PREP BASEBALL: Spartans hand Tigers first loss

PRIEST RIVER — Ashton Brooks singled to score Cameron Riley with two outs in the second inning for the game’s only run to give the Priest River Spartans a 1-0 win over the unbeaten Timberlake Tigers in the first game of an Intermountain League doubleheader Saturday.

Timberlake won the second game 7-3.

“It got the monkey off our backs,” Timberlake coach Bill Rider said of suffering its first loss of the season. “Now we can go out and just play ball. We don’t care about going undefeated, we care about winning at districts, state, and just taking it one game at a time.”

R.C. Akre received the win in the first game after allowing five hits and striking out seven batters in a complete game for Priest River (4-7, 3-4 IML).

J.D. Page suffered the loss for Timberlake despite allowing only two hits and striking out eight in seven innings of work.

In the second game, Timberlake’s Austin Allen went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and Page went 2 for 3 with two RBIs for Timberlake (10-1, 7-1), which hosts Bonners Ferry on Tuesday.

Brooks went 2 for 2 and drove in two runs in the second game for Priest River, which hosts Kellogg on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Timberlake 000 000 0 — 0 5 2

Priest River 010 000 x — 1 2 0

J.D. Page and Austin Allen; R.C. Akre and Tyler Barber. W — Akre (2-3). L — Paige (4-1).

HITS: TL — Allen, Reese, Tonkin, Cramer, Theil. PR — Farnham, Brooks.

SECOND GAME

Timberlake 040 001 2 — 7 9 0

Priest River 010 200 0 — 3 6 0

Hunter Tonkin, Mason Cramer (4), John Galloway (7) and Austin Allen; Jake Perkins, Dalton Sommer (2), Wyatt King (7) and Tyler Barber. W — Tonkin (3-0). L — Perkins (1-1).

HITS: TL — Allen 2, Page 2, Masterson 2, Reese, Tonkin, Hohle. PR — Farnham, Barber, Riley, Brooks 2, Perkins. 2B — Barber.

Post Falls 3-2

Lewiston 0-6

POST FALLS — Dylan Charbonneau and Zach Reeder teamed on a four-hit shutout in the opener for the Trojans, but Post Falls had to settle for the split with the Bengals in 5A Inland Empire League play.

Reeder came in with two on and two out in the sixth and struck out the next batter, then pitched a scoreless seventh for the save for Post Falls (4-8, 1-5). Center fielder Derek Bumgarner made two diving catches, one coming with two out and a man on in the seventh to end the game.

In the second game, Jacob Ralstin hit a three-run double with two out in the top of the sixth inning to break a 2-all tie for Lewiston (7-8, 3-5), and scored on a single.

Post Falls hit into double plays in the sixth and seventh to kill rallies.

“You just feel like you’re one or two hits away (from a sweep),” Post Falls coach Dustin Frank said. “The only difference was, Lewiston got the hits when they counted and we didn’t.”

Post Falls plays a doubleheader at Lake City on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Lewiston 000 000 0 — 0 4 1

Post Falls 010 002 x — 3 7 0

Daniel Hasenoehrl and Tyler Charlo; Dylan Charbonneau, Zach Reeder (6) and Matt Hammond. W — Charbonneau (1-0). L — Hasenoehrl. S — Reeder (1).

HITS: Lew — Fuller, Roth, Ralstin, Charlo. PF — Reeder, Gomer 2, Valente, Bushbacker, Hunt, Bumgardner. 2B — Bushbacker.

SECOND GAME

Lewiston 010 014 0 — 6 10 2

Post Falls 100 010 0 — 2 6 1

Tyler Charlo and Jacob Ralstin; Zach Reeder, Matt Hammond (7) and Hammond, Reeder (7). W — Charlo. L — Reeder (0-1).

HITS: Lew — Fuller, Roth 2, Tibbets, Ralstin 3, Damato 2, Charlo. PF — Givens, Reeder, Valente 3, Bumgardner. 2B — Ralstin, Givens, Reeder.

Coeur d’Alene 17-10

Sandpoint 3-0

SANDPOINT — D.J. Sutton went 3 for 5 with three RBIs in the first game and Mikey Schmidt struck out seven in the second game as the Vikings swept a nonleague doubleheader against the Bulldogs at Pine Street Field.

