LEGION BASEBALL: Garza helps Lums rally at tourney
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Zach Garza stopped the bleeding until he and his teammates could start catching up.
Garza pitched four shutout innings of relief, and delivered a two-run single in the fourth inning as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Jackson, Wyo., 11-5 at Heroes Park on the second day of the Treasure State Showdown.
Garza struck out two and did not allow a hit for Coeur d’Alene (15-4), 2-0 in pod play. The only baserunner he allowed was via an error.
His base hit pulled the Lums within 5-3, and he eventually scored to make it a one-run game.
“Zach Garza came in and pitched phenomenal,” Coeur d’Alene coach Darren Taylor said. “He gave us enough time to run them down, like we usually do.”
In the sixth, with the bases loaded and the Lums up 7-5, Austin Taylor hit a liner to center that the center fielder dove for and missed, and the ball rolled to the wall, clearing the bases and allowing Taylor to also score on the play.
Cooper Erickson hit a two-run single in the fifth for Coeur d’Alene, which took advantage of nine walks, two hit batsmen and five errors by Jackson.
Coeur d’Alene plays the Reno Knights, also 2-0 in pod play, today at 1 p.m. PDT in Bozeman.
Coeur d’Alene 001 334 0 — 11 5 1
Jackson 140 000 0 — 5 5 5
Troy Shepard, Zach Garza (4) and Joe DuCoeur; Jackson battery unavailable.
HITS: Cd’A — Manzardo, DuCoeur, Taylor, Erickson, Garza. Jack — N/A.
Northern Lakes 21-18
St. Maries 0-1
ST. MARIES — Andrew Horn went 4 for 5 with three RBIs and three runs scored in the first game, and the Mountaineers went on to beat the Savages in a class “A” North Idaho League doubleheader.
In the second game, a nonleague game, Scott Pote went 3 for 4 with a grand slam and three runs for Northern Lakes, making him 6 for 8 with seven RBIs and five runs scored on the day.
Jacob Hessing went 4 for 5 with an RBI and five runs scored in the opener for Northern Lakes (12-5, 7-2 NIL). Louis Powell led off the game with a homer and finished 2 for 3 with three RBIs and two runs scored.
Payden Wysong struck out six and allowed two hits in three scoreless innings in the opener for the Mountaineers. In the second game, he was 4 for 5 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored.
“I liked our approach at the plate,” Northern Lakes coach Bryce Johnson said. “We were more aggressive at the plate. We put the ball in play a ton, and had quite a few kids swing it well.”
Addison Balavage pitched the final two innings of the opener and the first three in the nightcap, striking out five and allowing no runs and one hit.
Northern Lakes plays the Mt. Spokane Wild tonight at 7:30 PDT in its first game at the Big Bucks tournament in Libby, Mont.
FIRST GAME
N. Lakes 303 69 — 21 18 0
St. Maries 000 00 — 0 3 9
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Payden Wysong, Addison Balavage (4) and Sam Pemberton, Caleb Knight (4); Anderson, Marsh (3), Smith (5) and Abel.
HITS: NL — Powell 2, Kitchin, Pote 3, Clift, Balayage, Pemberton, Hessing 4, Horn 4, Schaffner. SM — No. 4, Anderson, G. Milliken. 2B — Pote, Horn, Hessing 2, G. Milliken. 3B — Powell, Pote. HR — Powell.
SECOND GAME
N. Lakes 01(13) 04 — 18 13 2
St. Maries 001 00 — 1 2 5
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Addison Balavage, Caleb Knight (4) and Knight, Andrew Horn (4); T. Milliken, Smith (3), Nantell (5) and No. 4.
HITS: NL — Wysong 4, Pote 3, Pemberton, Schaffner 2, Vandever, Kitchin, Dugger. SM — Anderson, Harold. 2B — Wysong. HR — Pote.