Lums sweep, clinch top seed to districts
LOREN BENOIT/Press Prairie Cardinal Matt Fleming, left, and Cody Chamberlain celebrate a score against the Northern Lakes Mountaineers in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday at Post Falls High School.
Prairie Cardinal third baseman Matt Fleming tags out Northern Lakes Mountaineer baserunner Alex Drake in the first game of a doubleheader Tuesday at Post Falls High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
COEUR d’ALENE — Peyton Childers hit two-run doubles in the first and fourth innings, finishing with five RBIs as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen beat the Lewis-Clark Twins 12-2 in the first game of a class AA North Idaho League doubleheader at Thorco Field on Tuesday.
In the nightcap, Alex Karns singled to score Marcus Manzardo with the winning run in a 3-2 win to earn the sweep for Coeur d’Alene.
“Peyton had a great day at the plate throughout the day,” Coeur d’Alene coach Erik Karns said. “Everybody on the team had good days with some timely hits. And our approaches were really good.”
Breyson Coppess hit a two-run double to tie the game at 2-2 in the first inning for Coeur d’Alene. Trent Elstad scored three runs for the Lums in the opener.
David Kraak allowed three hits over five innings for Coeur d’Alene (21-9-1, 9-1 NIL), which clinched the top seed to the Area A (district) tournament in two weeks at Thorco Field. The Lums clinched at least a tie for the league title, and holds the tiebreaker over Lewis-Clark, should the two teams tie for the league title, by taking three of four from the Twins in league play.
Coeur d’Alene returns to action in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Fourth of July Wood Bat Classic on Friday at Thorco Field, facing the Vauxhall Spurs at 4:30 p.m., then the Edmonton Padres at 7.
“David came in and did what David does, and did a good job of keeping them off balance,” Karns said. “They were probably our best two games defensively all summer, and we were able to keep their offense down and in check.”
Lewis-Clark (13-13, 5-3) faces Prairie today in a doubleheader at Post Falls High starting at 3 p.m.
FIRST GAME
Lewis-Clark 200 00 — 2 3 1
Coeur d’Alene 402 24 — 12 9 0
Game called in bottom of 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Judy, Turcott (4) and Kolb; David Kraak and Jackson Scherr. W — Kraak. L — Judy.
HITS: L-C — Bonfield 2, Alspach. Cd’A — Karns, Brown, Scherr 2, Coppess, Childers 3, Smith. 2B — Childers 2, Coppess, Scherr 2, Smith. HR — Bonfield.
SECOND GAME
Lewis-Clark 100 100 0 — 2 5 2
Coeur d’Alene 010 100 1 — 3 7 1
Mader, Wallace (6) and Stout; Zach Mackimmie, Alex Karns (7) and Landen Thompson. W — Karns. L — Wallace.
HITS: L-C — Stout 2, Ricard, Barajas, Daniel. Cd’A — Thompson 2, Childers 2, Manzardo 2, Elstad. 2B — Ricard, Childers, Thompson 2. HR — Stout.
Prairie 14-12
North. Lakes 4-0
POST FALLS — Tyler McCliment-Call had four hits on the day, including a home run in the first game, to power the Cardinals to a 14-4 and 12-0 sweep of the Mountaineers in North Idaho League play at Post Falls High.
“We hit the ball really well today,” Prairie coach Pat Call said.
Prairie (9-17-1, 3-4 NIL) hosts Lewis-Clark in a doubleheader today at Post Falls High starting at 3 p.m.
Northern Lakes (0-9 NIL) hosts Prairie next Tuesday at Gorton Field in Rathdrum starting at 5 p.m.
FIRST GAME
N. Lakes 004 00 — 4 8 1
Prairie 312 8x — 14 10 2
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Northern Lakes battery unavailable; Brock Zeller and Zach Clark.
HITS: NL — unknown. Pra — B. Zeller, S. Zeller, McCliment-Call 2, Fleming, Chase 2, Clark, Miller, Cropp. 2B — Clark, Miller. HR — McCliment-Call.
SECOND GAME
N. Lakes 000 00 — 0 1 1
Prairie 143 4x — 12 8 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Northern Lakes battery unavailable; Ethan Miller and Zach Clark.
HITS: NL — unknown. Pra — B. Zeller 2, S. Zeller 2, McCliment-Call 2, Fleming, Clark. 2B — McCliment-Call, Fleming, Clark.