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Merchants claim
sweep of Prairie
Orofino grabbed a
league sweep of Prairie of Post Falls on Tuesday despite managing
just two hits in the opener and giving up four runs in the second
game's first inning.
The scores were 5-4 and 10-4 in the American Legion baseball
games.
The Merchants’ only hits in the first contest were Michael
Welch's two doubles, both of which plated a run. He drove in Dylan
Midstokke in the fourth, which proved to be the difference in the
game.
In the nightcap, Prairie erupted for four runs in the first
inning, but Midstokke, Orofino's pitcher, turned stingy after that.
The visitors didn't score again and were limited to three total
hits.
The Merchants' offense got rolling in that game, with seven
players providing hits. Trevor Bansemer cracked three and drove in
four runs.
Orofino coach Jeff Wright applauded the defense played by
catchers Jason Thompson and Cannon Lanier, as well as Welch, a
shortstop.
First
Game
Prairie 120 001 0-4 10 1
Orofino 301 100 x-5 2 2
Riky Denney and Zack Reeder. Seth Melton, Dylan Midstokke (7)
and Jason Thompson.
Prairie hits - Denney, Gil Givens 2, Reeder 3, Kurtis Wilke,
Grayson Ludikes 2, Joe Schwalbach.
Orofino hits - Michael Welch 2 (2-2B).
Second
Game
Prairie 400 000 0- 4 3 3
Orofino 006 301 x-10 10 1
Tyson Herdon, Schwalbach (5) and James Austin. Midstokke and
Cannon Lanier, Thompson (5).
Prairie hits - Aaron Butcher 2, Dillon Charboneau.
Orofino
hits - Midstokke, Welch, Ethan Gilliam (2B), Trevor Bansemer 3 (2B),
Lanier, Karl Vaage 2, Tanner Gilliam. |
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Merchants place third in
wood bat tournament
Denied a place in the title game, the Orofino Merchants
thrashed Pendleton 18-6 in the third-place game at a wood bat
tournament here.
The Merchants (16-9) had a 3-1 record after pool play wrapped
up on Saturday, but a team from Winnemucca was also 3-1. The ensuing
tiebreaker, a comparison of run differential, went in favor of the
team from
So the Merchants unleashed their frustrations on Pendleton,
scoring in every inning.
Ethan Gilliam and Michael Welch limited the Oregon team to
just three hits, but four errors and a couple of mental mistakes led
to a 6-1 deficit for the Merchants after just 11/2 innings.
But a nine-run third inning, keyed by Gilliam's three-run
double, sent the Merchants to a victory and a third-place finish.
Gilliam and Dylan Midstokke each had three RBI apiece for
Orofino.
Pendleton 420 00- 6 3 2
Orofino Merchants 129 6x-18 9 4
Grant Klopmeyer, Ethan Johnson (2),
Pendleton hits - Lane (2B), Johnson 2 (2B).
Merchants hits - Seth Melton, Dylan Midstokke 4 (2B), Welch
2, Gilliam (2B), Ricky Breeden, Cannon Lanier, Karl Vaage. |