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Pirates win 1 of 3 The Prairie baseball team won 1 of 3 varsity games this past week as they lost 1-16 at C.V. in 3 innings on Thursday, April 20, then lost 1-12 to Troy on Saturday, April 22 at Lewiston before salvaging the second game of the doubleheader 3-1. They also won a JV game Thursday, April 20 at C.V., 13-11. A doubleheader against Lewis County scheduled for Monday, April 24 was cancelled due to weather and will count as 2 forfeit wins for Prairie due to lack of numbers for Lewis County as the games will not be made up. At C.V. In the varsity game at
Kooskia against C.V., starting pitcher Colton McElroy was nowhere near
as sharp as he was a few days earlier at Genesee. He gave up a leadoff
single on the first pitch then walked the next 3 batters before getting
an out on an RBI grounder to third. After a strikeout, the next 7 C.V.
hitters all reached base on an error, single, 3 walks and another error
as the Rams scored 9 runs before McElroy got out of the inning with a
strikeout.Owen McIntire pitched the final two innings and didn’t fare a whole lot better as he gave up 5 runs in the second inning on 5 hits and a walk and 2 more in the third on an error and a 2-out, 2-run homer that ended the game on the 15-run mercy rule after 3 innings. Offensively the Pirates were held to just 3 hits and 1 run by C.V.’s Anthony Fabbi. Phil Schwartz had a 1-out single in the first inning. Carter Shears had a 1-out single in the second inning. In the third inning Kaden Duclos reached on a passed ball on a swinging third strike. Colton McElroy was walked on 4 pitches. After an out, Cody Kaschmitter singled to run with Duclos scoring Prairie’s only run. The JV nightcap was a wild game with C.V.’s bottom of the third being the only scoreless half inning. The teams combined for just 1 hit until the fourth inning but they still had 5 runs each. Prairie scored 3 runs in the first inning. Levi McElroy drew a 1-out walk. Logan Weber was hit by a pitch and Dylan Uhlenkott’s fly ball to center was dropped for an error. All three runs scored from third on a wild pitch. Collin Ray started on the mound for the Pirates and gave up 3 runs on a hit batter, infield single, sacrifice fly and 3 errors. Prairie took the lead back in the second inning. McIntire drew a 1-out walk but was forced at second by Duclos. Duclos stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on another wild pitch. Ray couldn’t get an out in the second as he had 2 walks and 2 hit batsmen before Levi McElroy took over on the mound. The second walk forced home a run.. Levi McElory got a strikeout then hit a batter for the go-ahead run then got the next 2 hitters out. Prairie tied it in the third inning when Uhlenkott reached on error. He stole second and then stole third and scored when the catcher’s throw to third went into left field. McElroy had a 1-2-3 bottom of the third inning. Prairie took back the lead with 3 runs in the fourth. McIntire got Prairie’s first hit of the game on a single to left. Duclos was walked. Levi Gehring attempted a bunt and reached on an error with 2 runs scoring and Gehring going to second. Levi McElroy singled home Gehring to make it 8-5. C.V. scored 2 in the bottom of the fourth on 2 hits, a walk and an error. Prairie added 3 more in the top of the fifth. Schwartz reached on a 1-out walk and stole second. Ray sacrificed him to third. McIntire was hit by a pitch. Prairie then pulled off a delayed double steal. McIntire headed for second and when the throw was made to second, Schwartz stole home. McIntire was also safe at second. Duclos then reached on an error with McIntire scoring on a second error on the play as Duclos wound up going all the way to third. Duclos then scored on a passed ball to make it 11-7. Eli Hinds went to the mound in the fifth and gave up a leadoff walk. In the process of striking out the next 3 batters he made 3 wild pitches