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LEGION BASEBALL: Prairie sweeps, Northern Lakes rolls

Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 8 years, 7 months AGO
| June 23, 2016 9:00 PM

POST FALLS — Jerrett Plunkett finished the day 5 for 7 with three RBIs and three runs scored, helping lead the Prairie Cardinals to an 8-5 and 6-5 sweep of the Missoula Prospects in nonleague American Legion baseball play on Wednesday at Post Falls High.

“I was super happy with the way our guys played,” Prairie coach Brian Fowler said. “We were focused for all 14 innings, and were very patient at the plate.”

In the second game, Prairie’s Preston Benson was hit by a pitch, allowing Matt Fleming to score the walk-off run.

Prairie (5-14) plays the Columbia Basin River Bandits in a doubleheader on Monday in Moses Lake starting at 5 p.m.

FIRST GAME

Missoula 020 300 0 — 5 7 0

Prairie 020 042 x — 8 10 3

Leary and C. Bardwick. Jared Porter, Matt Fleming (7) and Jerrett Plunkett. W — Porter (1-3). L — Leary. SV — Fleming (2).

HITS: MP — Booi, Mohl, Bowden, Lopez, Williams, C. Bardwick (2). PC — Lebsock 3, Plunkett, McCliment-Call, Elliott, Fleming 2, Zeller 2. 2B — Booi, Williams, Lebsock, Elliott.

SECOND GAME

Missoula 110 011 1 — 5 12 1

Prairie 100 200 3 — 6 6 1

Kominek, Lopez (7) and Williams. Jerrett Plunkett and Chris Kirkeby. W — Plunkett (1-3). L — Lopez.

HITS: MP — Booi 3, Mohl 2, Bowden 2, Lopez 2, Marsh 3. PC — Benson, Plunkett 4, Porter. 2B — Booi, Lopez, Marsh.

Northern Lakes 14

Sandpoint 4, 7 inn.

RATHDRUM — Dalton Strong and Dylan Bradbury drove in three runs each, leading the Mountaineers past Sandpoint in nonleague game at Gorton Field.

Jared McDaniel, J.J. Mackesy and Joe Strietzel had two RBIs each for Northern Lakes (6-5), which competes in the Outlaw Shootout in Kennewick starting today.

Sandpoint 003 100 0 — 4 7 3

Nor. Lakes 430 320 2 — 14 18 2

Game called with two outs in the seventh inning due to 10-run rule.

W — Villanpando. L — Bracket.

HITS: Sand — Connoly 2, Edlund 2, Holland, Kummer, Crosby. NL — Neilson, Pote 2, Strong 2, McDaniel 3, Mackesy 2, Bradbury 3, Gifford, Strietzel 2, Price. 2B — Edlund, Neilson, Strong, Mackesy, Bradbury, Gifford, Strietzel.

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