PREP BASEBALL: Trojans slip in IEL standings after Moscow sweeps
MOSCOW — Brandon Felix singled to score Jaxon Austin with the tying run in the third inning of the second game for Post Falls, but an RBI single by Moscow’s Ethan McLaughlin in the fourth inning was the difference as the Bears beat the Trojans 9-8 in an Inland Empire League game at the Moscow School District Community Playfields on Thursday night.
Austin had three hits, two RBIs and two runs scored in the second game for Post Falls (10-7, 7-7 IEL), which fell 7-1 in the opener.
McLaughlin gave Moscow a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-run home run as the Bears closed the opener with seven straight runs.
Post Falls hosts Lewiston in a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Bengals lead the Trojans by one game in the league standings, with Post Falls scheduled to finish games against Lake City (next Thursday) and at Lakeland (next Friday).
Moscow is 11-7, 7-5.
FIRST GAME
Post Falls 001 000 0 — 1 3 2
Moscow 000 430 x — 7 7 2
Jackson George, Marshall Tomlinson (4) and Aidan Tomlinson; Keaton Clark, Ethan McLaughlin (5) and Tyson Izzo.
HITS: PF — Morrison, Cooley, George. Mos — Breese, Green, McLaughlin, Anderson 2, Driskill, Isakson. 2B — Cooley, Isakson, Driskill. HR — McLaughlin.
SECOND GAME
Post Falls 224 00 — 8 9 2
Moscow 800 1x — 9 7 2
Game called in 5th inning due to darkness.
Gavin Wienker, Danny Davoren (1), Kaleb Gadley (1) and Brandon Felix; Butch Kiblen, Ollie Spencer (3) and Tyson Izzo.
HITS: PF — Jimerson, French, Morrison, George, Diamond, Austin 3, Felix. Mos — Green 2, Izzo 2, McLaughlin, Anderson, Driskill. 2B — George, McLaughlin. 3B — French, Green.
Lakeland 9-16
Sandpoint 3-1
SANDPOINT — Tadgh Ellwood struck out 10 in the opener and Jace Taylor allowed three hits in the nightcap for the Hawks, who swept the Bulldogs in an Inland Empire League doubleheader at Memorial Field.
Senior Roan Reilly had two hits and three RBIs in the first game for Lakeland, which had three different players scored two runs each.
In the nightcap, Caleb Mason and Jake Larcher had three RBIs each for the Hawks, who scored 10 runs in the top of the fifth inning to pull away.
Lakeland (9-10, 4-9 IEL) hosts Moscow in a doubleheader next Thursday.
Sandpoint is 6-13, 2-12.
FIRST GAME
Lakeland 211 002 3 — 9 17 0
Sandpoint 000 001 2 — 3 2 1
Tadgh Ellwood, Evan Shanley (7) and Kevin Slover; Jesse Turner, Lucas Hansen (5) and Coleman Inge.
HITS: LL — Taylor 2, Mason 2, T. Ellwood 2, R. Ellwood 2, Larcher, Reilly 2, Cooksey 3, Slover 2, Lund. Spt — Williams, Turner. 2B — Slover, Taylor, Turner.
SECOND GAME
Lakeland 004 2(10) — 16 11 0
Sandpoint 000 01 — 1 3 0
Jace Taylor and Kevin Slover; Brent Campbell, Jayden Kuprienko (5), Mason Little (5), Jorden Miller (5) and Gavin Day.
HITS: LL — Taylor, Mason, T. Ellwood, R. Ellwood, Cooksey 2, Reilly 2, Slover, Larcher 2. Spt — Turner, Johnson, Day. 2B — Slover.
Deer Park 13
Timberlake 3
DEER PARK, Wash. — Zach Blansfield had a two-run single to score Caden Robinett and James Moore in the top of the second inning for the Tigers, but the visitors fell to the Stags in a nonleague game at Deer Park High.
Cooper Lenz had two hits for Timberlake (8-8-1), which opens Intermountain League play today, hosting Bonners Ferry in a doubleheader at 2 p.m.
Brock Berger had two hits and three RBIs for Deer Park (13-5).
Timberlake 020 01 — 3 5 3
Deer Park 105 07 — 13 9 3
Game called with two outs in bottom of 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Cooper Lenz, Zach Blansfield (3), Riley Brennan (3), James Moore (5) and Nate Beardsall; RJ Gillaspy, Ian Olietti (4) and Braylon Dean.
HITS: TL — Lenz 2, Moore, Huston, Blansfield. DP — Tobeck, Br. Berger 2, Dean, Grissom, Gillaspy, Bl. Berger 2, Callaham. 2B — Blansfield, Lenz, Br. Berger, Grissom.
SUSPENDED GAMES
Apparently, there is no tying in baseball, either.
At least in the Inland Empire League.
Tuesday’s second game between Lake City at Post Falls, initially reported to The Press as a tie by coaches, is now scheduled to be resumed next Thursday at 4 p.m. at Post Falls High.
The game was called due to darkness in the top of the sixth inning, with Lake City batting and leading 5-4 after scoring once in the inning.
Since the inning wasn’t completed, the game reverted to the score following the last completed inning, which was 4-4.
Also, the second game of Post Falls’ baseball doubleheader at Lakeland on April 16, suspended due to darkness, is scheduled to be resumed next Friday at 3 p.m.
In that one, Post Falls was leading 8-0 and batting in the top of the fifth when the game was called.
Five full innings must be completed for the game to be official.