Davenport battles as Viks sweep
LOREN BENOIT/Press Coeur d’Alene’s Trent Elstad rounds third as Vikings coach Nick Mahin waves him in to score a run against Lake City on Tuesday at Coeur d’Alene High.
Lake City first baseman Payton Childers fields a grounder in a game against Coeur d’Alene High on Tuesday. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene third baseman Noah Mayfield throws to first base for the out in Tuesday’s game against Lake City High. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City’s Brock Sween goes through his windup before delivering a pitch in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene High. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Coeur d’Alene’s Cody Davenport delivers a pitch in Tuesday’s game against Lake City. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City second baseman Marcus Manzardo fields a ground ball in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City’s Jackson Sherr makes contact on a pitch in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Lake City center fielder Brennen Schuelke makes a diving play on a fly ball in Tuesday’s game against Coeur d’Alene. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
COEUR d’ALENE — After seeing his senior pitcher return from illness, Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Mahin let Cody Davenport have it on Tuesday.
No, not like that.
Davenport, who had missed the previous week with the flu, allowed four runs in the first inning, then held visiting Lake City in check as his team rallied for a 10-9 win in the first game of a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Ted Page Field on Tuesay.
“Cody did a great job today,” Mahin said. “He came back to practice and the plan was to throw him about 45 pitches to get his energy back. That first inning didn’t go like he wanted it to, so we let him go a little longer and he really battled today. He gave us everything he had.”
Devon Johnson had three hits and three RBIs in the opener for Coeur d’Alene, which also claimed the nightcap 7-1 to get the sweep.
“I challenged them between games and they had a stellar game in the second game,” Mahin said. “We hit the ball well, and got back to playing our type of baseball.”
Coeur d’Alene (15-1, 8-0 5A IEL) hosts Lakeland on Thursday at 3 p.m.
Bridger Rinaldi hit a two-run homer in the first inning of the first game for Lake City (5-9, 2-6), which hosts Post Falls in a doubleheader starting on Friday at 2 p.m.
“I thought we had some good at-bats,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said. “We didn’t play a complete game. We’d play parts of that (first) game really well, and other parts we need to clean up. We’ve still got four games left in league, and anything can happen.”
FIRST GAME
Lake City 400 031 1 — 9 11 1
Coeur d’Alene 005 140 x — 10 14 1
Brock Sween, Camdyn Martindale (4), Cooper Grohs (5) and Conner Conigliaro; Cody Davenport, Landon Thompson (6) and Carter Friesz, Trent Elstad (6). W — Davenport. L — Grohs.
HITS: LC — Brum, Childers, Rinaldi 2, Conigliaro, Conces, Reid 2, Scherr, Sween, Manzardo. Cd’A — Chatfield 2, Mayfield 2, Bunch 2, Friesz 2, Johnson 3, Thompson, Karns 2, Elstad. 2B — Scherr, Johnson, Karns. HR — Rinaldi.
SECOND GAME
Lake City 000 001 0 — 1 4 4
Coeur d’Alene 104 002 x — 7 5 0
Ryan Rios, Alex Feek (3), Cooper Grohs (6) and Brock Sween; Zach Mackimmie, Quinton Bunch (7) and Carter Friesz, Trent Elstad (7). W — Mackimmie. L — Rios.
HITS: LC — Childers, Rinaldi, Conigliaro, Manzardo. Cd’A — Brown, Bunch 3, Elstad. 2B — Rinaldi, Brown.
Lewiston 3-6
Post Falls 1-7
POST FALLS — Kaden Cripps hit a bases-clearing single in the bottom of the second inning in the Trojans’ six-run bottom of the second inning, enough cushion for Post Falls to hold off the Bengals in the second game of a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader at Post Falls High.
Cole Rutherford scored two runs for Post Falls, which led the game 7-1 after two innings, then had to hold on late after Kyle Van Boeyen hit a grand slam for Lewiston in the fifth inning — one batter after the Trojans dropped a fly ball that would have ended the inning — to cut the deficit to 7-5.
In the opener, Van Boeyen hit a two-run single with two outs to give the Bengals the lead in the sixth inning. Cripps singled leading off the second inning and scored on a Lewiston error in the second inning.
“I’ve got to tip it to the pitchers tonight,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said, praising the work of Tyson Rutherford and his brother, Cole Rutherford, on the hill.
