STATE LEGION BASEBALL: Nordman sends Lums past Middleton
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 2 hours, 26 minutes AGO
LEWISTON — Colton Nordman singled to score Malcolm MacNiven with the winning run with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen eliminated the Middleton Vikes 7-6 in the state class AA tournament at Harris Field on Saturday.
Logan Strimback had a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 6-5, then Jack Pierce tied the game in the bottom of the sixth inning on an RBI single to score Tanner Franklin for Coeur d'Alene.
Coeur d'Alene (15-15) faces the Twin Falls Cowboys (18-16) in a loser-out game today at 1 p.m.
Middleton 003 300 0 — 6 5 5
Coeur d'Alene 020 022 1 — 7 8 3
One out when winning run scored.
Brady Larson, Ethan Romero (5) and Dominick Cervantes; Tanner Franklin, Jack Pierce (7) and Colton Nordman.
HITS: Midd — Roberts, Bertelli-Salum, Larson 2, Menendez. Cd'A — Pierce 2, Morton, Fagan, MacNiven, Franklin, Nordman, Strimback. 3B — Bertelli-Salum.
Northern Lakes 10
Nampa Braves 9
NAMPA — Jake Larcher singled to score Parker Byrd with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to lift the Mountaineers past the Braves in a state class A loser-out game at Rodeo Park.
Cruz Weitz gave Northern Lakes a 9-7 lead in the bottom of the sixth on a two-run single, scoring Ethan Pecor and Larcher. Northern Lakes tied the game at 7-7 on a bases loaded walk to Matthew Junkin.
"We've had different guys each game that have really stepped up," Northern Lakes coach Bryce Johnson said. "Jake's having a great tournament, so is Ethan (Pecor) and Matthew had a massive double and great at-bat for us."
Larcher and Junkin finished with three RBIs each for Northern Lakes (27-7), which faces the Lewis-Clark Cubs today in a loser-out game.
Nampa Braves 001 402 2 — 9 13 1
Northern Lakes 001 035 1 — 10 8 1
Brittyn Garman, Travis Apelian (5), Carson Bradshaw (7) and Brody Springer; Grant Rigler, Ethan Pecor (4), Jake Larcher (6) and Gage Haines.
HITS: Nampa — Behrens 3, Blacker, Springer 2, Garman 2, Bradshaw, Martineau, Bettencourt 3. NL — Pecor 2, Perkl, Larcher 2, Junkin, Weitz, Haines. 2B — Springer, Garman, Junkin.