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Pirates win 3 games
The Prairie Lady Pirates finally got to play some game this past week and won 3 games to improve to 4-0 on the season. On Wednesday, April 12 they clobbered Culdesac in their only home game so far, 17-2. They followed that up with a doubleheader sweep of Potlatch at Lewiston on Saturday, April 15, 15-14 and 15-5. 
It got a lot better once Prairie got to hit though as the Pirates sent 15 hitters to the plate in the bottom of the first scoring 11 runs on 7 hits and 5 walks. Kylie Tidwell matched Culdesac’s leadoff batter by leading off with a triple and then scoring on a wild pitch to tie the game. Faith Uhlenkott and Sarah Ross both walked. Sam Remacle doubled home Uhlenkott and Ross then scored on a wild pitch. After an out Josie Peery walked and stole second. Sierah Poxleitner singled home Remacle. Alexis Hiler singled in Peery and Poxleitner. Kodie Tidwell then singled to score Hiler and stole second. She then advanced to third on a wild pitch. Kylie Tidwell walked and stole second and Uhlenkott walked to load the bases. After a second out was made Remacle reached on an infield single to score Kodie Tidwell and a throwing error allowed both Kylie Tidwell and Uhlenkott to score with Remacle winding up at third. Noelle Uhlenkott went in as a courtesy runner for Remacle and scored on Sydney Bruner’s single to left to make it 11-1. Culdesac’s leadoff hitter in the second reached on an error and a single and walk loaded the bases. The run scored on a forceout at second and that was all Culdesac would score in the game. Uhlenkott gave up 3 more singles and a walk but was able to get out of both the third and fourth innings without anyone scoring. Prairie was limited to a single by Kodie Tidwell in the second but came up with another run in the third when Ross singled and scored on Remacle’s double. Culdesac changed pitchers in the fourth and the new pitcher walked the first 3 batters on just 12 pitches. A caught stealing led to an out but there were still 2 runners on when Kodie Tidwell doubled to right to score Leah Higgins, who hit for Poxleitner. Kylie Tidwell was hit by a pitch to score Hiler and a wild pitch scored Kodie Tidwell with Kylie moving to second. Uhlenkott and Ross walked to load the bases. Remacle walked to force home Kylie Tidwel and Bruner reached on an error with Uhlenkott scoring to make it 17-2 and end the game on the 15-run mercy rule. Uhlenkott allowed 2 runs in 4 innings on 5 hits with 3 walks and 4 strikeouts. Prairie had 11 hits led by Remacle who had 2 doubles and a single with 4 RBI. Kodie Tidwell had a double and 2 singles with 2 RBI. Kylie Tidwell had a triple while Ross, Bruner, Poxleitner and Hiler each had a single.Bruner had 2 RBI while Poxleitner and Hiler each had 1 RBI. Culdesac 1 1 0 0— 2 5 2 Prairie 11 0 1 5—17 11 1  The
opening game was a back and forth high scoring affair that Prairie eventually
won thanks in large part to being the home team as it was one of those
games where the last team to hit was going to win.
In the opening inning Potlatch got a walk and a double to score a run. Prairie then got 2 outs but an error kept the inning going and Potlatch wound up scoring 4 runs. Priarie was able to answer back though as Kylie Tidwell led off with a single, Uhlenkott walked and Ross triple to right to score both runners. Ross then scored on Bruner’s sacrifice fly to center to cut the Potlatch lead to 3-4. Uhlenkott got the side out in order in the second inning and Prairie took their first lead in the bottom of the inning. Peery was hit by a pitch leading off and Poxleitner followed with a single. Potlatch then had trouble catching throws as Peery scored and Poxleitner made it all the way to third. Poxleitner then scored when an illegal pitch was called to make it 5-4 in Prairie’s favor. Neither team scored in the third inning and Uhlenkott made it 3 straight shutout innings pitched with a 1-2-3 fourth. In the bottom of the fourth Peery got a 1-out single to right. Poxleitner then hit an infield grounder but the second baseman dropped the throw leaving Prairie with runners on first and second and still only 1 out. Kodie Tidwell then pounded the ball to deep left center for a run-scoring double. Kylie Tidwell followed with an infield grounder on which Potlatch again was unable gain an out as Poxleitner scored. A walk to Uhlenkott loaded the bases then Ross reached on an error by the pitcher with Kodie Tidwell scoring. A wild pitch moved up all 3 runners as Kylie Tidwell scored. After the second out was made, Bruner grounded to the third baseman who made a throwing error which allowed Uhlenkott and Ross both to score and made it 11-4. A 7-run lead looks pretty safe but Prairie had their own problems on defense in the top of the fifth. 