Local teams begin play today in wood-bat tourney

Coeur d’Alene, Prairie and Northern Lakes are all scheduled to begin play today at the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Fourth of July Wood Bat Classic.

Coeur d’Alene hosts a pod at Thorco Field. The Lums play Great Falls at 8 a.m. and Bellingham at 6 p.m.

Prairie hosts a pod at Post Falls High. The Cardinals play the Spokane Cannons at 8 a.m. and Edmonton at 6 p.m.

Northern Lakes plays in a pod at Gonzaga Prep. The Mountaineers play Gonzaga Prep at 8 a.m. and the Juanita Baseball Club at 10:30.

THURSDAY

Northern Lakes 19-15

St. Maries 4-4

ST. MARIES — Jack McDonald went 4 for 5 with two RBIs and three runs scored in the first game for Northern Lakes (17-6, 13-11 class A North Idaho League), and Max Baker went 2 for 4 with five RBIs and three runs.

Colton Aragon drove in five runs in the second game for Northern Lakes.

On Wednesday, Sandpoint led Northern Lakes 8-2 after 2 1/2 innings when a thunderstorm hit and the game was rained out. It will be resumed next Thursday at Sandpoint, prior to the teams’ regularly scheduled game.

LATE TUESDAY

Lewis-Clark 8-10

Prairie 4-0

LEWISTON — Leading 2-1, the host Twins broke open the first game with six runs in the sixth inning, and went on to sweep the class AA North Idaho League doubleheader at Harris Field.

“Porter pitched great; at one point he struck out five guys in a row,” Prairie coach Pat Calls said. “We let him down tonight; we needed to make a couple plays to get the win and we came up short. The score doesn’t reflect the effort he put in. We made two errors in the sixth inning and (Alex) Light hit a grand slam but we should have been in the dugout hitting before he came up.”

In the second game, the Cardinals (7-9, 1-5 NIL) were done in by an eight-run second inning by the Twins (13-4, 2-0).

“We gave up a huge number in the second inning but beyond that we played OK,” Call said. “We need to play better defense and do a better job of hitting balls clean when we get them.”

FIRST GAME

Prairie 001 000 3 — 4 2 2

Lewis-Clark 100 016 x — 8 6 0

Jared Porter, Sam Schulze (6) and Seth Villanpando; Danny Robinson, Kole Olson (7), Luke White (7) and Chase Adkison.

HITS: Pra — Zeller, Elliott. L-C — Adkison, Phillips, White, Powell, Light 2. 2B — Adkison. 3B — Elliott. HR — Light.

SECOND GAME

Prairie 000 00 — 0 3 4

Lewis-Clark 180 1x — 10 9 0

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Jacob Elliott, Brock Zeller (2) and Sam Schulze; Riley Way and Chase Adkisson.

HITS: Pra — McCliment-Call, Benson, Buck. L-C — Light, Adkisson, Washburn 2, Powell, Van Boeyen 2. 2B — Washburn, Van Boeyen.