LEGION BASEBALL: Prairie suffers pair of hard-luck losses
POST FALLS — The Prairie Cardinals led in both games, but faltered late in 9-5 and 7-5 losses to the Moscow Blue Devils in nonleague American Legion baseball Saturday at Post Falls High.
Prairie (1-6) led 5-4 heading into the seventh inning of the opener, only to see Moscow score five runs.
“We couldn’t make a play,” Prairie coach Mick Zeller said. “We had bases loaded, two outs, two strikes on the kid, up 5-4, and we hit him with a curveball.”
In the second game, the Cardinals led 5-2 after three innings. Prairie committed four errors in each game; seven of the Blue Devils’ 16 runs on the day were unearned.
“I’m happy that we were in both games,” Zeller said. “We led both games, and our pitching was a lot better than in other games. But, too many errors.”
Spencer Zeller went 6 for 8 on the day for Post Falls, including 4 for 4 with two doubles in the opener. Zach Clark drove in a pair of runs in each game.
Prairie is scheduled to play host to the Moses Lake Studs in a doubleheader Friday at 3 p.m. at Post Falls High.
FIRST GAME
Moscow 021 110 5 — 9 13 1
Prairie 400 001 0 — 5 8 4
Isaac Staszkow, Dacota Hadaller (5), Barrett Abendroth (6) and Jerad Taylor; Ethan Miller, Jared Passinetti (4) and N/A.
HITS: Mos — Redinger 3, Abendroth 3, Thompson, Adams 2, Hagenbaugh, Delusa, Staszkow, Hadaller. Pra — Zeller 4, Taylor, Clark, Sessions 2. 2B — Redinger, Abendroth, Zeller 2.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 200 120 2 — 7 7 1
Prairie 005 000 0 — 5 11 4
No. 12, Dalton Conway (5) and N/A; Jayden Butler, Timmy Bastedo (7) and Zach Clark.
HITS: Mos — No. 12 2, Waters, Morris 2, Delusa, Hadaller. Pra — Zeller 2, Taylor 2, Clark 2, Passinetti, Sessions, Bastedo, T. Miller, Butler.
Expos 6
Northern Lakes 4
WHITEFISH, Mont. — Jaret Taylor’s two-run double in the top of the first inning put Northern Lakes on top, but the Mountaineers fell to the Spokane Expos to wrap up pool play at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament at Memorial Field.
Scott Pote had a pair of hits and drove in a run with a fifth-inning single for Northern Lakes (13-5), which finished 0-3 in pool play.
Colton Aragon’s RBI single in the second inning made it 3-1 Mountaineers.
“I was happy we got our offense started a lot earlier,” Northern Lakes coach Bryce Johnson said. “We had a good seventh inning (Friday), and it carried over to today.”
Northern Lakes wraps up tourney play today with a consolation game.
N. Lakes 210 010 0 — 4 7 2
Expos 130 200 x — 6 7 5
Tristan Clift, Scott Pote (4) and Colton Aragon; Expos battery unavailable.
HITS: NL — McDonald, Powell, Taylor, Aragon, Clift, Pote 2. Expos — N/A. 2B — McDonald, Pote, Taylor.