• BASEBALL

COEUR d'ALENE - After a mercy-rule opener and a tough start in Game 2, the mood in Lake City's dugout was plummeting with Monday evening's temperatures.

But a six-run, seven-hit bottom of the seventh brightened the Timberwolves' day as they stunned visiting Lewiston 8-7 to split a 5A Inland Empire League doubleheader.

Pete Hoffman began the rally with a base hit, then ended it with a bases-loaded, two-run single as Lake City recovered from a 14-0 loss in the opener.

"You usually don't have a deficit like that against Lewiston and find yourself winning," coach Al Bevacqua said. "Hitting is contagious sometimes, and our guys kept finding a way to hit the ball where they weren't. It was pretty exciting, and I was really happy for the boys."

Grant Curtis had a bases-clearing double during the winning rally, and Emmitt Stangel also had an RBI single. Ben Cheevers picked up the victory in relief for Lake City (8-11, 3-8 IEL).

In the opener, Bo Kearns threw a three-hit shutout and Kyle Mai hit a 3-run homer for the Bengals (13-9, 6-6).

The T-Wolves host Coeur d'Alene at 4 p.m. Thursday.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 224 70 - 14 10 0

Lake City 000 00 - 0 3 2

Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.

Bo Kearns and Petey Bakker; Grant Curtis, Kyle Parson (4) and Emmitt Stangel. W: Kearns; L: Curtis.

HITS: Lew - Mai 2, Tibbitz 2, Kearns, Gruenenfelder, Humphrey, Kalbfleisch, Willy, Preby. LC - Hoffman, Bevacqua, Stangel. 2B - Kearns. HR - Humphrey, Mai, Presby.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 310 000 3 - 7 8 1

Lake City 200 000 6 - 8 12 2

Kyler Brooks, Alan Willy (7) and Bakker; Colton Houlihan, Ben Cheevers (6) and Stangel. W: Cheevers; L: Willy.

HITS: Lew - Kalbfleisch 2, Tibbitz 2, Bakker, Humphrey, Mai, Presby. LC - Hoffman 3, Curtis 2, Bevacqua 2, Pattis, Combo, Stangel, Ezell, Cabeza. 2B - Tibbitz, Hoffman, Bevacqua, Curtis. HR - Mai.

Moscow 6

Post Falls 1

MOSCOW - Jordan Quest had a leadoff double in the third and Austin Olsby's RBI single gave Post Falls its only run in a loss to the Bears.

Riley Denney had a double and Matt Hammond also had a hit in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader.

The second game was cancelled due to rain.

Post Falls (6-7) hosts Coeur d'Alene in a doubleheader today.

Post Falls 001 000 0 - 1 4 4

Moscow 103 200 x - 6 8 2

Zach Reeder, Tyler Shelton (5) and Hammond. Ryan Snyder and Drew Papineau.

HITS: PF - Matt Hammond, Riley Denney 2B, Jordan Quast, Austin Olsby. MOS - Lane Brooks, Jake Helbling, Drew Papineau 2, Kyle Laven, Garrett Payne, Kyle Morgan, Nolan Johnson.

2B - Denney.

Timberlake 23

St. Maries 21

ST. MARIES - The Lumberjacks' Jaden Guidry had two hits and finished with five RBIs in a high scoring Intermountain League game with the Tigers.

Trevor Masterson and Colton Mourning each had three hits for Timberlake (10-6, 7-2 IML), which travels to Priest River on Friday.

St. Maries (3-5 3-9) host Kellogg on Friday to end the regular season.

Timberlake 221 223 92 - 23 10 9

St. Maries 120 (10)07 10 - 21 12 6

John Thompson Trevor Masterson (4), Colton Mourning (6), J.D. Page (7) and Austin Allen; Jaden Guidry, Ryan Sullivan (7), Bubba Pugh (8) and Ashton Stevenson. W - Page. L - Pugh.

HITS: TL - Hayden 2, Shaffer, Masterson 3, Kramer, Mourning 3. SM - Stapleton 4, Guidry 2, Stevenson, Turner, Barber, Sullivan, Truscott 2. 2B - Sullivan. 3B - Shaffer, Guidry.

