PREP BASEBALL: Coeur d'Alene bounces back for sweep of Post Falls
COEUR d’ALENE — Hunter Chambers singled to score Dylan Sutich with the go-ahead run in the bottom of the sixth inning in the first game for Coeur d’Alene, and the Vikings went on to sweep an Inland Empire League doubleheader against Post Falls, 3-1 and 13-3 at Ted Page Field on Tuesday.
Coeur d’Alene sophomore Evan Robertson struck out 12 in the opener, allowing only a solo home run by Marshall Tomlinson to give Post Falls a 1-0 lead in the top of the sixth.
“Evan pitched a great game and was really on point all day,” Coeur d’Alene coach Brandon Williams said. “We just had a lot of great at-bats throughout the lineup today.”
Post Falls pitcher Gavin Wienker struck out four and allowed two earned runs in 5.1 innings.
“Evan was phenomenal, and Gavin pitched a great game as well,” Post Falls coach Kurt Reese said. “They got the lead and we just couldn’t answer back. It was a good battle and baseball game.”
Coeur d’Alene (8-1, 7-1 IEL) lost starting outfielder Owen Field to a knee injury for the season. Infielder Bam Fenter is also out for an extended period of time with a knee injury.
“I told our guys we’ve got to have a 'next man up' mentality,” Williams said. “It’s always tough coming out after spring break, especially against a good Post Falls team. Our guys knew they had to be ready to go.”
Post Falls is 5-7, 3-5.
In the second game, Kolbe Coey drove in four runs and Dylan Cook added three RBIs as the Vikings closed out the sweep.
Tuesday's games were moved to Coeur d'Alene due to poor field conditions at Post Falls.
The teams will play another doubleheader on Thursday, at Post Falls High.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 000 001 0 — 1 6 1
Coeur d’Alene 000 003 x — 3 10 3
Gavin Wienker, Ian Ingle (6) and Marshall Tomlinson; Evan Robertson and Hunter Chambers.
HITS: PF — A. Carrasco, Cooley, Tomlinson, Morrison, Reese, Kearney. Cd’A — Voorhees, Trunkey-Evans, Helms, Coey, Sutich, Beckenhauer, Foulk, Chambers, J. Hackett 2. 2B — Kearney. HR — Tomlinson.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 100 02 — 3 4 1
Coeur d’Alene 501 43 — 13 10 1
Game called with two outs in bottom of 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Bryce Berger, Ben Carrasco (4), Cooper Reese (4) and Brandon Felix; Harrison Trunkey-Evans and Hunter Chambers.
HITS: PF — Jimerson, A. Carrasco 2, Cooley. Cd’A — Voorhees, Trunkey-Evans, Helms 2, Coey 3, Sutich, Cook, Robertson. 2B — Cook. HR — Jimerson.
Lake City 12-6
Sandpoint 8-8
COEUR d’ALENE — The host Timberwolves scored a pair of runs on an error to take an 8-6 lead in the fourth, then added another run on an RBI double by Avrey Cherry in the first game of an Inland Empire League doubleheader against the Bulldogs at Lake City High.
Cherry also hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the sixth in the opener for Lake City. Mark Holecek was 4 for 4 with three runs scored for the T-Wolves.
In the nightcap, Lake City cut the deficit to 8-6 in the bottom of the sixth on an error, but was unable to push across the tying run in the seventh with runners on second and third with one out.
Lake City (6-2, 5-1 IEL) travels to Post Falls on Saturday.
Sandpoint is 5-9, 4-6.
FIRST GAME
Sandpoint 005 102 0 — 8 7 1
Lake City 104 502 x — 12 14 6
Brennan Shaw, Bode Eacret (4), Coleman Inge (5) and Gavin Day; Kyle Johnson, Tanner Franklin (4) and Avrey Cherry.
HITS: Spt — Shaw, Caprio 2, Little, Inge, Williams 2. LC — Holecek 4, Pierce 2, Johnson, Mangini 2, Usdrowski 2, Cherry 2, Moore. 2B — Caprio 2, Little, Inge, Cherry, Pierce. HR — Cherry.
SECOND GAME
Sandpoint 202 130 0 — 8 13 4
Lake City 111 011 1 — 6 8 1
Jayden Kuprienko, Mason Little (3), Sage Medeiros (7) and Coleman Inge; Avrey Cherry, Kasen Noffke (4), Maverick Lanigan (5) and Tanner Franklin.
HITS: Spt — Caprio, Lehman 3, Little 4, Reichart, Resso 2, Inge, Williams. LC — Holecek 2, Johnson 2, Mangini, Usdrowski, Franklin 2. 2B — Resso, Lehman, Little. 3B — Johnson. HR — Mangini.
Timberlake 16-17
Priest River 1-2
PRIEST RIVER — Freshman Dane Perkl had two RBIs and three runs scored in the nightcap for the Tigers in a nonleague sweep of the Spartans at Priest River Junior High.
Tanner Van Tassel and Nate Beardsall drove in three runs each in the opener for Timberlake, playing for the first time since March 27.
“I was pretty pleased with how we shook off the rust of spring break,” said Timberlake coach Bryce Johnson, whose team scored 12 runs in the second inning of the first game. “After that first inning, we started hitting the ball hard and were solid on the mound. I was really happy with how we came out of spring break, especially on the offensive side.”
Timberlake (5-2) hosts St. Maries for a doubleheader on Thursday.
Priest River is 2-7.
FIRST GAME
Timberlake 0(12)4 00 — 16 14 5
Priest River 000 10 — 1 0 6
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Eric Wylie, Tanner Van Tassel (4), Ethan Pecor (5) and Ethan Pecor, Dane Perkl (4); Broden Collins, Logan Troumbley (3) and Colton Kuprienko.
HITS: TL — Brennan, Perkl 2, Pecor 2, Smith, Wylie, Moore, Holly, Van Tassel 2, Beardsall 2, Hurlbert. PR — none. 2B — Perkl, Van Tassel.
SECOND GAME
Timberlake 823 4 — 17 11 2
Priest River 010 1 — 2 3 5
Game called after 4 innings due to 10-run rule.
Riley Brennan and Nate Beardsall; Brayden Elder, Triston Wikum (3) and Donovan Baldwin.
HITS: TL — Brennan 3, Perkl 2, Pecor, Wylie, Moore, Blansfield 2, Van Tassel. PR — Goins, Collins 2. 2B — Wylie, Brennan, Moore, Collins. 3B — Perkl.
Potlatch 12
St. Maries 5
POTLATCH — The Lumberjacks fell to 2-9 on the season with a nonleague loss to the Loggers at Potlatch High.
Amado Stewart had a two-run single in the fourth inning for St. Maries (2-9), which travels to Timberlake for a doubleheader on Thursday.
Potlatch is 4-1.
St. Maries 000 220 1 — 5 7 4
Potlatch 212 250 x — 12 16 0
Landen Holmes, Peyton Lingo (3), Kaiden McMurrian (5) and Amado Stewart; Connor Carpenter, Mason Woolverton (4), Logan Carpenter (5) and Jay Marshall.
HITS: SM — Nantell, Stewart, Lingo, Wilborn, R. Brusseau 2, Mitchell. Pot — Morris, B. Mitchell 3, Marshall 4, Magallon, Breeze, Carpenter 2, Chambers, C. Yearout 3. 2B — Carpenter, Mitchell, Magallon.