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win 3 league games
The Prairie baseball team won 3 league baseball games and were well on the way to a fourth when rain halted it. They also lost a non-league game. On Tuesday, April 10 they beat Lewis County 11-1 in five innings at Kooskia and were leading 12-0 in the second game when rain suspended it in the bottom of the fourth. On Friday, April 13, Prairie lost a non-league game to Grangeville 0-10 at Kamiah. On Saturday, April 14 they swept a doubleheader from Troy at Lewiston, 16-1 and 16-3. All three completed league games were stopped after 5 innings on the 10-run mercy rule. 
Sam Mager started the game and went 3 innings allowing just 1 baserunner, a leadoff walk in the third, while striking out 8. He struck out the first 6 batters he faced. Prairie sent 10 batters to the plate in the bottom of the first. Mager led off the game with a walk and Michael Schwartz went in as a courtesy runner. Schwartz stole second and went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Dalton Ross, who nearly beat it out for a hit. Tate Berdoy scored Schwartz when he reached on an error. He then stole second. A double by Spencer Schumacher moved Berdoy, who had to tag in case the ball was caught, to third. Arnzen doubled to right scoring Berdoy with Schumacher having to tag at second just in case. Owen Anderson singled home Schumacher. He then stole second and both he and Arnzen scored on Jace Perrin’s single up the middle. Perrin stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored when Luke Schwartz reached on an error by the second baseman. That made it 6-0 after 1 inning. Prairie didn’t score in the second despite having 3 baserunners. Berdoy single and went to second when Schumacher reached on an error. Berdoy was then forced at third by Arnzen and Lewis County was able to get out of the inning. In the third Prairie added 3 more runs. Perrin doubled to right to lead off the inning and went to third on an error. Nick Mager walked. After an out, Sam Mager doubled to the right center gap to score both base runners. Michael Schwartz again went in as a courtesy runner. He moved to third on a groundout by Ross and scored on an errant pickoff play to make it 9-0. Anderson took over on the mound in the fourth and struck out the first 2 hitters he faced. After a hit batsman he got out of the inning on a groundout. Prairie scored 2 more in the fourth on 3 straight hits. Schumacher led off with a double to right center. He scored on a single up the middle by Arnzen. Anderson singled to put runners on 1st and 2nd. Perrin forced Arnzen at third on a grounder to short. A wild pitch advanced both runners and a passed ball scored Anderson to make it 11-0. The Eagles scored their only run in the top of the fifth on a leadoff double and a pair of wild pitches. Anderson was able to get out of the inning without any more scoring to end the game on the 10-run mercy rule. Anderson gave up 1 hit in 2 innings with 1 walk and 1 hit batsman with 3 strikeouts. Prairie had 10 hits led by Schumacher who had 2 doubles. Arnzen and Perrin each had a double and a single and 2 RBI. Anderson had 2 singles and an RBI. Sam Mager had a double and 2 RBI. Berdoy had a single and an RBI. Lewis Cty. 0 0 0 0 1— 1 1 4 Prairie 6 0 3 2 x—11 10 0 Conner Schwartz got his first pitching appearance and got through the first inning unscathed despite a hit batter and a walk thanks to a double play. A fly ball out to left saw the runner stray too far from second and get doubled off for the third out. Prairie added 4 more runs in the second. Berdoy looped a 1 out single to left, stole second and went to third on a throwing error by the catcher. He then scored on Schumacher’s ground out to first. Arnzen singled up the middle and got balked to second. Anderson walked and Perrin was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Nick Mager singled home Arnzen. A wild pitch moved up all 3 runners as Anderson scored. A walk by Lane Remacle reloaded the bases and another wild pitch allowed Perrin to score and make it 8-0. Schwartz pitched into and out of trouble again in the second inning. He gave up a leadoff walk then struck out the next 2 batters. After a walk and subsequent stolen base put runners on second and third, he