Hawks blank Bulldogs

SANDPOINT — Troy Carr and Justin White combined on a one-hitter, and Lakeland plated eight first inning runs en route to a 15-0 blanking of Sandpoint in a 4A Inland Empire League baseball game Tuesday at Pine St. Field.

Delane Sheppard has a triple and White a double for the Hawks (8-1, 2-0 4A IEL), who only had five hits but capitalized on nine walks and four errors by Sandpoint. C.J. Crane scored a team-high three runs in the win.

“Chris Jackson led off with a base hit to get us going, and it got the ball rolling and got everyone excited,” said Hawks coach Jason Bradbury, who said the Bulldogs were playing with class despite a rough stretch. “They’re all respectful kids and I respect that, it would be easy to be down.”

Freshman Tyler Newton had the only hit for the young Bulldogs (0-8, 0-2 4A IEL), who have four freshman and three sophomores seeing considerable playing time. Newton also came in and logged a couple of solid innings on the mound in relief, providing a lift to a pitching staff that has given up double digits in every game.

“Tyler came in and did a good job to stop the bleeding for us,” said Bulldogs head coach Chris Young, whose team continues to search for some offense.

Sandpoint hosts Post Falls on Thursday.

Lakeland  822 03 — 15  5   0

Sandpoint 000 00 — 0    1   4

Troy Carr, Justin White (3) and Logan Bruner; Kyle Perry, Quinn Pearlstein (2), Tyler Newton (3) and Paul Sundquist. W — Carr. L — Perry (0-2).

Hits: LL — Jackson, Carr, Ceballos, White, Sheppard. Spt — Newton. 2B — White. 3B — Sheppard.