Joe Roletto also had three hits in the first game for Coeur d’Alene, which scored 13 runs in the final two innings.

“The kids did a good job offensively today,” Coeur d’Alene coach Nick Rook said. “They pitched well and we had some timely hitting.”

“Chase (Rodriguez) did yeoman work and kept a great hitting ballclub in check,” said Sandpoint coach Chris Young of his sophomore hurler. “It was the best outing I’ve seen him pitch, but in sixth inning he let it get away.”

Schmidt and reliever Mark Nuttleman faced the minimum 15 batters in the second game for Coeur d’Alene (12-2), which travels to Moscow for a doubleheader on Tuesday.

Caleb Nishimoto singled leading off the second inning, but was later picked off for Sandpoint (1-7), which hosts Lakeland on Tuesday.

FIRST GAME

Coeur d’Alene 001 217 6 — 17 16 1

Sandpoint 000 021 0 — 3 2 3

Ransom Storm, Sean Sutton (6), Logan Brastrup (7) and Levi Pereira; Chase Rodriguez, Zack Farrell (6), Ryan Schwartz (6) and Justin Orr. W — Storm (4-1). L — Rodriguez (0-2).

HITS: Cd’A — Kluss, Robbins, Roletto 3, Pereira 2, Duran, Nyquist, D. Sutton 3, DeHaas 2, Schmidt 2. Spt — Schwartz, Rodriguez. 2B — Sutton, DeHaas 2.

SECOND GAME

Coeur d’Alene 232 03 — 10 13 0

Sandpoint 000 00 — 0 1 2

Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.

Mikey Schmidt, Mark Nuttleman and Kolby DeHaas; Nik Feyen and Orr. W — Schmidt. L — Feyen (0-1).

HITS: Cd’A — Roletto, Pereira 3, Duran, Nyquist 2, Sutton, DeHaas, Kluss, Robbins 3. Spt — Nishimoto. 2B — Pereira 3, Nyquist, DeHaas.

St. Maries 15-14

Kellogg 5-2

ST. MARIES — Ashton Stephenson and D.J. Turner had three RBIs each in the first game and David Barbour drove in four runs in the second game as the Lumberjacks swept an Intermountain League doubleheader against the Wildcats at City Park.

St. Maries scored 15 runs in the first game, taking advantage of 14 walks and three hit batters by Kellogg.

“We had some timely hitting and did a good job taking advantage of walks,” St. Maries coach Craig Tefft said. “Our hitters were able to take advantage and score some runs.”

Ryan Beggerly had four RBIs in the first game for Kellogg (1-7, 1-7 IML), which travels to Priest River on Tuesday.

Turner had three RBIs in the second game for St. Maries (6-6, 6-1), which hosts the Moscow junior varsity on Monday.

FIRST GAME

Kellogg 001 040 — 5 5 5

St. Maries 028 005 — 15 5 1

Game called after 6 innings due to 10-run rule.

Hayden Garner, Heath Waechter (3), Tyler Figueroa and Ryan Beggerly; Ashton Stephenson, David Barbour (6) and Ray Flowers. W — Stephenson (2-1). L — Garner.

HITS: Kell — Garner, Beggerly 2, Waechter, Galford. SM — Stephenson 2, Turners, Truscott, Wilson. 2B — Beggerly, Waechter, Stephenson, Turner.

SECOND GAME

Kellogg 002 00 — 2 5 9

St. Maries 013 (10)x — 14 11 1

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

Dustin Hendzel, James Red (4), Ryan Beggerly (4) and Beggerly, Hendzel (4); Ryan Sullivan and Ray Flowers. W — Sullivan (3-3). L — Hendzel.

HITS: Kell — Garner, Waechter, Hendzel 2, Figueroa. SM — Stephenson 2, Turner 2, Truscott, Barbour 2, Sullivan, Walters 2, Flowers. 2B — Hendzel, Walters. 3B — Truscott.

Lakeland at

Moscow, ppd.

MOSCOW — The doubleheader was rescheduled for Monday.