got out of the inning with another strikeout. Prairie added 2 more runs in the third to make it 10-0. Michael Schwartz reached on an error. After an out, Schumacher was hit by a pitch. After a second out, Schwartz scored when Anderson reached on an error and Schumacher scored on a passed ball. Conner Schwartz had a spotless inning in the third as he struck out the first 2 hitters and got the third out on a grounder to first. In the top of the fourth the rain started to pick up. Nick Mager was hit by a pitch and Tajh Branson walked. After an out, Michael Schwartz was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Mager scored on a wild pitch and Berdoy was hit by a pitch to reload the bases. Schumacher grounded out hitting right handed with Branson scoring to make it 12-0. Ross took over on the mound in the bottom of the fourth but threw only 2 pitches before the game was stopped. It was to have been finished Monday with a JV game to follow but rain cancelled and as yet it hasn’t been rescheduled. (Rain again cancelled and the game will be finished at Cottonwood Friday, April 20 at 4:30 p.m. followed by a JV game) Grangeville meanwhile scored in all but 1 inning of the 5-inning game. Prairie had 5 different pitchers each pitch 1 inning. Berdoy pitched the first, Schumacher the 2nd, Perrin the 3rd, Arnzen the 4th and Sam Mager the fifth. Prairie 0 0 0 0 0— 0 1 0 Grangeville 2 0 1 2 5—10 10 0 Prairie pounded out 16 runs in each of the two mercy-rule shortened games.  Troy
was the home team for the first game and Prairie batted around in the top
of the first, scoring 5 runs.
Sam Mager led off with a walk and Remacle went in as a courtesy runner. Ross followed by beating out a bunt single. Berdoy walked to load the bases and Schumacher walked to force in the game’s first run. Ross scored on Arnzen’s groundout and Berdoy scored when Nick Mager groundout out. Perrin walked and stole second and both runners scored on Luke Schwartz’ single to right center. Sam Mager was back on the mound and pitched the first 4 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 4 walks. He walked one in the first but stranded the runner on third. Prairie scored twice more in the second inning. Sam Mager singled to left and this time Anderson courtesy ran. Ross picked up another bunt single and Berdoy singled to left to score Remacle. Ross scored on an error by the third baseman to make it 7-0. Two walks and some wild pitches led to a run by Troy in the second inning. Mager also had 3 strikeouts in the inning. Prairie added 4 runs in the third. Perrin led off with a walk and Luke Schwartz was hit by a pitch. A groundout moved the runners up. Both runners scored when the shortstop’s throw to first got away for an error. Mager moved up to second on the throw home. It was back to Remacle as courtesy runner and he moved to third on Ross’ third bunt single of the game. Remacle scored on a short sacrifice fly by Berdoy that the shortstop made a juggling catch on as he was falling down. Troy thought Remacle left early at third but a tagging runner is allowed to advanced as soon as the fielder touches the ball, not once he makes the catch. Ross scored when Schumacher swung over a ball in the dirt for strike 3 and had to be thrown out at first. In the bottom of the third Sam Mager only got one batter out but got out of the inning with no runs scoring. He gave up a leadoff walk but picked the runner off on a steal attempt. A single and a stolen base followed. Another infield single followed with the lead baserunner getting caught in a rundown after going too far past third for the second out. After a walk, a flyout to center ended the inning. Prairie added another 4 runs in the fourth to go up 15-1. After a leadoff out Perrin was hit by a pitch and stole second. Luke Schwartz reached on an error. Schwartz stole second and moved to third when Michael Seubert’s short flyball dropped in for a single behind the third baseman, scoring Perrin. Schwartz scored on Sam Mager’s single to left with Seubert advancing to third and Mager going to second on the throw home. Anderson went in as courtesy runner. Seubert scored and Anderson went to third on a wild pitch. Anderson then scored when Berdoy’s fly ball to left was dropped for an error. In the Troy fourth, Mager