LEGION BASEBALL: Powell, Vandever help Northern Lakes bounce back

| July 31, 2020 1:10 AM

RATHDRUM — Louis Powell and Tanner Vandever drove in two runs each for Northern Lakes in the nightcap, leading the Mountaineers past the Spokane Crew 11-6 in the second game of a Legion baseball doubleheader at Lakeland High’s Gorton Field on Thursday.

“Louis hit a bases-clearing double that was huge,” Northern Lakes coach Bryce Johnson said. “Tanner, he’s seeing the ball really well right now, and I couldn’t be more proud of him. Louis got it done with the bases loaded and Tanner really stepped up. When it’s their time, they stepped up.”

Earlier, Spokane shutout Northern Lakes 11-0, limiting the home team to three hits.

“It was our 29th game of the season, and first time we didn’t come to play,” Johnson said. “We looked tired, looked hot and didn’t come to play. We knew there’d be a game that we didn’t play well, and it hadn’t happened this year until that game. We just didn’t have any energy. We just had to refocus between games and turn the page. We knew it was going to be a challenge and a test, and I thought we rebounded really well.”

Northern Lakes (23-7) will face the Spokane Cannons in a doubleheader at Gorton Field on Monday starting at 4 p.m.

FIRST GAME Spokane Crew 020 36 — 11 11 1

Northern Lakes 000 00 — 0 3 3

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Ben Comes and Gino Bellantoni; Jaret Taylor, Tristan Clift (5) and Colton Aragon. W — Comes. L — Taylor.

HITS: Spo — M. Bellantoni, Lipscomb, Gray 2, G. Bellantoni, Rowley 3, Comes, Naylor 2. NL — Powell, Schaffner, Pote. 2B — Gray, Schaffner.

SECOND GAME

Spokane Crew 100 200 3 — 6 7 2

Northern Lakes 300 422 x — 11 10 4

Caleb Gray, Brandon Faire (2), Sterling Lipscomb (3), Parsman (4), unknown (5), Marco Bellantoni (6) and Nico Bellantoni; Jack McDonald, Scott Pote (7) and Louis Powell. W — McDonald. L — Lipscomb.

HITS: Spo — Rowley, Lipscomb, Parsman, Gray, Comes, Naylor, R. Bellantoni. NL — McDonald, Powell 2, Aragon, Pemberton, Vandever 3, Knerr, Balavage. 2B — Rowley, Powell. HR — Parsman, Comes.