Prairie runs past Northern Lakes
LOREN BENOIT/Press Prairie Cardinal pitcher Brock Zeller delivers a pitch in a game against the Northern Lakes Mountaineers at Gorton Field in Rathdrum on Tuesday.
Prairie Cardinals shortstop Tanner McCliment-Call tags Northern Lakes Mountaineers baserunner Alex Drake on a steal during Tuesday’s Legion baseball game at Gorton Field in Rathdrum. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
RATHDRUM — Matt Fleming and Nick Chase drove in three runs each for Prairie, which used an 8-run top of the fourth inning to pull away from the Northern Lakes Mountaineers 15-4 in a class AA North Idaho League game at Gorton Field on Tuesday.
Brock Zeller, Spencer Zeller and Fleming scored three runs each for Prairie (2-6-1, 1-0 NIL), which faces the Spokane Cannons on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Harris Field in Lewiston in the Dwight Church Memorial tournament.
Nicholas Welch had three hits and an RBI for Northern Lakes (1-4, 0-3), which faces Coeur d’Alene in a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 5:30 p.m. at Thorco Field.
Prairie 100 833 — 15 11 3
Nor. Lakes 030 001 — 4 7 5
Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.
Brock Zeller, Ethan Miller (6) and Zach Clark; Cameron Harris, Trevor Vandever (3), Josh Mason (4), Tanner Vandever (5) and Nicholas Welch. W — Zeller. L — Harris.
HITS: Pra — B. Zeller 2, S. Zeller 3, McCliment-Call, Fleming 2, Chase, Clark 2. NL — Tierney, Welch 3, Harris, Graham, Balavage. 2B — Fleming 2, Zeller.