LEGION BASEBALL: Prairie wins twice at Gonzaga Showcase

SPOKANE — After dropping two games Sunday at the Gonzaga Showcase, the Prairie Cardinals bounced back with two victories Monday, beating Prospect United 8-6 and the King County Mets 7-4, both at Gonzaga University. 

In the first game, Gavin Wienker went 2 for 4 with a two-run triple in the second inning that put Prairie up 6-0. James Morast also had a pair of hits for the Cardinals. 

In the second game, Alec Finn went 2 for 4 with a two-run single to cap a four-run first inning for Prairie. Timothy Howard and Isaiah Kearney each had two hits for the Cardinals. Grady Stinson struck out five and scattered seven hits in a complete-game victory. 

Prairie (16-11-1) returns to action Thursday, playing host to the Lewis-Clark Cubs in a 5 p.m. doubleheader at Brett James Memorial Field in Post Falls. 

PRAIRIE 8, PROSPECT UNITED 6 

Prospect    005    001    0    —    6    12    3 

Prairie     241    100    x    —    8    9    2 

Ryder Hockema, Jay Swanson (6) and T. Medvedich; Gavin Wienker, Timothy Howard (4) and Mason Perkins. 

HITS: Pros — Swanson, Goss 2, Fierro 4, Johnson, Hockema, Rodriguez 2, Martins. Pra — Howard, Wienker 2, Stinson, Morast 2, Kearney, Olson, Hoskinson. 2B — Rodriguez, Howard. 3B — Goss, Wienker. 

PRAIRIE 7, KING COUNTY 4 

King County    112    000    0    —    4    7    0 

Prairie    421    000    x    —    7    10    4 

Travis Beam, Yuma Noda (4) and N/A; Grady Stinson and Mason Perkins. 

HITS: KC — Noda, Wood 3, King, Ward, Culpepper. Pra — Howard 2, Berger, Wienker, Finn 2, Stinson, Kearney 2, Hoskinson. 2B — Ward, Wood, Hoskinson. 3B — Howard.