that allowed the baserunner to score and make it 11-8. Prairie added 2 more runs in the top of the sixth which would be the final inning. Hinds led off with a single as he replaced Levi McElroy in the lineup. Colton McElroy went in as a courtesy runner. Weber reach on an error and Uhlenkott walked to load the bases. Chris Schumacher hit into a forceout with the out made at home. Schwartz then grounded out to first with Weber scoring from third. A wild pitch allowed Uhlenkott to score and give Prairie a 13-8 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth. Hinds ran into bad luck in the inning as the first two batters reached on passed balls despite striking out and the third batter reached on an error. C.V. scored 3 runs to close within 13-11. Hinds was able to get a couple of outs and was then taken out due to approaching a pitch limit that would have made him unavailable to Saturday’s doubleheader against Troy. Carter Shears went to the mound and got the game ending out with 1 pitch. Prairie had just 3 hits despite scoring 13 runs. Levi McElroy, McIntire and Hinds each had a single. Levi McElroy wound up as the winning pitcher as he was the pitcher of record when Prairie took the lead for good. Varsity game Prairie 0 0 1— 1 3 5 C.V. 9 5 2—16 8 0 JV game Prairie 3 1 1 3 3 2—13 3 7 C.V. 3 2 0 2 1 3—11 3 7 Vs. Troy In the first game against Troy on Saturday at Clearwater Park in Lewiston, Prairie was held to just 2 hits and 1 run.Hinds started on the mound for the Pirates and held Troy to just 1 run over the first 3 innings. He ran into trouble in the fourth, allowing 4 runs. Levi McElroy came on in the fifth and put a zero on the board. Colton McElroy came on in the sixth and his struggles from the C.V. game continued. Prairie scored their lone run in the fifth inning. Hinds and Noah Behler had Prairie’s only hits. In the second game Behler went to the mound for the Pirates and gave up a first inning run but that was it as he scattered 5 hits. Prairie tied the game in the second inning and took the lead with a run in the fourth. They added another in the fifth. The Pirates had 7 hits in the game led by Colton McElroy and Uhlenkott who each had a double and single. Hinds, Kaschmitter and Shears each had a single. With the 2 forfeits from Lewis County, Prairie now has a league record of 8-3 and are 9-6 overall. Game 1 Troy 1 0 0 4 0 4 3—12 10 0 Prairie 0 0 0 0 1 0 0— 1 2 3 Game 2 Prairie 0 1 0 1 1 0 0—3 7 0 Troy 1 0 0 0 0 0 0—1 5 0  Phil Schwartz heads for first with the first of 3 hits the Pirates got in the league game against C.V.  Carter Shears rounds first with a single against C.V.  Kaden Duclos scores Prairie's only run in the varsity game at C.V.  Colton McElroy connects against C.V.  Owen McIntire gets extension on his follow through. He pitched the 2nd and 3rd innings of the varsity game at C.V.  Shortstop Eli Hinds waits on an infield pop fly.  Jake Quintal makes a catch at third against C.V.  Collin Ray was the starting pitcher in the JV game at C.V.  Dylan Uhlenkott scores on a passed ball in the JV game at C.V. as batter Chris Schumacher gets out of the way.  Levi McElroy came on in the second inning of the JV game and got Prairie out of a jam. 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, JV only, 4:30 p.m., V lost 0-2, JV lost 7-86-JV vs. Orofino JV, there, (2), 4:30 p.m., JV lost 1-16 and 1-10. 11-Lewis County, here, 4:30 p.m., postponed due to weather 14-Genesee, there, 3 & 5 p.m., won 18-2 and 16-5 20-C.V., there, V & JV, 4:30 p.m., lost 1-16 22-Troy, there, 11 a.m. & 1 p.m., lost 1-12, won 3-1 24-Lewis County, there, (2), 3 and 5 p.m at Kamiah--note, moved up 1 day from original schedule, cancelled due to weather, Lewis County forfeited both games rather than make them up 27-Kendrick, here, V & JV, 4:00 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 17, 18 & 19-State at Lewiston's Church Field |
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