However, all nine of Lewiston’s runs were unearned.
Post Falls (5-9, 2-6 5A IEL) travels to Lake City for a doubleheader on Friday starting at 2 p.m.
Lewiston is 9-6, 4-4.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 000 003 0 — 3 8 2
Post Falls 010 000 0 — 1 2 2
Kyle Van Boeyen and Connor Stamper; Tyson Rutherford, Cole Rutherford (7) and Derek Pearse. W — Van Boeyen. L — C. Rutherford.
HITS: Lew — Wallace, Skinner 3, Bonfield 2, Van Boeyen, Hart. PF — Cripps, Lebsock. No extra-base hits.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 010 040 1 — 6 3 2
Post Falls 160 000 x — 7 7 4
Connor Stamper, Dylan Mader (2), George Lopez (3) and Austin Kolb; Austin Higgins, Zach Pollard (6), Cole Rutherford (6) and Derek Pearse. W — Higgins. L — Stamper.
HITS: Lew — Skinner, Van Boeyen, Hepburn. PF — C. Rutherford, Zeller 2, Cripps 2, J. Rutherford, Pearse. 2B — Hepburn. HR — Van Boeyen.
Lakeland 5-7
Sandpoint 1-2
RATHDRUM — Cameron Harris struck out eight in a complete-game win in the opener, and the Hawks went on to sweep the Bulldogs in 4A Inland Empire League play at Gorton Field.
Tristan Clift had two RBIs in the first game for Lakeland.
In the nightcap, Colton Aragon drove in three runs at the plate and allowed two hits over six innings on the mound, leading the Hawks to a sweep.
Lakeland (6-8-2, 4-2 4A IEL), which travels to Coeur d’Alene on Thursday at 3 p.m.
Sandpoint is 6-9, 2-4.
FIRST GAME
Sandpoint 100 000 0 — 1 7 5
Lakeland 000 500 x — 5 7 0
Butler, Davis (4), Bailey (6) and Dodd; Cameron Harris and Colton Aragon. W — Harris. L — Butler.
HITS: Spt — Brackett 2, Lehman, Bocksch, MacDonald, Dodd. LL — Harris, Taylor 2, Aragon, Dennison, Clift, Tierney. 2B — Brackett 2.
SECOND GAME
Sandpoint 000 100 1 — 2 2 1
Lakeland 140 200 x — 7 7 4
Lehman, Authier (4), Ackerman (6) and unknown; Colton Aragon, Tristan Clift (7) and unknown. W — Aragon. L — Lehman.
HITS: Spt — T. Lehman, A. Lehman. LL — Taylor, Bell, Silva, Aragon 2, Hegbloom, Tierney. 2B — T. Lehman, Aragon, Taylor, Hegbloom.
Timberlake 16-9
Bonners Ferry 2-1
BONNERS FERRY — Kobe Harris struck out nine and scattered two hits in the opener, and Jack McDonald fanned 12 and pitched a four-hitter in the nightcap as the visiting Tigers swept the Badgers in Intermountain League play.
In the first game, Louis Powell went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for Timberlake (9-6-1, 8-0 IML), and Jacob James drove in four runs.
In the second game, McDonald drove in two runs, and James and Gage Benefield each had two hits.
“Our pitchers did their job today, and we played much better defense than we did last week,” Timberlake coach Cameron Knigge said.
Bonners Ferry is 4-8, 4-4.
Timberlake is scheduled to play Kellogg on Friday in an IML doubleheader at Morehouse Field in Osburn.
FIRST GAME
Timberlake 233 001 7 — 16 13 2
Bonners Ferry 100 010 0 — 2 2 4
Kobe Harris and Louis Powell; Ty Bateman, Spence Eby (6) and Bo Bateman.
HITS: TL — McDonald 2, Harris, Drake, Powell 3, James, Larsen 2, Hessing 2, Balavage. BF — T. Bateman, See. 2B — Powell 2. HR — T. Bateman.
SECOND GAME
Timberlake 011 016 — 9 8 1
Bonners Ferry 000 100 — 1 4 3
Jack McDonald and Louis Powell; Gabe See, Wilson Newell (6), Ben (6) and Quinn.
HITS: TL — McDonald, Harris, Powell, James 2, Benefield 2, Larsen. BF — S. Bateman 2, T. Bateman, Newell. 2B — McDonald, Powell, S. Bateman.