Brock Zeller shines for Prairie
LOREN BENOIT/Press Prairie Cardinal first baseman Brock Zeller catches a popup in a game against the Spokane Expos 19U on Thursday at Post Falls High School.
Prairie Cardinal Andrew Davidson makes contact on a ball in a game against the Northwest Blaze Thursday at Post Falls High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
Prairie Cardinal shortstop Tanner McCliment-Call fields a ground ball and throws to first in a game against the Northwest Blaze Thursday at Post Falls High School. (LOREN BENOIT/Press)
POST FALLS — Brock Zeller scattered four hits in a complete game, and went 2 for 3 with three RBIs as the Prairie Cardinals beat the Northwest Blaze 10-1 in the second game of the day at the Best of the Northwest tournament on Thursday at Post Falls High.
Earlier, Prairie was held to two hits in a 14-0 loss to the Spokane Expos 19U at Post Falls High.
Zeller hit a two-run double in the second inning for Prairie against the Blaze, and Spencer Zeller added a two-run single in an eight-run fourth.
Prairie (5-14-1) is scheduled to play the Eastside Dodgers today at 10 a.m. and FM Sports at 5:30 p.m., both at Post Falls High.
EXPOS 19U 14, PRAIRIE 0
Expos 332 15 — 14 13 0
Prairie 000 00 — 0 2 5
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Desonia, Nett (4), Ayers (5) and Ayers, Tucker (5); Jacob Ditto, Ethan Miller (5) and Matt Fleming.
HITS: Expos — Buzett, Johnson 2, Lundmark, Dawson, McKenna 2, Ayers, Desonia, Cordes, No. 18, Fleshland. Pra — B. Zeller, S. Zeller. 2B — Johnson, Lundmark, McKenna, Fleshland, Ayers, No. 18.
PRAIRIE 10, NORTHWEST BLAZE 1
Blaze 001 00 — 1 4 1
Prairie 020 8x — 10 11 1
Liebmann and Collins; Brock Zeller and Schulze, Weeks (5)
HITS: Blaze — Ackley, Kimball, McCormick 2. Pra — B. Zeller 2, S. Zeller 2, Fleming, Reid, Miller, Schulze, Davidson 2. 2B — Fleming, Miller, B. Zeller.
Lums drop opener
at Palouse tourney
COLFAX, Wash. — Jake Brown went 2 for 3 with a solo homer in the first inning for the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen, who fell to Baden Black 18U 8-1 in their first game of the Palouse Summer Series at Colfax High.
Sam Sproule went 3 for 3 with two RBIs and two runs scored for Baden.
Coeur d’Alene (12-6-1) is scheduled to play the Kalispell Lakers today at 10:45 a.m., and the Caldwell Silver Streaks at 1 p.m., both at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman, as the tourney continues.
Baden Black 18U 210 140 0 — 8 10 0
Cd’A 100 000 0 — 1 4 4
Jeremiah Judd, Ben Vierra (2), Sam Sproule (5), Will Draper (7) and L. Wenzel; Alex Karns, Quinn Conces (5), Jackson Scherr (7) and Landen Thompson.
HITS: Baden — Cruz 2, Sproule 3, Draper, Abbott 2, Wenzel, Harmon. Cd’A — Brown 2, Brum, Karns. 2B — Wenzel. HR — Brown.