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1-3 on the week
The Prairie Baseball Team won 1 of 4 games played in a 3-day period this past week. They started the week with a 16-4 league win at Kamiah Thursday, March 20. On Friday, March 21 they suffered their first loss of the season, 3-8 to McCall-Donnelly in their home opener. They were leading 5-2 in the third inning of a second game that was called due to darkness. On Saturday, March 22 they were swept in a league doubleheader by Genesee at Lewiston 3-8 and 2-3. 
In the second inning Calvin Hinkelman led off with a double to center. He would later score on a wild pitch. With one out Brandon Anderson walked and went to second on an errant pickoff throw. He went to third on a wild pitch and scored when Tyler Hankerson reached on an error. With Daniel Mager at the plate the Kamiah starting pitcher hurt himself on a toss back from his catcher. He apparently stepped wrong and pulled a groin muscle. The replacement pitcher wound up walking Mager. Hankerson and Mager scored when Rhett Schlader reached on an error. Bruegeman walked and Clark Bruno reached on an error with Schlader scoring and Bruegeman going to third. Bruegeman and Bruno pulled off a successful double steal as Bruegeman scored. Walks to Hinkelman, Terran Perry and Anderson forced in Bruno to make it 7-0. Pitcher Bruegeman gave up a couple of walks in the second but no runs. Prairie added 2 more runs in the third to take a 9-0 lead as Mager singled and Schlader walked. Bruegeman struck out but had to be thrown out at first and Mager scored on the play at first. Schlader wound up scoring on a wild pitch. Bruegeman ran into trouble in the third as he gave up 2 singles and a triple and 3 runs. Kamiah went to a third pitcher in the fourth and Hinkelman greeted him with his second double of the game. Peery was hit by a pitch and Anderson singled to scored Hinkelman. Jake Bruner beat out an infield hit to load the bases and Hankerson scored Peery with a sacrifice fly to left. Mager reached on an error to reload the bases and Schlader singled home both Anderson and Bruner. A double steal by Mager and Schlader resulted in another run and Schlader scored on a sacrifice fly by Bruno to make it 15-3. Peery led off the fifth inning with a single up the middle and wound up scoring Prairie’s final run. Schlader relieved Bruegeman in the fourth and wound up giving up a run as Prairie won in 5 innings on the 10-run mercy rule. Prairie had 9 hits with Hinkelman collecting a pair of doubles. Schlader, Peery, Anderson, Bruner, Hankerson and Daniel Mager each had a single. Bruegeman gave up 3 hits and 3 runs in 3 innings with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Schlader gave up 1 run in 2 innings on 2 hits. Prairie 0 7 2 6 1—16 9 2 Kamiah 0 0 3 0 1— 4 5 5  In
their home opener, Prairie gave up 7 runs in the first 3 innings and wound
up losing 3-8 in a 5-inning game against McCall-Donnelly.
Prairie gave up 3 in the first inning and answered with 1 run. The Pirates were down 1-8 before they would score again as they tallied single runs in the fourth and fifth. Hankerson pitched the first 4 innings giving up all of McCall’s runs. John Mager pitched a scoreless fifth. Mager continued pitching in the second game. After a scoreless first inning, McCall got to Mager for 2 runs in the second on 3 hits and an error. Prairie responded with 5 runs in the their half of the second. Casey Danly led off with a single and Peter Spencer followed with a double that scored Danly. Spencer would steal third and after Bruner walked, an errant pickoff attempt allowed Spencer to score with Bruner going all the way to third. John Mager beat out a bunt single and Schlader singled to score Bruner. Hinkelman then singled to score Mager and make it 5-2. Mager had 3 strikeouts in the top of the third but the game was called after that half inning due to darkness. McCall 3 2 2 1 0—8 6 1 Prairie 1 0 0 1 1—3 6 4  but
mustered only 3 baserunners total in the final 6 innings.
Bruegeman started the first inning rally by reaching on an error. Bruno followed with a single and Hinkelman singled home Bruegeman. Peery then forced Hinkelman at second but Bruno was able to score. Danly followed with a popup that managed to fall for a hit in front of the shortstop. Hankerson then picked up a similar hit behind second base to score Peery and make it 3-0. Genesee got to Bruegeman for a run on 2 hits in the bottom of the first and added another run in the second. They took the lead with a 4-run fourth that featured 4 hits and an error. Prairie conceivably should have allowed no runs in that inning. A bobbled ground ball led to just a force out instead of a likely double play and an error followed on the next batter which kept the inning going. Genesee added single runs in both the 5th and 6th innings to win 8-3. Bruegeman pitched 5 1/3 innings allowing 14 hits and 8 runs with 1 walk and 3 strikeouts. Daniel Mager got the last 2 outs in the sixth. Prairie had 7 hits with Hinkelman and Danly collecting 2 singles each. Schlader, Bruno and Hankerson each added a single. Prairie 3 0 0 0 0 0 0—3 7 1 Genesee 1 1 0 4 1 1 x—8 14 1 In the top of the 6th Schlader beat out a bunt single and went to second when the throw got past first base. After an out Bruno had in infield single and Spencer went in as a courtesy runner for Bruno who was the Prairie pitcher in the game. Spencer stole second to set up Hinkelman for a 2-run single to left that gave Prairie a 2-1 lead. The lead did not last long though as Genesee got a lead-off walk and turned that into a run on 2 wild pitches and an errant pickoff throw. Bruno then got 2 outs before hitting a batter. Bruno then had the batter picked off but in the ensuing rundown a throw got away allowing the baserunner to get all the way to third. He scored on a wild pitch to give Genesee a 2-3 lead. Prairie went down in order in the top of the 7th to give Genesee the win. Prairie outhit Genesee 5-2 as Bruno gave up just 2 hits in the game. He walked 4 and hit 2 batters while striking out 9. The Pirates got 2 hits from Hinkelman with Schlader, Bruno and Daniel Mager collecting the other 3 hits. Prairie is now 2-3 on the season and 2-2 in league play. Prairie 0 0 0 0 0 2 0—2 5 2 Genesee 1 0 0 0 0 2 x—3 2 2
Prairie Baseball 2014 March 20—Kamiah, there, 4:00, won 16-4 21—McCall, here, (2), 4:00, lost 3-8, led 2nd game 5-2 in third when called due to darkness 22—Genesee (2) @LCSC, 11:00, lost 3-8 and 2-3 28—Troy (2) @Clearwater Park-Lewiston 4:00 29—Potlatch, here (2), 11:00 11 & 12—Glenn’s Ferry Tournament, Friday: Wells, NV, 11:30; Malad, 2:00 Saturday: Soda Springs, 11:30 15—C.V., here, 4:30 17—vs. Highland (@Culdesac), 4:30 19—Timberline, there, (2) 11:00 24—Kendrick, there, 4:30 28—Highland, here, 4:30 2—Kendrick, here, 4:30 5 – 10—Districts- Lewiston, TBA 16 & 17—State at Lewiston, TBA |
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