PREP BASEBALL: Miller hits, pitches Trojans to win
SANDPOINT — Pitcher Ethan Miller helped himself with a three-run triple in the first inning for the Post Falls Trojans in a 12-1 Inland Empire League win over the Sandpoint Bulldogs at Memorial Field on Saturday.
“Ethan’s hit just kind of set a tone in that first inning,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said. “And then he got three outs on seven pitches, and we were off and running. Ethan threw really well and he was able to mix his offspeed stuff. He threw the ball really well today.”
To prepare for the game on the artificial turf in Sandpoint, Post Falls practiced on the turf at The Fields at Real Life on Friday.
“We got an hour over there working on infield stuff,” said Zeller, whose team avenged a 5-4 loss on March 16 at Post Falls. “That last game didn’t sit well with us. Everyone really wanted this one and the kids responded really well.”
Post Falls led 11-0 after two innings.
“You make a mistake and you move on from it,” Sandpoint coach Chase Tigert said. “And it just seemed like we couldn’t move on. To let one inning define your entire game, it’s hard to be successful if you let that happen.”
Post Falls (11-4-1, 9-2 IEL) visits Lakeland for a doubleheader on Tuesday starting at 3 p.m.
Sandpoint (9-3, 4-3) hosts Lakeland for a doubleheader on Thursday starting at 2 p.m.
Post Falls 650 10 — 12 11 2
Sandpoint 000 01 — 1 3 0
Game called after 5th inning due to 10-run rule
Ethan Miller and Zach Clark; Zeke Roop, Auggie Lehman (1), Kody MacDonald (2), Jack Zimmerman (5) and Trevor Brackett. W — Miller. L — Roop.
HITS: PF — Clark 3, Zeller 2, Miller 2, Sessions 2, Rutherford, Cripps. Spt— Williams, Sherrill, Garcia. 2B — Miller, Sessions, Williams, Sherrill. 3B — Miller.
Lewiston 11-12
Lake City 7-5
COEUR d’ALENE — The visiting Bengals (7-6, 7-2 Inland Empire League) scored six runs in the top of the seventh inning to erase a 7-5 lead for the Timberwolves (3-9, 3-9), then went on to the sweep.
Singles by Aiden LaPonsey and Joe DuCoeur broke a 5-all tie in the sixth inning of the opener for Lake City.
“The first game was a very disappointing loss,” Lake City coach Paul Manzardo said, “after working really hard to take the lead in the sixth. We just struggled to close it out defensively.”
Christopher Ricard went 3 for 4 with five RBIs for Lewiston in the opener.
Marcus Manzardo had three RBIs in the first game for the Timberwolves, and had two hits in the second.
“Early on we had some really good at-bats,” Paul Manzardo said of the second game. “But as the game went on, we left a lot of guys in scoring position.”
Lake City travels to Moscow on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Lewiston 201 020 6 — 11 13 1
Lake City 013 012 0 — 7 7 3
Christopher Ricard, Elliott Taylor (6) and Killian Fox; Camdyn Martindale, Zach Garza (5) and Ethan Taylor.
HITS: Lew — Fox, Taylor, Hepburn 3, Ricard 3, Kolb, Edmison, Shoults, Carpenter, Lombard. LC — A. Taylor, Burnbaugh 2, Manzardo, Coppess, LaPonsey, DuCoeur. 2B — Hepburn 2, Lombard, Shoults, Taylor, Burnbaugh 2, Manzardo.
SECOND GAME
Lewiston 604 020 0 — 12 11 1
Lake City 113 000 0 — 5 7 1
Brice Bensching, Killian Fox (3), Cruz Hepburn (7) and Austin Kolb; Nate Weatherhead, AJ Currie (1), Dylan Hess (3), Cole Pettit (7) and Joe DuCoeur.
