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win 3 of 5 games
The Prairie baseball team won 3 of 5 games played in the past week. They started off by getting swept in a doubleheader at Genesee on Thursday, April 27. On Saturday, April 29 they turned the tables and swept a doubleheader from Troy at Lewiston. Finally on Monday, May 1, in only their second game played on their home field, they edged Nezperce 3-2. 
The opening game was scoreless through the top of the third inning but Genesee put together 3 straight hits to start the bottom of the third and scored 3 runs off of Sam Mager. Prairie answered back in the top of the fourth as Spencer Schumacher led off with a single to right and Dereck Arnzen followed with an infield single toward third. Jake Stubbers, who came in when Nick Mager injured a finger running the bases in the second inning, laid down a perfect bunt that saw Schumacher score on a bad throw. After getting ahead in the count 2-0, Luke Schwartz was intentionally walked to load the bases with nobody out. A couple of strikeouts followed and Genesee appeared about to get out of the inning with just 1 run scored as Sam Mager grounded toward second but an error allowed him to reach with Arnzen scoring to cut the lead to 2-3. Unfortunately that was all the scoring for Prairie. Genesee then came back with 4 runs in the bottom of the fourth with 3 hits, 2 errors and 2 walks contributing to the scoring. Genesee added 3 more in the fifth and then scored 2 in the sixth to end the game. Prairie had just 4 hits, 3 of them in the 2-run fourth inning. Brandon Anderson, Schumacher, Arnzen and Stubbers each had a single. Brandon Anderson pitched the first inning then came back in the fourth and wound up pitching 1 2/3 innings allowing 2 hits and 3 runs with 5 walks and 2 strikeouts. Mager pitched 2 1/3 innings allowing 4 runs on 6 hits with 2 strikeouts and no walks. Jace Perrin pitched the final 1 1/3 innings allowing 5 runs on 3 hits with 4 walks and 2 hit batsmen. Arnzen started on the mound in the second game and struggled with command as he walked 2 hitters and hit 3 others while giving up 2 singles as Genesee scored 6 runs in the first inning. Prairie started well in the bottom of the first as Brandon Anderson led off with a single and Sam Mager followed with a singled. Anderson got forced at third but Nick Mager back in action after getting his finger fixed, singled to left to score his brother Sam. Unfortunately that turned out to be Prairie’s only run of the game. Genesee meanwhile got 1 more run off of Arnzen on a walk and w singles in the second. Luke Schwartz went in to pitch in the third and gave up 2 runs in the third and 2 more in the fifth after a scoreless fourth. Schumacher came on to get the final 2 outs in the fifth after Genesee had taken a 1-11 lead. Prairie was unable to score in the bottom of the fifth and the game ended on the 10-run mercy rule. Prairie had 6 hits in the game, all singles. Anderson, Sam Mager, Nick Mager, Perrin, Luke Schwartz and Jon Halligan each had a single. Arnzen gave up 7 run in 2 innings while allowing 4 hits, 3 walks, 3 hit batsmen and he also had 2 strikeouts. Schwartz gave up 5 runs in 2 1/3 innings on 5 hits with 3 walks and 2 hit batsmen. Schumacher pitched 2/3 of an inning, walking 2 and striking out 2. Game 1 Prairie 0 0 0 2 0 0— 2 4 3 Genesee 0 0 3 4 3 2—12 11 1 Game 2 Genesee 6 1 2 0 2—11 9 0 Prairie 1 0 0 0 0— 1 6 1  Prairie
had a lot more success against Troy at Lewiston on Saturday, April 29 as
they were the ones winning both games on the 10-run mercy rule 17-5 and
21-11.
