PREP BASEBALL: Sandpoint notches sweep at Moscow
MOSCOW — Sandpoint swept an Inland Empire League doubleheader at Moscow on Saturday.
In the first game, the Bulldogs scored 12 runs in the sixth inning to cruise to a 20-4 win. Cody Newhart went 4 for 6 and tallied four RBIs. He also started on the mound and allowed five hits across 4 2/3 innings while striking out five.
Ethan Butler hit a grand slam in the sixth and finished with six RBIs.
The second game was tightly contested throughout, but a two-run double from Evan Williams in the seventh and a total of four runs from Sandpoint in the inning allowed the Bulldogs to secure a 8-5 victory.
Sandpoint (4-1, 4-1 IEL) heads to Bonners Ferry for a doubleheader at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
FIRST GAME
Sandpoint 343 028 — 20 10 0
Moscow 201 010 — 4 5 4
Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule
Cody Newhart, Zeke Roop (5), Trevor Brackett and Mike Riley; Barrett Abendroth, Cody Isakson, Ethan McLaughlin, Jamison Green and Issac Stazkow. W — Newhart. L — Isakson.
HITS: Spt — Newhart 4, Butler 2, Thielbahr 2, Zimmerman, Garcia. Mos — Redinger 2, Conway 2, Kiblen 1. 2B: Newhart 3, Zimmerman, Garcia, Thielbahr, Kiblen. 3B — Newhart. HR — Butler. W — Roop. L — Redinger.
SECOND GAME
Sandpoint 121 000 4 — 8 4 1
Moscow 200 020 1 — 5 2 2
Max Thielbahr, Evan Williams (1), Zeke Roop (5) and Trevor Brackett; Mille Kiblen, Chad Redinger (3) and Jack Bales.
HITS: Spt — Zimmerman 2, Williams, Butler. Mos — Redinger, Abendroth. 2B — Williams. 3B — Butler, Abendroth.
Post Falls 4
Meridian 4 (tie)
MERIDIAN — Kaden Cripps scored on a double by CD Sharples in the seventh inning for the Post Falls, which played to a 4-4 time-limit tie with the Meridian Warriors to conclude play in the Idaho Central Credit Union Spring Break Classic at Mountain View High.
“We were down 3-0 and just weren’t hitting to start the game,” Post Falls coach Mick Zeller said. “We started hitting the ball, then left the bases loaded a few times. We’re just not getting the timely hit. We’re battling, and we’re in the game.”
Saturday’s game had 13 players hit by pitches between the two teams, with the Trojans reaching eight times.
“I’ve never been a part of a game that had that many people get hit,” Zeller said. “It was kind of crazy.”
Post Falls (5-3-1) travels to Lake City for a doubleheader on April 6.
Post Falls 000 101 2 — 4 8 0
Meridian 012 000 1 — 4 2 0
CD Sharples, Tanner Sessions (7) and Zach Clark; Mason Smith, Anthony Rasmussen (4), Dyson Price (6), Hunter Merideth (7) and Dyson Price, Hunter Merideth (6), Price (7).
HITS: PF — Zeller, Cripps, Sharples 2, Chase, Taylor, Winters, Sessions. Mer — Castillo, Wynder. 2B — Cripps, Sharples, Castillo.
Sugar-Salem 17
Lakeland 2
NAMPA — Sam Pemberton hit a two-run double to left field to score Scotty Hocking and Garrett Love in the first inning for the Hawks, who committed 10 errors in a loss to the Diggers to conclude play in the Idaho Central Credit Union Spring Break Classic at Skyview High.
Lakeland (1-6), which finished the tournament 1-3, returns home to host Moscow in a doubleheader next Saturday starting at noon.
Sugar-Salem 358 1 — 17 7 3
Lakeland 200 0 — 2 3 10
Tanner Olsen, James Chase (2) and Tommy Woodcock, McKay Tillery (4); Josh Mason, Scott Pote (3), Blaze Day (3) and Sam Pemberton. W — Olsen. L — Mason.
HITS: SS — C. Harris, Garner 2, R. Harris 2, Woodcock, Chase. LL — Hocking, Pemberton. 2B — C. Harris, R. Harris, Pemberton. 3B — Harris.