Lake City sweeps Cd'A, moves into first

Lake City’s Kodie Kolden pitched a shutout in the first game against Coeur d’Alene on Tuesday. LOREN BENOIT/Press

Coeur d’Alene High’s Caleb Beggerly fields a throw from shortstop for an out in a game against Lake City Tuesday afternoon at Coeur d’Alene High. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)

| April 25, 2018 1:00 AM

Coeur dAlene Highs Caleb Beggerly fields a throw from shortstop for an out in a game against Lake City Tuesday afternoon at Coeur dAlene High. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)

COEUR d’ALENE — After three straight splits to begin league play, Lake City swept on Tuesday, beating host Coeur d’Alene 5-0 and 8-6 at Ted Page Field to move into first place in the 5A Inland Empire League.

Kodie Kolden pitched a four-hit shutout with five strikeouts, and hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning of the opener for Lake City (14-3, 5-3 5A IEL).

Elijah Samaha hit a solo homer in the seventh for the Timberwolves, and Kyle Manzardo went 2 for 2 and scored twice.

In the second game, Coeur d’Alene (9-8, 3-5) scored four runs in the fourth inning to take a 4-3 lead. But Lake City answered with four runs in the top of the fifth, and held on.

Bridger Rinaldi hit a two-run homer in the third to boost Lake City’s lead to 3-0.

In the fourth, Riley Alley of Coeur d’Alene hit a two-run pinch-hit double, and Noah Mayfield followed with a two-run triple to put the Vikings ahead.

In the top of the fifth, Brandon Gay’s two-run single highlighted a four-run fifth for Lake City, all the damage coming after two out.

Coeur d’Alene scored twice in the sixth to pull within two runs. Manzardo pitched around a leadoff walk in the seventh to earn the save.

“We did a good job battling back in the second game,” said Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin, whose team has lost five straight. “In the first game Kodie did a good job keeping us off balance, and we weren’t able to find any holes. That second game we made some mistakes and gave that game back to them, when we could have got the split.”

Lake City plays host to Post Falls on Friday in a 5A IEL doubleheader. Coeur d’Alene plays host to Lewiston on Saturday in a league twinbill.

FIRST GAME

Lake City 000 030 2 — 5 7 0

Coeur d’Alene 000 000 0 — 0 4 0

Kodie Kolden and Conner Conigliaro; Justin Bates, Colt Rowley (7) and Carter Friesz. W — Kolden (4-1). L — Bates.

HITS: LC — Samaha, Kolden, Manzardo 2, Rinaldi, Sensel 2. Cd’A — Friesz, Bailey, Bunch, Thompson. 2B — Manzardo 2. HR — Kolden (2), Samaha (1).

SECOND GAME

Lake City 102 041 0 — 8 7 0

Coeur d’Alene 000 402 0 — 6 9 2

Brandon Gay, Zach Sensel (4), Kyle Manzardo (7) and Conner Conigliaro; Cody Davenport, Colt Rowley (6), Brett Keesee (7) and Carter Friesz. W — Sensel (1-0). L — Davenport. S — Manzardo (2).

HITS: LC — Samaha, Kolden, Cunningham, Rinaldi, Conigliaro, Gay 2. Cd’A — Mayfield 2, Friesz 2, Dooley, Thompson 2, Beggerly, Alley. 2B — Samaha, Thompson, Friesz, Alley. 3B — Mayfield. HR — Rinaldi (1).

Timberlake 26

Kellogg 1

KELLOGG — Dustin Smith hit a three-run home run in the first and fifth inning for the Tigers in an Intermountain League romp of the Wildcats at Teeters Field.

Logan McDonald had four runs batted in and Darren Mullin three RBIs for Timberlake (10-4, 5-1 IML), which faces Priest River in a doubleheader on Saturday at Timberlake High. The Spartans, due to rainouts, will be the designated home team for the games.

Timberlake pitcher Logan McDonald struck out five in three innings and Kobe Harris fanned four in two innings of relief.

“We hit the ball well,” Timberlake coach Cameron Knigge said. “Dustin hit the ball really well with a couple of home runs, and both Seth (Villanpando) and Darren hit the ball really well. Our pitching was pretty on target today as well.”

Logan McDonald struck out five in three innings and Kobe Harris fanned four in two innings of relief for Timberlake.

Tuesday’s second game, a nonleague game, was cancelled by Kellogg due to a shortage of pitching.

Kellogg is 3-9, 2-4 and hosts Bonners Ferry on Saturday.

Timberlake 885 23 — 26 16 2

Kellogg 000 10 — 1 3 8

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

Logan McDonald and Seth Villanpando; L. Jerome, C. Jerome (2), White (3), Brain (4) and Bumgarner. W — L. McDonald.

HITS: TL — Powell 3, Benefield, J. McDonald, Villanpando 2, Smith 2, Kleyhauer, L. McDonald 2, Mullin 2, Drake 2, Privett. Kell — C. Jerome 2, Bumgarner. 2B — Powell 2, L. McDonald, Villanpando, Bumgarner. 3B — C. Jerome. HR — Smith 2.

LATE MONDAY

Moscow 4-16

Lakeland 0-13

RATHDRUM — The Hawks dropped a pair of 4A Inland Empire League games to the Bears at Gorton Field late Monday.

Lakeland had two hits in the opener and allowed eight unanswered runs in the nightcap.

Garrett Moen and Dylan Bradbury had three RBIs each in the second game for Lakeland (9-10, 1-3 4A IEL), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Thursday.

“We had the lead (in the second game), but just couldn’t close it out,” Lakeland coach Jason Bradbury said. “We have to be able to finish teams when we’re up and play the distance. We have a lot of work to do.”

Moscow is 3-1 in league.

FIRST GAME

Moscow 000 003 1 — 4 7 0

Lakeland 000 000 0 — 0 2 4

P. Broeneke and unknown; Dylan Bradbury and unknown. W — Broeneke. L — Bradbury.

HITS: Mos — Gray, Thompson 2, Adams 2, C. Vis, Becker. LL — Bradbury, Siegford.

SECOND GAME

Moscow 022 137 1 — 16 15 1

Lakeland 523 030 0 — 13 17 2

Gray, Thompson (2), Dunn (3), B. Vis (5), C. Vis (6) and unknown; Max Baker, Ezra Grigg, Braeden Gifford (5), Dylan Bradbury (6), Van Hegbloom (6) and unknown. W — Dunn. L — Gifford. S — C. Vis.

HITS: Mos — Gray, Redinger 2, Thompson, B. Vis 2, Adams 2, C. Vis 3, Dunn 3, Broeneke. LL — Clift, Baker 3, Bradbury 3, Gifford 3, Aragon, Suko, Taylor, Moen 4. 2B — Vis, Dunn, Broeneke, Baker, Bradbury, Gifford, Moen.