LEGION BASEBALL: Northern Lakes wins opener behind bats of Price, Bodak
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 9 years, 8 months AGO
<p>Steve Vaudreoul (21) of the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen slides safely into third base at the top of the first inning Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene. Vaudreoul went on to score the first run of the game. The Lumbermen played the American Legion season opener against the Prairie Cardinals at Thorco Field in Ramsey Park.</p>
<p>Jarrett Plunkett is greeted by his cheering teammates into the Cardinals dugout after hitting a home run and scoring the Cardinals first run of the season.</p>
RATHDRUM - Tucker Price hit a two-run double to right field in a six-run bottom of the first inning, sparking the Northern Lakes Mountaineers past the Spokane Bandits in the team's inaugural game as a AA program on Wednesday at Gorton Field at Lakeland High.
"The team played great," Northern Lakes coach Pat Capone said. "They had awesome energy and focus all game long. It was really cool to see our freshman Max Baker have two hits in his varsity debut. Brian Howell, Mike Bodak and Kenny Cooper threw the ball well on the bump."
Bodak also drove in two runs for Northern Lakes, a team made up of players from Lakeland and Timberlake High, sponsored by the Athol American Legion post.
Cody Allen scored two runs for Northern Lakes, which hosts the Central Washington Spuds of Moses Lake in a nonleague doubleheader starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Lakeland High.
Spokane Bandits 002 000 0 - 2 8 0
Northern Lakes 600 010 x - 7 9 0
Parker, Byro and Sage; Brian Howell, Michael Bodak (4) and JP Zaken. W - Howell (1-0). L - Parker.
HITS: SB - McKey, Beemer, Parker, Sage, Pate, Summer, Foste, Thew. NL - Pote, Cooper, Howell, Allen, Strong, Price, Baker 2, Bodak. 2B - Pate, Baker, Price.