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Pirates win 3 of 4 The Prairie baseball team won 3 of their 4 games this past week to go into Spring Break on an upnote. On Tuesday, March 21, they traveled to Pomeroy where they split a doubleheader. They lost the first game 5-8 then won the second 12-6. On Friday, March 24, they traveled to Clearwater Field in Lewiston where they swept a league doubleheader from Potlatch 4-3 and 17-16. At Pomeroy In the first game at Pomeroy Prairie scored 2 in the first inning but Pomeroy answered with 2 in the bottom of the first.Pomeroy took the lead in the bottom of the second with a run but Prairie tied it n the third. Pomeroy again took the lead with a run in the bottom of the third but Prairie tied it with a run in the fourth. Pomeroy again took the lead with a run in the bottom of the fourth but Prairie tied it at 5 in the top of the sixth. Pomeroy then scored 3 in the bottom of the sixth and shut Prairie out in the seventh to pull out the win. Levi McElroy started on the mound for the Pirates with Eli Hinds taking over in the fourth inning and Phil Schwartz taking over in the sixth. Prairie had 6 hits in the game, all singles. Cody Kaschmitter and Carter Shears each had a pair of singles while Eli Hinds and Jake Quintal each had 1 single. Pomeroy had 10 hits in the game, 8 singles and 2 doubles. In the second game Prairie scored 1 in the first and made it 2-0 with a run in the third. Pomeroy scored a run in the bottom of the third but Prairie answered with 5 in the fourth for a 7-1 lead. Pomeroy scored 3 in the bottom of the fourth to cut the lead to 7-4 but Prairie scored 5 more in the fifth to make it 12-4. Pomeroy mustered a pair of runs as they tried to rally in the bottom of the seventh before Prairie got the final out. Colton McElroy started the second game with Owen McIntire coming on in the third. Logan Weber and Shears both pitched in the seventh inning with Shears nailing down the final out. Prairie had 12 hits in the game, again all singles. Colton McElroy had 3 hits. Noah Behler, Quintal and Levi Gehring each had a pair of hits. Kaschmitter, Shears and Dylan Uhlenkott each had 1 hit. Pomeroy had 6 hits in the game, also all singles. Game 1 Prairie 2 0 1 1 0 1 0—5 6 2 Pomeroy 2 1 1 1 0 3 x—8 10 5 Game 2 Prairie 1 0 1 5 5 0 0—12 12 2 Pomeroy 0 0 1 3 0 0 2— 6 6 2 Vs. Potlatch at Lewiston The Pirates and Loggers played two completely different games in Lewiston on Friday.The first game was a pitcher’s duel between Prairie’s Noah Behler and Potlatch’s Jameson Morris. The second was anything but a pitcher’s duel.  In the opener Behler allowed just 1 hit in 5 2/3 innings before hitting the pitch limit of 90 pitches. The only run he gave up came in the top of the first inning on a walk, 2 stolen bases and a sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the first Kaschmitter led off with a single, stole second, went to third on a groundout by Colton McElroy and scored on a sacrifice fly to left by Hinds. In the second, Behler gave up another walk but struck out the other 3 hitters he faced. Prairie went down in order in their half of the second. In the third Behler gave up an infield hit with 1 out but a strikeout and a pop up to second got him out of the inning. Prairie again went down in order in the bottom of the third. In the fourth Behler struck out the lead off hitter then a walk and a hit batsman put 2 runners on base. A wild pitch moved the runners to second and third but 2 strikeouts got Behler out of the inning. In the bottom of the fourth Prairie got to Morris for a pair of runs. Colton McElroy led off by beating out an infield hit. Hinds followed with a double to left with McElroy having to hold up at third. Behler singled to right to score McElroy. After an out, Hinds scored on a groundout to first by Quintal to make it 3-1. In the fifth Behler hit the leadoff batter but a strikeout, popup and forceout got him out of the inning. Prairie went down in order in the bottom of the fifth. In the sixth Behler got 2 outs before