Strietzel, Gifford. 3B — Neilson, Pote, Baker, Gosse.
Timberlake 12-15
Priest River 1-1
SPIRIT LAKE — Logan McDonald had six strikeouts in the first game and drove in three runs in the second, sending the Tigers to a sweep of the Spartans in the Intermountain League opener for both schools.
“Logan had really good command of everything he threw today,” first-year Timberlake coach Cameron Knigge said. “He only threw 63 pitches and was really effective all day.”
In the second game, McDonald and Dustin Smith drove in three runs and Brenden Jessen added two RBIs for Timberlake (2-4), which plays at Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.
“For the most part, our defense played really well,” Knigge said. “We stole 10 bases in the two games, which was an area we needed to work on and get better.”
FIRST GAME
Priest River 100 00 — 1 1 7
Timberlake 014 7x — 12 6 1
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Storro, Best (4) and Reeves; Logan McDonald and Seth Villanpando. W — McDonald (1-1). L — Storro.
HITS: PR — Hartwig. TL — J. McDonald, Smith, L. McDonald, McLemore, Harris 2. 2B — Harris.
SECOND GAME
Priest River 001 00 — 1 4 3
Timberlake 160 8x — 15 10 3
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Hartwig, Kuprienko (4) and Reeves; Brenden Jessen, Jack McDonald (5) and Seth Villanpando. W — Jessen (1-0). L — Hartwig.
HITS: PR — Jeter 2, Hartwig, Reeves. TL — Stevens, Villanpando 2, Smith, L. McDonald 2, Privitt, Jerome, Jessen, Gervais. 2B — Stevens, Villanpando, Jessen, Reeves.
Bonners Ferry 11-10
Kellogg 1-0
BONNERS FERRY — Jesse Dunham struck out 11 in a one-hitter in the first game and drove in two runs in the second, leading the Badgers to an Intermountain League sweep of the Wildcats.
Seth Bateman had two RBIs in the first game for Bonners Ferry and Nick Gray went 3 for 3 — all doubles — with three runs scored in the second game for Bonners Ferry (9-2), which hosts Timberlake on Tuesday.
Kellogg (0-4) hosts Priest River on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Kellogg 100 000 — 1 1 3
Bonners Ferry 322 013 — 11 7 2
Bumgardner, Ricketts (4) and Farkas; Jesse Dunham, B. Bateman (6) and Kevin Gray. W — Dunham (3-0). L — Bumgardner.
HITS: Kell — Bumgardner. BF — B. Bateman 2, Sabin 2, S. Bateman, Dunham, Rodriguez.
SECOND GAME
Kellogg 000 00 — 0 3 2
Bonners Ferry 205 21 — 10 10 1
Mueller, Jennings (4) and Farkas; Kevin Gray, Shane Walker (5) and Brady Bateman. W — Gray (3-0). L — Mueller.
HITS: Kell — Ricketts 2, Jennings. BF — B. Bateman 2, Sabin 3, Walker, S. Bateman 2, Dunham 2. 2B — N. Sabin 3, Dunham.