4 hits, including a double and a homer, 3 walks and 2 errors later, Potlatch had cut Prairie’s lead to 11-9 with a 5-run inning. Prairie went out in order in the bottom of the inning. Neither side scored in the 6th but in the 7th Potlatch again took advantage of a couple of Prairie errors along with 3 hits, a walk and a hit batter to take their first lead since the early innings with 5 more runs for an 11-14 lead. Bruner led off the bottom of the sevent by working a walk. She went to second on a wild pitch and stole third. She then scored when Higgins reached on an error. Peery forced Higgins at second for the first out of the inning. Poxleitner was hit by a pitch. A great catch by Potlatch’s left fielder robbed Kodie Tidwell of a 2-run double but Kylie Tidwell followed with a 2-run double to the gap in right center to tie the game at 14-14. Kylie wound up advancing to third when the throw went to home plate. The first pitch to Faith Uhlenkott was in the dirt and got past the catcher allowing Kylie Tidwell scored the game-winning run. Prairie had 8 hits in the game with Ross collecting a triple, double and single and 3 RBI. Kylie Tidwell had a single and double and 4 RBI. Kodie Tidwell had a double and an RBI and Peery had a single. Uhlenkott pitched all 7 innings and gave up 12 hits and 14 runs with 4 walks, 1 hit batter and 7 strikeouts. Potlatch 4 0 0 0 5 0 5—14 12 5 Prairie 3 2 0 6 0 0 4—15 8 5 
Potlatch scored in the bottom of the first on 2 singles and an error. Prairie had a great play on the same play as the error. With a runner on second, Potlatch singled to left. India Peery fielded the ball, threw to shortstop Kylie Tidwell who threw to Sam Remacle at the plate to nail the runner trying to score. The batter meanwhile tried to advance to third on the throw home and Remacle’s throw got past third baseman Josie Peery and the runner wound up scoring. Prairie came back to take the lead in the second. Higgins reached when the second baseman dropped her short fly ball. She stole second and scored on Poxleitner’s double to left center. Poxleitner went to third on a passed ball and scored on Kylie Tidwell’s infield single to make it 2-1. Potlatch didn’t score in their half of the inning and Priarie made it 4-1 with 2 more runs in the third. Ross hit a fly ball to center that was dropped for an error. Remacle followed with a flyball to center for a double with Ross making it to third. Ross scored on Bruner’s groundout to third and Hiler, courtesy running for Remacle, scored on Josie Peery’s single to right to make it 4-1. Potlatch had a pair of bunt base hits in the third but a flyball to third and a grounder to third got Priarie out of the inning with no runs scored. Potlatch changed pitchers for the fourth inning, taking out their #1 pitcher who had pitched all 10 innings so far. The new pitcher was unable to get an out as Kodie Tidwell singled up the middle. Kylie Tidwell beat out an infield hit. Uhlenkott singled up the middle to score Kodie. Ross then crushed a 3-run homer over the fence in left center to make it 8-1. Remacle followed with a walk and Potlatch changed pitchers again. After getting a flyball out, Higgins drew a walk. Josie Peery followed with a double that scored Hiler, who was courtesy running for Remacle. Poxleitner walked to load the bases and Kodie Tidwell singled home both Higgins and Peery with Poxleitner advancing to third. Tidwell wound up going to second on the throw. An illegal pitch scored Poxleitner and sent Tidwell to third. Kylie Tidwell walked on 4 pitches. Uhlenkott then doubled down the third baseline to score Kodie Tidwell. Ross grounded out to short to score Kylie Tidwell and a wild pitch scored Noelle Uhlenkott, who was courtesy running for her sister Faith. In all Prairie scored 11 runs in the inning to take a 15-1 lead. With the long break Faith Uhlenkott was a little off with her pitching and walked the first two hitters she faced in the bottom of the fourth. Two wild pitches led to one run scoring and a comebacker scored another as Uhlenkott took the easy out at first. A single and an error put 2 more runners on and a hit batter loaded the bases with 2 outs. A 2-run single made it 15-5 before Uhlenkott got out of the inning with a groundout to second. Prairie went down in order in the fifth. In the bottom of the fifth Potlatch needed a run to keep the game from ending on the 10-run rule. The first two hitters flew out to the outfield. The third batter doubled to right. The game then ended on a grounder to short with Kylie Tidwell throwing out the batter at first. Prairie had 14 hits in the game with Kylie Tidwell having a double and 2 singles and an RBI. Remacle also had a double and 2 singles. Faith Uhlenkott Josie Peery each had a double and a single and 2 RBI. Kodie Tidwell had 2 singles and 2 RBI. Ross had a homer and 4 RBI. Poxleitner had a double and an RBI. Uhlenkott, despite already having pitched a full 7 innings, pitched better in the second game giving up 5 runs on 8 hits with 2 walks and a hit batter and no strikeouts. Prairie is now 4-0 both overall and in league play. Prairie 0 2 2 11 0—15 14 1 Potlatch 1 0 0 4 0— 5 8 3
MARCH 17-Kendrick, there, 4:00, postponed due to wet field 21-Kamiah, there, 4:00, postponed due to wet field 23-Culdesac, there, 4:00, won 12-10 25-Kellogg (2), at Lewiston, 12:00, cancelled 28-Lapwai, there, 4:00, postponed to May 2 15-Potlatch (2), here, Moved to Airport Park #3 in Lewiston, game time 12 noon. won 15-14 and 15-5 18-Genesee, there, 5:00, rescheduled to April 19 at Asotin, won 15-5, details next week 21-Grangeville (V,JV), here, 4:00 25-Genesee, here, 5:00 27-Kamiah, here, 4:00 29-Troy (2), there, 11:30 5-Waitsburg (2), there, 4:00 8-Kendrick, here, 4:00 12-Districts at Orofino TBA 19-20-State Tournament, Lewiston, TBA |
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