The first game started slowly as Prairie scored 1 run each in the first and second innings only to have Troy tie it at 2-2 in the third. Prairie broke it open in the fourth when they scored 8 runs to make it 10-2. Troy came back with 3 in the bottom of the inning to pull within 10-5 but Prairie added 4 in the fifth and 3 in the sixth to take a 17-5 lead and that’s how it ended after 6 innings. Prairie had 10 hits in the game with Perring picking up 3 singles to lead the team. Schumacher and Stubbers each had a double while Brandon Anderson, Nick Mager, Owen Anderson, Schwartz and Sam Mager each had a single. Arnzen started on the mound and pitched the first two innings. Brandon Anderson came on in the third and pitched the final 4 innings. In the second game Prairie jumped out on top early with 5 runs in the first and 4 in the second for a 9-0 lead. Troy scored 1 in the third but Prairie added 5 in the fourth for a 14-1 lead. Troy then got momentum going their way as they plated 9 runs in the fifth to cut the lead to 14-10. Prairie answered back with another 5-spot in the bottom of the fifth to make it 19-10. Troy added a run in the sixth but Prairie scored 2 in the bottom of the inning to end the game on the 10-run rule. Prairie had 8 hits in the game as they took advantage of walks and 5 Troy errors. Perrin again had 3 hits with a double and 2 singles. Nick Mager had a double and a single while Schwartz had 2 singles and Stubbers added a single. Sam Mager started on the mound and pitched into the third inning. Schumacher came on in the third and pitched until injuring his hand sliding into home in the bottom of the fourth. Perrin came on in the fifth and finished out the game. Game 1 Prairie 1 1 0 8 4 3—17 10 0 Troy 0 0 2 3 0 0— 5 5 4 Game 2 Troy 0 0 1 0 9 1—11 10 5 Prairie 5 4 0 5 5 2—21 8 3 Nezperce had their best pitcher take the mound and Prairie wasn’t able to do much against him. Fortunately Prairie’s assortment of pitchers were also able to hold down the score on the other side. Brandon Anderson pitched the first two innings for Prairie and gave up just 1 hit with 5 strikeouts. Prairie took the early lead with a run in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Brandon Anderson led off the inning with a single to left. He stole second and went to third on a wild pitch. He scored on Arnzen’s single to the gap in right center. Arnzen took over on the mound in the third inning and got into and out of trouble. In the fourth he gave up a leadoff infield single and then got an out. He was then pulled in favor of Luke Schwartz. Both Anderson and Arnzen’s short stays on the mound were so they would be able to pitch again if needed in Tuesday’s doubleheader against Kendrick. Schwartz struck out the first batter he faced then gave up a single that scored the tying run. He then got another strikeout to end the inning. In the fifth Schwartz ran into control trouble and walked the bases loaded. A sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run but a pickoff play got Prairie out of the inning with no further damage. The pickoff went for the runner on first but they wound up getting the runner who then took off from second for third base. In the bottom of the sixth Prairie put a rally together to tie the score. Nick Mager hit a 1-out double to the fence in right center. Brandon Anderson was intentionally walked. Carson Forsman laid down a sacrifice but to move up both runners. Dereck Arnzen then hit a grounder to short that was bobbled for an error allowing the Mager to score and Arnzen to reach first base safely. Nezperce then pulled their starter to set up a lefty-lefty matchup and got out of the inning with a strikeout. Schwartz walked the leadoff hitter in the seventh and was then pulled in favor of Sam Mager. Mager had started the game at catcher but got injured early on. He got a forceout at second then a strikeout. Nezperce’s #3 hitter was then walked intentionally and Mager got out of the inning with a strikeout, leaving the go-ahead runner stranded at third. In the bottom of the inning Owen Anderson led off and drew a walk on a 3-2 pitch. Schwartz executed a perfect sacrifice bunt to move Owen to second. An errant pickoff throw by the pitcher sent him to third. Jake Stubbers then hit a hard grounder to second and beat it out for an infield hit as Owen scored the game-winning run. Prairie had 5 hits in the game. Stubbers had 2 singles with neither getting out of the infield as his earlier hit was a bunt single. Nick Mager had a double and Brandon Anderson and Arnzen each had a single. Anderson and Stubbers each had an RBI. Brandon Anderson gave up 0 runs and 1 hit with 5 strikeouts in 2 innings. Arnzen gave up 1 run on 1 hit with 2 walks and a hit batsman in 1 inning. Schwartz gave up 1 run on 1 hit with 4 walks and 5 strikeouts in 3 innings. Finally Sam Mager gave up no runs and no hits with 1 intentional walk and 2 strikeouts in 1 inning. Prairie is now 7-7 on the season and 6-5 in league play. Nezperce 0 0 0 1 1 0 0—2 3 2 Prairie 0 1 0 0 0 1 1—3 5 1
2017 Prairie Boys Baseball Schedule MARCH 23-CV, there, 4:00, won 6-1 25-Genesee, here, 10:00 a.m., postponed 28-Lapwai, at Clearwater Field, 4:00, postponed to May 8 7-Glenns Ferry Tournament – Glenns Ferry, 3:00 p.m. MDT, lost 2-12 8-Glenns Ferry Tournament – Declo, 9:00 a.m. MDT, won 3-2 8-Glenns Ferry Tournament – Nampa Christian, 11:30 a.m.MDT, cancelled 11-Lapwai, here, 4:30, lost 7-10 13-Grangeville, there, 4:00, cancelled 15-Potlatch, here, (2), lost 0-10 and 2-5 18-Nezperce, here, 4:30, rescheduled to Friday, April 21 20-CV, here, 4:00, rescheduled to Wednesday, April 19, won 5-4 21-Nezperce, here, 4:00, rescheduled to Monday, May 1 27-Genesee, there, (2), 4:00, lost 2-12, 1-11 29-Troy, there, (2), 11:00, won 17-5, 21-11 2-Kendrick, here, (2), 4:00, won 9-8, lost 5-15, details next week 8-vs Lapwai at Clearwater Field in Lewiston, 4:30 p.m. 5-12-District at Orofino, TBA 19-20-State at Lewiston, TBA |
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