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win 3 of 5 games
The Prairie baseball team won 3 of 5 games this past week, all league games. They lost 8-11 to Genesee on Tuesday, April 24 at Cottonwood. On Thursday, April 26, they swept a doubleheader at Kendrick, 13-1 and 15-9. Finally on Saturday, April 28, they split a doubleheader at Potlatch, 1-5 and 7-6. With just one league game left to play against C.V. on Thursday, Prairie is 10-3 in league play, good for third place. By beating C.V. Prairie would go to District as the #2 seed, which automatically qualifies them for State. With a loss they would host a play-in game on Tuesday against the #6 seed for a berth in the final 4 at District and a berth at State. 
Genesee’s first 6 batters all reached base against starter Sam Mager on a single, double, hit batsman, walk, double and error with 5 runs scoring. A strikeout was followed by a groundout that let a 6th run score. A walk, double, hit batsman and double led to 2 more runs scoring before the final out was made. Prairie went down in order in their half of the inning. Despite the ugly start, Mager pitched 3 1/3 more innings of shutout ball, pitching into and out of trouble while stranding 9 baserunners. Prairie started to chip away at the lead in the bottom of the second. Dereck Arnzen doubled with 1 out. Owen Anderson was hit by a pitch and Jace Perrin singled to load the bases. Nick Mager doubled to right to score both Arnzen and Anderson. In the third inning Tate Berdoy hit a 1-out double to right, stole third and came on in to score when the catcher’s throw to third went into left field. In the fourth Anderson led off with a double and moved to third on a groundout. Nick Mager walked and then stole second. When the throw went through to second, Anderson stole home to cut the deficit to 4-8. In the fifth Spencer Schumacher doubled with 2 outs and Arnzen followed with a 2-run homer to right center to cut the deficit to just 2 runs at 6-8. In the top of the fifth Sam Mager loaded the bases on 2 walks and an error and Berdoy was brought in to get out of the inning with a strikeout and groundout. Genesee got to Berdoy in the sixth with a 2-out rally. A leadoff walk was followed by a pair of outs. After a hit batsman, Genesee’s best hitter, Coy Stout, was walked to load the bases and set up a force at any base. That strategy backfired when cleanup hitter Kolby Moser singled up the middle to score2 runs. Another single led to a third run scoring and Genesee was back on top by 5 at 6-11. Prairie got back within 3 in the bottom of the sixth as Perrin singled and Nick Mager walked. Genesee put Moser in to pitch at that points and after Dean Johnson moved up the runners with a groundout, Sam Mager singled to score both runners. Dalton Ross then hit a flyball to center that coach David Shears was sure was going to fall in, so he had Mager heading for third. The Genesee centerfielder made a great catch and was able to double off Mager at second to end the inning. Berdoy gave up a leadoff single in the seventh and Spencer Schumacher brought in to finish the inning. Schumacher gave up a walk and a hit batsman to load the bases but then got out of the inning with a strikeout. Prairie was able to get the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh with 1 out against Moser as Schumacher walks and Arnzen singled. A balk moved up the runners to second and third. A strikeout and a short fly ball to the shortstop ended the game. Prairie had 10 hits in the game led by Arnzen who had a single, double and homer with 2 RBI. Perrin had 2 singles. Berdoy, Schumacher and Anderson each had a double. Nick Mager and Sam Mager each had a single and 2 RBI. Sam Mager pitched 4 1/3 innings and allowed 8 runs on 11 hits with 5 walks, 3 hit batsmen and 1 strikeout. Berdoy pitched 1 2/3 innings allowing 3 runs on 3 hits with 2 walks, a hit batsman and 2 strikeouts. Schumacher pitched 1 inning allowing no runs and no hits with 1 walk, 1 hit batsman and 2 strikeouts. Genesee 8 0 0 0 0 3 0—11 14 2 Prairie 0 2 1 1 2 2 0— 8 10 3 Owen Anderson went the distance on the mound in the opening game and tossed a 1-hitter with the game ending after 5 innings on the 10-run mercy rule. Prairie scored 2 in the second inning, 5 in the third, 4 in the fourth and 2 more in the fifth. Kendrick got their lone run in the third inning. Prairie had 9 hits in the game, all singles. Schumacher, Nick Mager and Perrin each had 2 singles while Michael Schwartz, Arnzen and Luke Schwartz each had 1 single. In the second game Prairie scored 3 in the bottom of the first to take an early lead. Kendrick answered with 2 runs in the second off starting pitcher Arnzen. Prairie made it 4-2 with a run in the second. Perrin took over on the mound in the third and Kendrick got to him for 4 runs to take a 4-6 lead. Prairie made it 5-6 with a run in the fourth. Perrin got through the fourth without any runs scoring but Kendrick got to him again in the fifth for 3 runs and Berdoy was brought in to get out of the inning. Down 5-9, Prairie cut the lead to 1 with 3 runs in the bottom of the fifth. Schumacher came on in the sixth and pitched a scoreless inning and Prairie came up with 7 runs in the bottom of the sixth to retake the lead. Schumacher pitched a scoreless seventh to give Prairie the doubleheader sweep. Prairie scored 15 runs on 12 hits with Arnzen collecting a double and 2 singles. Berdoy had a triple and a single. Schumacher had a double and a single. Dean Johnson had a double and Schwartz, Carson Forsman, Sam Mager and Anderson each had a single. Game 1 Prairie 0 2 5 4 2—13 9 2 Kendrick 0 0 1 0 0— 1 1 12 Game 2 Kendrick 0 2 4 0 3 0 0— 9 7 4 Prairie 3 1 0 1 3 7 x—15 12 2 The opening game started as a pitchers duel between Schumacher and Potlatch’s Dacota Hadaller Through 4 innings each had given up just 1 run with each team scoring a run in the third inning. Potlatch got to Schumacher for 4 runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and that gave them the game as Hadaller wound up giving up just 1 run and 4 hits in 6 innings and Dylan Andrews pitched a scoreless seventh. Schumacher went the distance, giving up 5 runs on 7 hits in six innings. Schumacher also had half of Prairie’s hits with a double and a single while Arnzen and Berdoy each had a double. Prairie 0 0 1 0 0 0 0—1 4 3 Potlatch 0 0 1 0 4 0 x—5 7 1 In the second game Potlatch jumped out to a 0-6 lead against Berdoy with 4 runs in the first and 2 more in the second. Berdoy then settled down and shut out the Loggers the rest of the way allowing Prairie to rally. Prairie scored 3 in the bottom of the second to cut the lead in half. They added 1 in the fourth to get within 2 and then tied it with a 2-run rally in the bottom of the seventh to send the game to extra innings. In the eighth Perrin hit a leadoff double and moved to third on Nick Mager’s bunt single. Perrin then scored on a safety squeeze by Luke Schwartz to give Prairie a walk-off win. Berdoy pitched all 8 innings and allowed 6 runs on 6 hits with all the runs scoring in the first 2 innings. Prairie had 8 hits with Arnzen and Perrin each having a double and a single. Berdoy had 2 singles and Nick Mager and Luke Schwartz each had a bunt single. Prairie improves to 10-6 overall and 10-3 in league play. Potlatch 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0—6 6 2 Prairie 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1—7 8 4
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 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 20-Lewis County, here, 4:30 p.m., won 13-1 24-Genesee, here 4:30 p.m., lost 8-11 26-at Kendrick, 2 games, 3 p.m., won 13-1 and 15-9 28-Potlatch, there, 4:30 p.m., lost 1-5 and qon 7-6 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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