LEGION BASEBALL: Prairie tourney opener ends in tie

PASCO, Wash. — The Prairie Cardinals AA team scored five runs in the second inning, but they finished with a 5-5 tie against Rock Creek Select Upperclass 18U on Friday in the opener of a Top Tier tournament at Chiawana High. 

Isaiah Kearney hit a two-run single in the second inning to get Prairie (6-3-1) on the board. Timothy Howard added a two-run double to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead. 

Logan Storrer went 3 for 4 with a triple and double for Prairie. 

Prairie is scheduled to play the Tri-Cities Badgers 17U today at 1 p.m. at Tri-Cities Prep, and the RSP Baseball Upperclass at 3:30 at Columbia Basin College, both in Pasco.

Rock Creek     300    002    0    —    5    7    0 

Prairie    050    000    0    —    5    5    2 

E. Grant, C. Hollowell (6) and E. Cameron, K. Schrier (6); Gavin Wienker, Andrew Olson (1), Timothy Howard (3), Grady Stinson (6), Logan Storrer (7) and Bryce Berger. 

HITS: RC — Montgomery, No. 26, Hollowell 2, Mills 2. Pra — Howard, Storrer 3, Kearney. 2B — Mills, Storrer, Howard. 3B — Storrer. 

Lums drop two at Palouse tourney 

Coeur d’Alene took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but the Kalispell Lakers A 18U scored three times in the top of the seventh to edge the Lums AA squad 7-6 at Bailey-Brayton Field in Pullman in their second game Friday at the Palouse Summer Series. 

Earlier Friday, at McDonald Park in Colfax, Coeur d’Alene lost 4-2 to the Palouse Patriots 18U club. 

In the first game, the Lums (4-6) out-hit the Palouse Patriots 18U 5-3, but Coeur d’Alene pitchers walked 10 and both Lums errors led to runs.  

Malcolm MacNiven hit a two-run double in the top of the third inning to tie the game at 2 for the Lums. 

Against Kalispell, Asa Morton drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the sixth to break a 4-all tie for Coeur d’Alene, and Colton Nordman’s squeeze bunt scored MacNiven.  

In the second inning, the Lums trailed 4-0 before Morton singled home a run and Nordman singled hom Morton. 

In the fourth, Evan Nuss hit an RBI double and scored the tying run on Nordman’s single. 

Coeur d’Alene, 1-2 in tourney play, wraps up group play tonight vs. the Kennewick Dusters AA 17U squad at 9 p.m. at Bailey-Brayton Field. 

PALOUSE 18U 4, COEUR d’ALENE 2 

Coeur d’Alene     002    000    0    —    2    5    2 

Palouse 18U     200    002    x    —    4    3    0 

Liam Mills, Will D’Orazi (3) and Colton Nordman; Harrison Focht and Jakob Dienno.  

HITS: Cd’A — Strimback, Pierce, Fagan, MacNiven, Huss. Pal — Karino-Evans, Focht, McCann. 2B — MacNiven, Strimback. 3B — Huss. 

KALISPELL 7, COEUR d’ALENE 6 

Kalispell     130    000    3    —    7    10    2 

Coeur d’Alene    020    202    0    —    6    7    1 

Wyatt Sharp, Madden Carrier (6) and Blake Paulsen; Rylan Anstine, Trevor Booze (2), JD Davenport (7) and Colton Nordman. 

HITS: Kal — Jacobs 2, Paulsen, Driear, St. Jean, Gladeau 3, Wilcox 2. Cd’A — Pierce, MacNiven 2, Huss, Morton, Nordman 2. 2B — Huss.