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win 3 of 4
The Prairie baseball team finished their regular season winning 3 of 4 games. On Friday, May 2 they swept Highland 23-4 and 11-0 at Cottonwood. On Saturday, May 3 they lost the completion of a suspended game 14-16 then won the second game 24-2 at Troy. 
Prairie jumped on Highland with 10 runs in the first inning as they sent 14 hitters to the plate. Devin Bruegeman started it off with a walk. After he stole second Rhett Schlader pounded a double to the fence in right center to score him. Schlader scored on Calvin Hinkelman’s single to left. Hinkelman went to second on a wild pitch and scored on Terran Peery’s single to left. Brandon Anderson and Casey Danly walked to load the bases and at that point Highland changed pitchers. Tyler Hankerson grounded out to second with Peery scoring. Anderson stole home to make it 5-0. Jake Bruner walked and he and Danly executed a double steal. Bruegeman walked again to reload the bases and Schlader walked to score Danly. Clark Bruno singled to left to score 2 of the runners and Schlader scored when the ball got away from the left fielder. Bruno then scored when Hinkelman reached on an error to make it 10-0 before Tyler Hankerson even went to the mound. Highland had 2 doubles in their half of the first to score a run with a perfect relay from left to third to home keeping a second run from scoring. Prairie added another 7 runs in the second inning as they sent another 12 batters to the plate. Anderson, Hankerson, Bruner and Bruegeman each had singles and Schlader had a second double. Bruno had a sacrifice fly to center and Hinkelman Anderson and Danly each added run-scoring singles to make it 17-1. In the third Bruner led off with a double and Bruegeman followed with a run scoring single. Schlader walked to force another pitching change. Bruno grounded out to second with Schlader being called out for interference on the play as he was going to second. Hinkelman then triple to left center to score Bruegeman to make it 19-1. Highland got to Hankerson for single runs in the third, 4th and 5th innings but Prairie added 1 in the 4th and 3 more in 5th to win easily. Hankerson pitched all 5 innings allowing 4 runs on 6 hits with 4 walks, 2 hit batters and 7 strikeouts. As mentioned earlier Prairie had 20 hits with Hinkelman having a triple and 3 singles and 3 RBI. Schlader had 2 doubles and 2 RBI. Bruno had a double and single and 3 RBI. Anderson had 3 singles and an RBI. Bruner had a single and a double. Bruegeman had 2 singles and an RBI. Danly had 2 singles and 2 RBI. Peery had 2 singles and an RBI. Hankerson had a single and an RBI as every starter had at least 1 hit. In the second game Daniel Mager pitched a 3-hit shutout as Prairie again won in 5 innings. Which was fortunate since they were running out of daylight due to the length of the first game. Mager gave up a single and walk in the first inning with 1 out but a flyball and groundout got him out of the inning. In the bottom of the first Bruegeman led off with a bloop single over second. He then stole second and third and scored on Schlader’s infield single. Schlader scored when Anderson reached on an error. Prairie added 7 in the second as the first 6 batters all reached base. Danly and Daniel Mager singled. Peery went in to run for Mager and stole second and third and beat the throw to the plate as Bruner reached on a fielder’s choice. Bruegeman singled with the ball getting past the leftfielder to allow Bruner to score. Schlader singled in Bruegeman and Bruno followed with a 2-run homer over the right field fence. Anderson later singled and scored on Danly’s single to make it 9-0. Prairie added 2 in the third to get the 10-run margin needed to end the game early. Schlader walked and Bruno singled. The executed a double steal and both scored on Anderson’s single to left. Daniel