hitting the pitch limit. Schwartz came in and got out of the inning with just 1 pitch as he induced a pop-up to second. In the bottom of the sixth Prairie got a big insurance run and missed out on a chance for more. Colton McElroy led off with a walk and Hinds followed with an RBI double to left. Behler followed with a single to third. Shears then tried to bunt and wound up reaching first as Hinds got in a rundown between third and home with Behler winding up getting tagged out as he and Hinds both wound up at third base. Quintal then grounded to short who threw Hinds out trying to score. The inning ended on a fly ball out to right. With a 3-1 lead, Schwartz tried to hold on and got an out, walk and another out. A wild pitcher allowed the baserunner to score. He then hit a batter and coach David Shears decided to bring Colton McElroy in to pitch. McElroy walked both batters he faced. An error allowed a run to core and Potlatch had runners on second and third with 2 outs. They thought they would catch Prairie by surprise and sent the runner from third to try and steal home but McElroy stepped off the rubber and threw to catcher Cody Kaschmitter for the game-ending out. Behler gave up just 1 hit and 1 run with 3 walks and 2 hit batsmen in 5 2/3 innings. Schwartz gave up 2 runs with not hits, 1 walk and 1 hit batsman in 1 full inning. McElroy gave up no runs and no hits with 2 walks in 1/3 of an inning. Prairie had 6 hits in the game. Hinds had a pair of doubles, 2 RBI and 1 run scored. Kaschmitter had a single and a run scored. McElroy had a single and 2 runs scored. Behler had 2 singles and an RBI. Quintal had an RBI. In the second game Potlatch was the home team. Hinds got a 1 out single in the first but Prairie didn’t score. Colton McElroy started the second game after finishing the first. He gave up a walk and a single. The leadoff walk wound up as a caught stealing at third base. The batter who singled wound up scoring on an error for a 0-1 lead. Quintal received a 1-out walk in the second but was forced out by Dylan Uhlenkott. A strikeout then ended the inning. McElroy was effectively wild in the bottom of the second as he walked the bases loaded but struck out the other 3 hitters he faced. Prairie tied the game in the third as Kaden Duclos walked to lead off the inning and went to second on a wild pitch. An obstruction call on the play sent him to third. He scored on Colton McElroy’s 1 out single to right. In the bottom of the third Colton McElroy got a fly ball out to start the inning then ran into trouble. He gave up an infield hit and then 4 straight walks that scored 2 runs. He was lifted with his brother Levi McElroy taking over on the mound. Levi McElroy gave up a pair of singles that brought in 4 runs. After getting an out, an error and 2 walks led to another run before he got out of the inning on a forceout. Now down 1-8, Prairie got to Potlatch starter Jaxon Vowels. Shears and Quintal both walked to start the inning and Vowels was lifted. Uhlenkott greeted the new pitcher with an RBI double to right center. After an out, Quintal scored on a groundout by Duclos. Kaschmitter then single to left center to score Uhlenkott. Kaschmitter stole second and came in to score when Colton McElroy reached on an error. That cut the deficit to 5-8. Owen McIntire took ovoer on the mound to start the bottom of the fourth. He got a strikeout then gave up a single. A groundout sent the baserunner to second. The umpire then had an issue with where McIntire was coming to a pause in his windup and 2 straight balks wound up getting called to score the runner. A single, error and infield single loaded the bases. A walk scored another run before McIntire got out of the inning with a called third strike. That made it 5-10. Prairie cut the deficit to 7-10 with 2 in the fifth. Behler led off with a single but was forced at second by Shears. Quintal singled to left. Uhlenkott forced Quintal at second with Behler going to third. Uhlenkott went to second on an error. Schwartz then dropped a looping single