Vikings start fast, down Lakeland
LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeland’s Nicolas Welch bunts the ball in a game against Coeur d’Alene High on Wednesday.
Lakeland's Nicolas Welch tries to breakup a double play and is called out as Coeur d'Alene's Jake Brown throws to first to complete the play in Wednesday's game at Coeur d'Alene High. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
COEUR d’ALENE — As a team goal this season, the Coeur d’Alene High baseball team wants to start fast.
On a rainy day Wednesday, the Vikings did just that, scoring four runs in the first inning on the way to a 12-2 win over the Lakeland Hawks at Ted Page Field.
“It was a good, team baseball win,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin said. “We came out strong in the first inning, and that’s been one of the goals to score first this year. We were able to put up a crooked number and it gave our pitchers some confidence. We turned some double plays, which was nice considering how wet it was, and just rode the backs of our pitchers.”
The second game of the doubleheader was rained out after a storm hit between games. Mahin added the teams will try to reschedule the game.
Liam Paddack allowed two earned runs in three innings before Zach Mackimme closed it out with three scoreless innings of relief for Coeur d’Alene.
“Liam was effectively wild today,” Mahin said. “He didn’t give in, and when he got into hitters’ counts, he made them earn it. Zach just went out and did his thing and pounded the zone.”
Jake Brown and Cody Davenport had three RBIs each for Coeur d’Alene (6-1), which is scheduled to host Asotin on Tuesday.
Lakeland (1-5-1) is scheduled to host Timberlake today at 4 p.m.
Lakeland 020 000 — 2 8 0
Coeur d’Alene 404 031 — 12 11 1
Colton Aragon, Nicolas Welch (4), Tristan Clift (5) and Welch, Aragon (4); Liam Paddack, Zach Mackimmie (4) and Carter Friesz, Trent Elstad (6). W — Paddack. L — Aragon.
HITS: LL — Stocker, Bell 2, Aragon, Silva, Hegbloom, Dugger, Strietzel. Cd’A — Brown 2, Bunch 2, Friesz, Johnson 2, Davenport 2, Rowley, Karns. 2B — Hegbloom, Strietzel. 3B — Brown.
Lake City 5-7
Walla Walla 2-10
WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Brock Sween and Ryan Rios combined to allow four hits for the Timberwolves in the opener against the Blue Devils.
Marcus Manzardo, Bridger Rinaldi and Harrison Reid had two hits each, with Reid driving in two runs in the opener.
“Brock and Ryan pitched really well in that first game,” said Lake City coach Paul Manzardo. “We had some key hits with Marcus, Bridger and Harrison having good games. We played pretty solid defensively and got some clutch hitting when we needed it.”
In the nightcap, Walla Walla scored five runs in the bottom of the fourth to earn the split.
“We just had a rough fourth inning and had a hard time locating the strike zone,” Manzardo said. “We made a couple of mistakes defensively, and they kind of clawed back into it. We battled, but just ran out of time.”
Lake City is scheduled to visit Lakeland on April 11.
FIRST GAME
Lake City 002 000 3 — 5 11 1
Walla Walla 000 110 0 — 2 4 2
Brock Sween, Ryan Rios (6) and Conner Conigliaro; Kris Serrano, Joe Terry (5), Ryan Watilo (7) and Heston Richmond. W — Rios. L — Watilo.
HITS: LC — Manzardo 2, Cunningham, Rinaldi 2, Schuelke, Reid 2, Sween, Coppess, Childers. WW — Ahrens 2, Swanson, Peterson. 2B — Cunningham, Schuelke.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 230 110 0 — 7 12 2
Walla Walla 113 500 x — 10 8 0
Cooper Grohs, Brennon DeBoer (4), Landon Vergeer (4) and Conner Conigliaro; Dylan Ashbeck, Hunter Polley (4), Ian Kopf (4), Taylor Hamada (6) and Anthony Parish. W — Kopf. L — DeBoer. S — Hamada.
HITS: LC — Manzardo, Cunningham, Reid, Rinaldi 2, Schuelke 2, Conigliaro 2, Brum, Smith 2. WW — Ahrens, Swanson, Hamada 2, Ashbeck, Kopf, Terry, Parish. 2B — Rinaldi, Smith, Hamada.
Chiawana 14-4
Post Falls 11-1
PASCO, Wash. — Jacob Rutherford went 5 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs scored for the Trojans in a nonleague loss to the Riverhawks.
Paul Keating also had three RBIs for Post Falls (2-2), which is scheduled to host Lakeland on Monday in a doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
In the nightcap, Cole Rutherford hit an RBI double to cut the decifit to 4-1. Post Falls loaded the bases with one out, but was unable to push any more runs across the plate.
“We had three chances with runners in scoring position, and we failed all three times,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said. “Other than that, we played really well. Jake (Rutherford) pitched really well in the second game, but we just didn’t give him any help.”
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 103 320 2 — 11 12 0
Chiawana 008 420 x — 14 11 1
Austin Higgins, Jacob Schow (3), Zach Pollard (4) and Derek Pearse; Connor Mendez, JP Zamora (3), Brandon Garza (4), Ivan Palomino (4) and Riley Cissne. W — Palomino. L — Pollard.
HITS: PF — C. Rutherford 2, J. Rutherford 5, Lebsock 2, Keating 2, Pearse. Chi — Cissne 2, Vandine 2, Ruiz 2, Wagner, Zamora, Charron, Garza, Palomino. 2B — Lebsock 2, J. Rutherford, Ruiz, Vandine. 3B — J. Rutherford, Cissne.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 000 000 1 — 1 4 2
Chiawana 200 002 x — 4 6 0
Jake Rutherford, Tyson Rutherford (6) and Burton; Daniel Charron, Jayden Gill (7) and Riley Cissne. W — Charron. L — J. Rutherford. S — Gill.
HITS: PF — C. Rutherford 2, Pollard 2. Chi — Cissne, Ruiz 2, Wagner 2, Mendez. 2B — C. Rutherford, Cissne, Ruiz. 3B — Mendez.