Mager allowed just the 3 hits with 3 walks and 8 strikeouts including a string of 5 in a row over the second and third innings. In the fourth inning Highland got a leadoff single but Mager picked him off first. That helped keep the shutout going as the next batter doubled. Prairie had 13 hits led by Danly who had 3 singles and an RBI. Bruno had a single and homer and 2 RBI. Bruegeman had 2 singles. Schlader and Anderson each had 2 singles and 2 RBI. Daniel Mager had 2 singles and an RBI. Game 1 Prairie 10 7 2 1 3—23 20 3 Highland 1 0 1 1 1— 4 6 4 Game 2 Highland 0 0 0 0 0— 0 3 4 Prairie 2 7 2 0 x—11 13 0  The
Pirates and Trojans started off Saturday by finishing up the bottom of
the 7th of a game suspended by rain earlier in the season. You can see
details of the first 6 1/2 innings at cottonwoodchronicle.com/040314/boyssports.html
When the game was stopped, Bruno was on first with a 1-out single and Hinkelman was at the plate with a 3-0 count with the Pirates down 13-16 due to a 9-run rally by Troy in the top of the 7th. Bruno came around to score and the Pirates had the winning run at the plate but that was it as they fell 14-16. Prairie had 9 hits in the game with Bruno and Bruner each having 2 singles while Hinkelman had a triple and Schlader, Bruegeman, Peery, Daniel Mager and Hankerson each had a single. In the second game Prairie wasted little time jumping all over the Trojans as they put 10 runs up in the first inning on their way to a 24-2 rout. Prairie has scored more than 20 in 4 of their last 5 full games of the season. The Pirates added 4 more in the second, 2 in the third and 8 in the fourth. Bruno, who was lit up in the top of the 7th of the suspended game pitched 4 innings and allowed just 2 hits. Bruegeman pitched a scoreless 5th. Prairie had 12 hits in the game with Bruner having a double and triple, Peery and Danly a single and triple each, Schlader and single and double and Bruno 2 singles. Hankerson added a double while Hinkelman had a single. Prairie ends the regular season with a 10-8 record, 10-4 in league play. Game 1 Troy 0 0 2 0 5 0 9—16 6 6 Prairie 2 6 0 2 2 1 1—14 9 6 Game 2 Prairie 10 4 2 8 0—24 12 1 Troy 0 0 1 1 0— 2 2 8
District starts Thursday The Prairie baseball team wound up with the #2 seed into the district tournament and will play their first District game Thursday, May 8 at 5:30 p.m. at Lewiston’s Airport Park. They will play Troy who beat Potlatch Tuesday in a play-in game. #1 seed Genesee takes on Clearwater Valley, who ousted Kamiah on Tuesday. Thursday’s winners play for the championship at 2 p.m. Friday. Thursday’s losers play at noon on Friday. The loser of the championship game will play the noon game winner at 4 p.m. for second place and a trip to State. State will be at Lewiston’s Church Field on May 16-17. 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, trail 13-16 in bottom of 7th, game suspended due to rain - to be made up 29—Potlatch, here (2), 11:00, postponed due to rain 11 & 12—Glenn’s Ferry Tournament, Friday: lost to Wells 1-12; lost to Malad 6-10, lost to Soda Springs 4-9 Saturday: Soda Springs, 11:30 15—C.V., here, 4:30, won 18-5 17—vs. Highland (@Culdesac), 4:30 Postponed to April 28 due to rain 18--vs. Potlatch (2), here 3:00 p.m., lost 6-14, won 17-9 19—Timberline, there, (2) 11:00, won 21-1, won 26-3 24—Kendrick, there, 4:30, cancelled due to rain 25--at Troy, 4 p.m., complete suspended game then play second game.--POSTPONED TO MAY 3 28—Highland, here, (2), 3:30, postponed due to field conditions 2—Kendrick, here, 4:30, cancelled 2—Highland here, (2), 3 p.m., rescheduled from April 28, won 23-4 and 11-0 3—at Troy, rescheduled from April 25 due to wet field., lost makeup 14-16, won 24-2 5 – 10—Districts- Lewiston, vs. Troy 5:30 p.m. 5/8; see above for 2nd game possibilities 16 & 17—State at Lewiston, TBA |
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