LEGION BASEBALL: 19U Lakers walk-off Orofino, sweep series

19U Lakers

SANDPOINT — Gavin Day scored Parker Reichart on a suicide squeeze to walk-off the first game, Sage Medeiros pitched six dominant innings in the second game and the 19U North Idaho Lakers defeated the Orofino Merchants 9-8 and 8-4 at War Memorial Field on Friday.

In the first game, Medeiros had an RBI groundout in the first inning, Day an RBI single in the fifth, but the Lakers found themselves trailing 7-3 heading into the bottom of the sixth. Against all odds, North Idaho put together a massive 5-run rally. Reichart and Jorden Tyler hit singles to start things off. Later in the inning, after plating two runs, Soren Caprio, Finn Mellander, and Medeiros hit back-to-back-to-back RBI triples to give the Lakers an 8-7 lead. Tied 8-8 heading into the bottom of the seventh, Reichart, who was 3-for-4 on the day, doubled to deep right field. Tyler then sacrificed Reichart to third base via a bunt, and in an unexpected move, Day bunted for a single down the first base line during the next at-bat and Reichart scored as the Lakers walked-off the game.

In addition to scoring the winning run, Reichart got the win on the mound, throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings in relief. Cole Sanroman also had a solid outing for the Lakers on the bump, giving up just three hits and one earned run while striking out three batters over four innings of work. 

In the second game, it was all North Idaho from the very beginning. In the top of the second inning, Mellander had an RBI double and Jacob Hansen a sacrifice fly to give the Lakers a 2-0 lead. In the third, Hansen capped off a four-run rally with a two-run single as the Lakers went ahead 6-0. The Merchants would plate a run in the fourth and three in the sixth, but they wouldn’t get too close. In the top of the sixth, Chase Sanroman hit an RBI groundout, Mason Little an RBI double to give the Lakers some extra insurance runs.

Medeiros got the start on the mound for North Idaho and struck out six batters over six innings, giving up five hits, one walk and one earned run. Chase Sanroman pitched a clean final inning in relief, striking out one batter, to seal the deal. At the plate, Greysen Johnson supplied the Lakers with a much needed 3-for-3 effort (three singles) and a drew a walk; he was the only Laker to reach base in every single plate appearance.

The Lakers had 25 hits between both games.

North Idaho (14-11) will host Grangeville for a doubleheader Saturday at War Memorial Field.

GAME ONE

Orofino 000 142 1 — 8 13 2

North Idaho 100 025 1 — 9 14 1

W — Reichart: 1.2 IP, 2H, 0ER, 1BB, 1K. L — D. Barlow: 1.0 IP, 5H, 1ER, 0BB, 0K.

HITS: NI — Reichart 3, Caprio 2, Mellander 2, Medeiros 2, Tyler 2, Day 2, Little 1. ORO — D. Barlow 3, Tondevold 2, Olive 2, Phillips 2, Zumpe 2, Gilmore 1, Schneider 1.

2B — Reichart, Medeiros. 3B — Mellander, Caprio, Medeiros.

RBI: NI — Medeiros 3, Day 2, Caprio 1, Mellander 1. ORO — D. Barlow 3, Phillips 2, Olive 1, Tondevold 1, Schneider 1.

SB: NI — Little 1, Tyler 1, Caprio 1, Reichart 1, Co. Sanroman 1. ORO — Tondevold 1, Turcott 1.

GAME TWO

North Idaho 024 002 0 — 8 11 3

Orofino 000 103 0 — 4 5 1

W — Medeiros: 6IP, 5H, 1ER, 1BB, 6K. L — Zumpe: 6IP, 11H, 8ER, 3BB, 1K.

HITS: NI — Johnson 3, Little 2, Hansen 2, Williams 1, Mellander 1, Medeiros 1, Caprio 1. ORO — Tondevold 1, Barlow 1, Olive 1, Gilmore 1, Zumpe 1.

2B — Mellander, Little.

RBI: NI — Hansen 3, Mellander 2, Day 1, Little 1, Ch. Sanroman 1. ORO — Gilmore 2, Phillips 1.

SB: NI — Mederios 1. ORO — None.

16U Lakers

RATHDRUM — Austyn Young and Jacob Alexander both had two hits each as the 16U North Idaho Lakers fell 23-7 to Northern Lakes at Lakeland High on Friday.

North Idaho (1-17) will play next at the Washington State Area 3 'A' American Division District Championships set to be held July 17-20 in Deer Park.

North Idaho 420 01X X — 7 7 5

Northern Lakes 92[10] 2XX X — 23 17 0

W — Vollink: 2IP, 3H, 6ER, 5BB, 3K. L — Miller: 2IP, 9H, 9ER, 4BB, 2K.

HITS: NI — Alexander 2, Young 2, Marshall 1, Swen 1, Garvin 1. NL — Haines 4, Van Tassel 3, Brennan 2, Averett 2, Vollink 1, Caywood 1, Taylor 1, Junkin 1, Fuhriman 1, Tamagni 1.

2B — Brennan, Taylor, Van Tassel.

RBI: NI — Nefzger 2, Gutierrez 1, Alexander 1, Young 1. NL — Haines 2, Junkin 2, Taylor 2, Vollink 1, Caywood 1, Brennan 1, Van Tassel 1, Tamagni 1.

SB: NI — Miller 3, Young 1, Marshall 1, Gutierrez 1. NL — Junkin 4, Vollink 2, Caywood 2, Brennan 2, Haines 1.

ALL-STARS: Sandpoint 12U baseball suffers season-ending loss to Lewiston

LEWISTON — Eli Franz and Mac Peters both had singles for Sandpoint, who fell to Lewiston 8-0 in an Idaho District 1 Little League loser-out game at Airport Park on Friday.

Peters also pitched 2 1/3 innings in relief, giving up just one hit and three walks while striking out four batters.

Lewiston 110 600 — 8 5 2

Sandpoint 000 000 — 0 2 4

W — Draper: 6IP, 2H, 0ER, 0BB, 5K. L —  Bogadi: 1.1IP, 2H, 1ER, 1BB, 1K.

HITS: SPT — Franz 1, Peters 1. LEW — Peterson 2, Pierce Jr. 1, Bender 1, Crosby 1.

2B — Pierce Jr.

RBI: SPT — None. LEW — Crosby 2, Bender 1.

Sage Medeiros gets ready to fire a pitch during the second game against Orofino. Medeiros, who got the win after six innings of work, struck out six batters and gave up just five hits, one walk, and one earned run on Friday.

    Soren Caprio tags up from third base to score during the second game against Orofino.
  

    Shortstop Mason Little fields a ground ball and throws to first on the run during the second game against Orofino.

    Finn Mellander rips a ball down the third base line for an RBI double during the second game against Orofino.