• SOFTBALL

Lake City 21

Post Falls 1

POST FALLS - Casey Stangel went 4 for 4 with five RBIs and struck out seven in three innings as Lake City pounded Post Falls in a wet and windy Inland Empire League game.

"(Lake City) just hit the heck out of the ball," Post Falls coach Jack Foster said. "It was just awful weather - it turned quick and the windchill must have gotten into the 20s."

Katie Rowe and Vanessa Shippy each had three hits for the Timberwolves (17-0, 8-0), who host Lewiston on Wednesday.

Post Falls (4-14, 0-10 IEL) is at Coeur d'Alene today.

First Game

Lake City 29(11) - 21 22 0

Post Falls 001 - 1 1 0

Rachel Collins and Dara Kolar; Casey Stangel and Mariah Linahan. W - Stangel. L - Collins (4-11).

HITS: LC - Short 2, Shippy 3, Stangel 4, Rowe 3, Yurick 2, Leddy, Wilson, McCracken, Edwards 2, Jackson 2. PF - King. 2B - Shippy. 3B - King. HR - Stangel, Rowe, Linahan, Jackson.

Timberlake 12-8

St. Maries 2-4

ST. MARIES - Nicole Cameron struck out 14 St. Maries batter in Game 1, and followed up with 7 more in the nightcap as the Tigers swept an Intermountain League doubleheader.

Sydnie Malloy had four RBIs and Jenna Hoffman had two doubles and three RBIs in the first game and Ashlei Jerome finished the day with four hits for Timberlake.

Morgan Cummings had four hits, including a double in each game for St. Maries (7-7, 4-5 IML), which hosts Kellogg on Thursday.

Timberlake (13-5, 10-0) travels to Priest River on Friday.

First Game

Timberlake 231 200 4 - 12 14 1

St. Maries 001 100 0 - 2 4 6

Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome; Tia Asbury and Brittany Nelson. W - Cameron. L - Asbury.

HITS: TL - Jerome 2, Malloy, Neal 4, Hoffman 3, Edelblute 2, Moffit, Cameron, Kuykendall 2. SM - Asbury, Cummings 2, T. Schaum. 2B - Hoffman 2, Asbury, Cummings.

Second Game

Timberlake 410 200 1 - 8 9 0

St. Maries 010 020 1 - 4 7 2

Nicole Cameron and Ashlei Jerome. Chelsea Grosvenor and Brittany Nelson. W - Cameron. L -Grosvenor.

HITS: TL - Jerome 2, Malloy, Neal, Hoffman 2, Henry, Thompson, Laftokie. SM - Asbury 2, Huddleston, Cummings 2, Grosvenor, T. Schaum, Cook. 2B - Jerome, Neal, Hoffman, Cummmings.

Lakeland 7-15

Sandpoint 2-0

SANDPOINT - Ashley Metcalf allowed just nine hits and two runs in two complete game wins, and Bekah Kastning ripped five hits, including three for extra bases and Lakeland swept Sandpoint at rainy Travers Park.

Metcalf provided her own run support with two doubles in the opener, then the Hawks (8-8, 6-0 4A IEL) scored seven first inning runs in the second game to blow things open and remain perfect in 4A play.

Lakeland hosts Sandpoint on Saturday.

First Game

Lakeland 300 210 1 - 7 11 1

Sandpoint 001 010 0 - 2 50

Ashley Metcalf and Teri Glenn; Maggie Kirscher and Jessica Strickland. W - Metcalf (6-7). L - Kirscher (0-8).

HITS: LL - Cox 2, Kastning 3, Wessling, Metcalf 2, Glenn 2, Schwalbach. Spt - Lawson, DaVault 2, Quigley 2. 2B - Metcalf 2, DaValut, Kastning 2.

Second Game

Lakeland 722 40 - 15 12 0

Sandpoint 000 00 - 0 4 3

Metcalf and Glenn; Kym DaVault, Brittany Johnson (1), Kayanna Quigley (4) and Jesse Mead. W - Metcalf. L - DaVault (0-2).

HITS: LL - Cox 2, Kastning 2, Wessling, Metcalf 2, Ogden 2, T. Glenn 2, Salzman. Spt - DaVault, Kirscher, Elsfelder, Mead. 2B - Kastning, Ogden. 3B - Wessling, Salzman.