LEGION BASEBALL: Prairie falls in Northwest Regional opener
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 1 year AGO
BURLEY — The Prairie Cardinals loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning, but were only able to push across one run, and fell to the Bozeman Bucks 9-6 in the opening round of the Northwest “A” Regional tournament on Thursday at Burley High.
Prairie (25-16-1) will face the Cache Wolverines (24-12-3) of Millville, Utah, today at 9 a.m. in a loser-out game. Cache lost 7-3 to Klamath Falls (Ore.) earlier on Thursday.
Prairie took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second as Alec Finn scored on a groundout to give the Cardinals the early lead.
Bozeman’s Everett Norick hit an inside-the-park grand slam in the fourth to give the Bucks a 4-1 lead. Grady Stinson hit a two-run single to score Bryce Berger and Gavin Wienker to cut the deficit to 4-3 in the fifth for Prairie, which took a 5-4 lead on an RBI groundout by Stinson later in the inning.
Miles Sgamma gave Bozeman (44-10) the lead for good on a two-run single in the top of the seventh inning at 7-5.
With the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Berger was hit by a pitch, allowing James Morast to score to make it 9-6.
Bozeman 000 401 4 — 9 9 2
Prairie 010 040 1 — 6 6 2
Harvey Kimmel, Sean Higgs (4), Gabe Stordahl (5), Caiden Pershing (7) and Miles Sgamma; Gavin Wienker, Grady Stinson (4), James Morast (6), Timothy Howard (7) and Mason Perkins.
HITS: Boze — Archer 3, Trenka, Sgamma 2, Stordahl, Norick 2. Pra — Berger, Finn, Stinson, Morast, Olson 2. 3B — Finn. HR — Norick.
NORTHWEST ‘A’ REGIONAL TOURNAMENT
Times PDT
At Burley High
Thursday’s Games
Klamath Falls 7, Cache Wolverines 3
Bitterroot Red Sox 11, Wasilla 0, 5 innings
Bozeman Bucks 9, Prairie Cardinals 6
Lovell 6, Burley Green Sox 2
Friday’s Games
Game 5 — Cache Wolverines (Millville, Utah) (24-12-3) vs. Prairie Cardinals (25-16-1), 9 a.m. (loser out)
Game 6 — Wasilla (Alaska) (21-11) vs. Burley Green Sox (36-6), noon (loser out)
Game 7 — Klamath Falls, Ore. (36-9) vs. Bozeman Bucks (Mont.) (44-10), 3 p.m.
Game 8 — Bitterroot Red Sox (Mont.) (40-14) vs. Lovell (Wyo.) (32-22), 6 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Game 9 — Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7, noon (loser out)
Game 10 — Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 8, 3 p.m. (loser out)
Game 11 — Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 6 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Game 12 — Winner Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11, 3 p.m. (loser out)
Game 13 — Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 11, 6 p.m. (semifinal)
Monday’s Games
Game 14 — Winner Game 12 vs. Winner Game 13, 10 a.m. (championship)
Game 15 — Loser Game 14 vs. Winner Game 15, 30 minutes after conclusion of Game 14 (if-necessary game)