in behind second that scored both runners to make it 7-10. McIntire gave up a leadoff double in the bottom of the fifth. That runner wound up scoring on an error to make it 7-11. In the sixth Kaschmitter led off the inning with a walk and stole second. After 2 fly ball outs, Behler singled to left. An error allowed Kaschmitter to score with Behler going to second. Shears then singled down the left field line to score Behler and cut the lead to 9-11. In the bottom of the sixth McIntire gave up a leadoff single then picked up a strikeout. After another single and a pop up to third he hit 2 straight batters and walked another forcing in 2 runs. Hinds was then brought in to pitch and was wild, walking the first 3 batters he faced forcing in 3 more runs before getting a strikeout to end the inning. Prairie was no down 9-16 in the top of the seventh and appeared headed for a split in the doubleheader. Potlatch sent a new pitcher out to start the inning and he gave up a walk to Uhlenkott, hit McIntire, then gave up an RBI single to Levi McElroy. McIntire score on a wild pitch. Kaschmitter, Colton McElroy and Hinds all walked. After an out, Shears walked and Potlatch changed pitchers. Quintal walked then after a strikeout, McIntire reached on an error with Shears scoring to tie the game and Quintal going to third. Quntial then scored on a wild pitch to give Prairie a 17-16 lead. Levi McElroy walked before Potlatch finally got the third out. Hinds looked a lot sharper in the bottom of the seventh as he struck out the leadoff hitter then gave up a single before a strikeout and a groundout to short ended the game and gave Prairie the doubleheader sweep. Colton McElroy gave up 6 runs on just 2 hits with 8 walks and 5 strikeouts in 2 1/3 innings. Levi McElroy gave up 2 runs on 2 hits with 2 walks in 2/3 of an inning. McIntire gave up 8 runs on 6 hits with 2 walks, 2 hit batsmen and 4 strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings. Hinds gave up no runs on 1 hit with 3 strikeouts and 3 walks in 1 1/3 innings. Prairie had 11 hits led by Behler who had 3 singles and scored a run. Uhlenkott had a double and an RBI and scored 3 runs. Kaschmitter had a single and an RBI and scored 3 runs. Colton McElroy had a single and an RBI and scored a run. Hinds had a single and scored a run. Shears had a single and an RBI and scored 3 runs. Quintal had a single and an RBI and scored 2 runs. McIntire had a single and 2 RBI and scored a run. Duclos walked and scored a run. Levi McElroy had a single and 2 RBI and scored a run. Prairie is now 4-3 on the season and 3-0 in league play. They don’t play again until Tuesday, April 4, when they travel to Kendrick. Game 1 Potlatch 1 0 0 0 0 0 2—3 1 2 Prairie 1 0 0 2 0 1 x—4 6 1 Game 2 Prairie 0 0 1 4 2 2 8—17 11 4 Potlatch 1 0 7 2 1 5 0—16 11 5  Cody Kaschmitter slides in with Prairie's first run in the opening game.  Eli Hinds connects for a double in the first Potlatch game.  Dylan Uhlenkott heads for second with a double in the second Potlatch game.  Colton McElroy rounds frist with a single.  Cody Kaschmitter squares around for a bunt.  Phil Schwartz pitched an inning in relief in the first Potlatch game. Prairie Baseball Schedule for 2023
March
11-Kellogg at Lewiston Airport Park, noon & 2 p.m., lost 6-10 and 1-1316-Lapwai at Clarkston Field of Dreams, 4 p.m., won 13-0 21-Pomeroy, there, 2 & 4 p.m., lost 5-8, won 12-6 24-Potlatch at Clearwater Park, Lewiston, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m., won 4-3 and 17-16 April
4-Kendrick, there, V & JV, 4:30 p.m.
6-Orofino JB, there, (2), 4:30 p.m. 11-Lewis County, here, 4:30 p.m. 14-Genesee, here, 3 & 5 p.m. 20-C.V., there, V & JV, 4:30 p.m. 22-Troy, there, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m. 25-Lewis County, there, 4:30 p.m. 27-Kendrick, here, V & JV, 4:30 p.m. May
2-C.V., here, V & JV,, 4:30 p.m.5-Lapwai, here, 4:30 p.m. 9-District Tournament, higher seed host, 4:30 p.m. 12 & 13-District at Orofino 19 & 20-State at Lewiston |
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