gave up a leadoff single then struck out the next 3 batters. Prairie added a final run in the firth when Arnzen reached on an error and wound up on second. He scored on Nick Mager’s single to right. Berdoy came on to pitch the bottom of the fifth and struck out the side on 11 pitches. Mager pitched 4 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits with 5 walks and 7 strikeouts. Berdoy pitched 1 inning and recorded 3 strikeouts with no baserunners. Prairie had 10 hits in the game led by Ross with his 3 bunt singles. Sam Mager had 2 singles and 2 RBI. Berdoy and Luke Schwartz each had a single and 2 RBI. Arnzen, Nick Mager and Seubert each had a single and an RBI. Prairie 5 2 4 4 1—16 10 3 Troy 0 1 0 0 0— 1 3 6 
Like the first game, Prairie batted around in their half of the first and scored 4 runs this time. Luke Schwartz drew a 1 out walk. Berdoy singled to left and Schumacher walked to load the bases. Arnzen then unloaded the bases with a 3 run double to the fence in centerfield. A wild pitch sent Arnzen to third. Nick Mager beat out an infield single and stole second as Arnzen had to hold at third. A wild pitch scored Arnzen to make it 4-0. Anderson gave up a baserunner in the second but kept Troy scoreless. In their half of the second, Prairie again batted around, this time scoring 6 runs. Anderson drew a leadoff walk with Remacle going in to run. Michael Schwartz sacrificed Remacle to second. Remacle scored on Berdoy’s double to left. Berdoy scored on Schumacher’s single to right. Arnzen walked on 4 pitches and Troy then changed pitchers. Nick Mager greeted the new pitcher with a single to right that loaded the bases. Perrin then doubled to right to score 2 runs and Carson Forsman singled up the middle to score 2 more and make it 10-0. Anderson ran into some trouble in the third as he gave up 3 consecutive hits for a run. A forceout, strikeout and groundout got him out of the inning with the score at 10-1. Anderson led off for the third straight inning and drew another leadoff walk. He stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Berdoy’s infield single. Berdoy stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch to make it 12-1. Spencer Schumacher took the mound in the fourth and struck out the side on 11 pitches with two called third strikes. Prairie added 4 more runs in the bottom of the fourth to make it 16-1. Conner Schwartz hit a 1 out single up the middle. After a second out, Luke Schwartz and Berdoy were both hit by pitches to load the bases. Schumacher then doubled to right to score all 3 runners. Schumacher then scored on a single to left by Arnzen. Schumacher stayed on the mound for the top of the fifth but wasn’t as sharp as apparently he was working on his secondary pitches. He hit one batter, walked 3 others and gave up a single as Troy scored twice, but ended the game on a strikeout. Anderson pitched 3 innings allowing 1 run on 3 hits with no walks and 2 strikeouts. Schumacher pitched 2 innings allowing 2 runs on 1 hit with 3 walks, 1 hit batsman and 5 strikeouts. Prairie had 14 hits in the game led by Berdoy who had a double and 2 singles and 2 RBI. Arnzen and Schumacher each had a double and a single and 4 RBI. Perrin had a double and a single and 2 RBI. Nick Mager had 2 singles. Forsman had a single and 2 RBI. Remacle and Conner Schwartz each had a single. Prairie is now 5-3 on the season and 5-1 in league play. Troy 0 0 1 0 2— 3 4 1 Prairie 4 6 2 4 x—16 14 0
Conner Schwartz pitched the first 3 innings of the second game against Lewis County. 2018 BASEBALL March 23-Kendrick, there (2), 3 p.m., cancelled due to weather 27-Lapwai at Clearwater Field, lost 6-9 and won 10-1 10-Lewis County, at C.V., 4:30 p.m., won 11-1, leading suspended 2nd game 12-0 in bottom of the fourth 13-Grangeville, at C.V., 4:30 p.m., lost 0-10 14-Troy, at Lewiston, (2), 11 a.m., won 16-1 and 16-3 17-Genesee, there 4:30 p.m., won 3-2, details next week 20-Lewis County, here, 4:30 p.m., complete suspended game then play a JV game 24-Genesee, here 4:30 p.m. 26-at Kendrick, 2 games, 3 p.m., rschedule of March 23 rainout 28-Potlatch, there, 4:30 p.m. 4-St. Maries @ Lewiston, 4 p.m. 8-District play-ins @ higher seed 10-12-District at Orofino 18-19-State at Orofino |
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