HITS: Lew — Fox, Taylor, Hepburn 2, Kolb 2, Edmison, Bensching 2, Lombard 2. LC — A. Taylor, Burnbaugh, Manzardo 2, Conces, Martindale, DuCoeur. 2B — Edmison, Lombard, Taylor, Bensching, Burnbaugh, Martindale, A. Taylor. 3B — Lombard, Manzardo.
Moscow 6-1
Coeur d’Alene 5-12
COEUR d’ALENE — Cooper Larson hit a two-run single to cut the deficit to 6-5 in the sixth inning for the Vikings, who fell short to the Bears in an Inland Empire League game at Ted Page Field.
Ryan Delusa hit a two-run double to give the Bears a 6-2 lead in the fifth inning and finished with three RBIs for Moscow.
In the second game, Liam Paddack went 3 for 3 with three RBIs as the Vikings notched a nonleague win. Larson walked and scored three times in the second game and pitchers Owen Benson and Jayden Rowley combined to strike out nine in a two-hitter for Coeur d’Alene.
Coeur d’Alene (8-6, 6-6 IEL) hosts Lewiston in a doubleheader on Tuesday starting at 2 p.m.
Moscow (5-5, 5-4) hosts Lake City in a single game on Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Moscow 310 020 0 — 6 8 2
Coeur d’Alene 011 003 0 — 5 5 4
Chad Redinger, Ryan Delusa (5) and Jake Bales; Bryce Stockton, Lucas Erickson (5), Troy Shepard (6) and Wade Mallory. W — Redinger. L — Stockton.
HITS: Mos — Redinger 2, Abendroth 3, Delusa, Decker 2. Cd’A — Larson 2, Al. Karns, Schneider, Paddack. 2B — Delusa, Decker. 3B — Decker, Karns.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 001 00 — 1 2 5
Coeur d’Alene 263 1x — 12 7 1
Mike Kiblen, Isaac Stazkow (2), Ethan McGlaughlin (3), Cody Isaksen (4) and Jake Bales; Owen Benson, Jayden Rowley (3) and Wade Mallory, James Guyer (5). W — Benson. L — Kiblen.
HITS: Mos — Delusa, Isaksen. Cd’A — Bridge 2, Al. Karns, An. Karns, Paddack 3. 2B — Bridge. 3B — Paddack.
Grangeville 17-17
St. Maries 4-7
GRANGEVILLE — The Lumberjacks committed 15 errors in a Central Idaho League doubleheader against the Bulldogs at Grangeville High.
In the nightcap, Dylan Larson hit a three-run home run in the first inning, then followed with a two-run shot in the second inning to finish with six RBIs for St. Maries.
Tom Reynolds had four RBIs in the opener for Grangeville (16-4, 4-0 CIL).
St. Maries (3-8, 0-4) returns to league play with a doubleheader on Friday against visiting Orofino at City Park starting at 2 p.m.
FIRST GAME
St. Maries 202 00 — 4 3 8
Grangeville 247 4x — 17 12 2
Gabe Thomas and Kade Crawford; Schoo and Ebert. W — Schoo. L — Thomas.
HITS: SM — Holmes, Abell, Marsh. Gran — Schoo, Ebert 2, Reynolds 2, Garman 2, D. Lindsley 2, J. Lindsley 2, LeFebvre. 2B — Abell, D. Lindsley, Lefebvre. HR — Schoo, Thomas.
SECOND GAME
St. Maries 330 10 — 7 8 7
Grangeville 21(10) 13 — 17 11 2
Wyatt Holmes, Gabe Thomas (3), Brock Anderson (4) and Kade Crawford; Dane Lindsley, Tom Reynolds (4) and Tori Ebert. W — D. Lindsley. L — Holmes.
HITS: SM — Wicks 2, Crawford, Larson 2, Holmes, McMaster, Hunter. Gran — Reynolds 2, Garman, D. Lindsley, Wimer, Frei 2, Nelson 2, Lefebvre 2. 2B — Wicks, Crawford, Lefebvre 2, Wimer. HR — Larson 2, Thomas.