RATHDRUM, Idaho - The Lewis-Clark Twins capped a weeklong road trip with a league sweep of Northern Lakes of Rathdrum in an American Legion baseball doubleheader Wednesday.
The Twins won 9-4 and 13-4. Both games count in the North Idaho League standings.
L-C (19-4 overall, 2-0 in league) racked up 31 hits on the day to slug its was past the Mountaineers.
Riley Way smacked seven hits on the day while Josh Moore cracked three hits in the opener, two of which were triples. Jake Munoz and Chandler Tibbits each blasted a homer.
The Twins went 7-2 on their road trip. Their only losses were by one-run margins.
"All in all, 7-2 on the road, it was good swing for us," L-C coach Kyle Blackwell said. "I was happy we were able to come out and finish it the right way today."
The Twins will be off today, then will play host to the Eugene Challengers in a three-game series starting at 7 p.m. Friday at Harris Field. All games in the set will be nine-inning affairs.
FIRST GAME
Lewis-Clark Twins 201 041 1-9 14 1
Northern Lakes 200 001 1-4 9 2
Chase, Stamper (7) and Fuller. Bradbury and McDaniel.
Twins hits - Way 3 (2B), Robinson 2 (2B), Phillips 2 (2B), Tibbits, White, Munoz 2 (2B, HR), Moore 3 (2-3B).
Northern Lakes hits - Neilson, Pote, Strong 2 (2B), Mackesy 2 (2B), Villanpabo (2B), Strietzel, Price 2 (2B).
SECOND GAME
Lewis-Clark Twins 215 022 1-13 17 1
Northern Lakes 100 030 0- 4 6 3
Murphy, Robinson (4) and Grijalva. Strong, Gafford (4), Price (7) and McDaniel.
Twins hits - Way 4 (2B), Phillips, White 3 (2B), Tibbits (HR), Powell 2, Olson (2B), Grijalva 3 (2B), Light 2.
Northern Lakes hits - Neilson (2B), McDaniel, Strong, Mackesy, Strietzel, Price.
Blues fall twice
COLFAX - The Asotin County Blues were again hurt by meltdown innings, as they lost to Mt. Spokane 11-0 and the Pullman Posse 9-6.
Only the first game counted against the Blues' Spokane AA League record.
In the loss to Mt. Spokane, Asotin County allowed eight runs in the second inning. Against Pullman, it was a three-run second and six-run fifth that powered the Posse.
"We played 12 innings today and played nine of them really well," said Blues coach Perry Black, who was left frustrated by the three frames that cost his team.
Asotin County (9-13 overall, 3-4 in league) will play in a wooden bat tournament starting Friday in Spokane.
Mt. Spokane 080 12-11 10 0
Asotin County 000 00- 0 3 3
Cole Hattenburg and Quentin Ayers. Devin Fry and Elliott Marks.
Mt. Spokane hits - Tristan Bradley 2, J.P. Smith 2 (2B), Ben McKinnis 2, Tyler Staley 2, Brady Hill, Ayers.
Asotin County hits - Cameron Bean, Brady Chadwick, Travis Cowdrey.
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Asotin County 001 500 0-6 7 2
Pullman 030 060 x-9 14 1
Lejameyer, James (5) and Wilkinson. Cillay, Huber (4), Gingerich (7) and Gregory.
Asotin County hits - Bean 2, Judy, Chadwick, Collins 2, Wilkinson.
Pullman hits - Gregory 2, Kinkade, Darnell 2 (2B), Parks (3B), Cillay, Vannucci 2, Mosebar 2, Parrish (2B), Pan 2 (2B).
Pullman 8, Mt. Spokane 0
COLFAX - Pullman's Jake Wells was an escape artist Wednesday afternoon.
The Posse ace wasn't at his best, but certainly delivered when it mattered most. The rising sophomore escaped one jam after another as the Pullman Posse came away with a win over Mt. Spokane.
"He's a talented kid. He played varsity baseball for Pullman, he played varsity basketball, so I don't think the moment gets to him," Pullman assistant coach Scott Parrish said. "Athletically he's matured a lot."
Pullman is now 17-5 and 8-0 in league play.
Wells escaped from a bases-loaded jam in the top of the second inning when he struck out Cole Hattenburg in the first game. He avoided any damage in the very next frame, stranding three more runners.
"I'm not thinking about that at all," Wells said of the jams. "I'm just out here to have fun and I know my guys are here to back me up whenever I need it."
Wells, who stranded two more runners in the fourth and two more in the sixth, was able to overcome whatever issues he had with command. He walked several batters, but it didn't matter as he went the distance for the complete-game shutout.
Wells had no shortage of run support, as the Posse put up four runs in the top of the fourth inning. Evan Parks opened things up with a two-run single, and moments later Jake Cillay made it 3-0 with an RBI single. Wells helped his own cause with an RBI single to give his squad a 4-0 advantage.
Mt. Spokane 000 000 0-0 5 0
Pullman 400 301 x-8 10 0
McKinney and Hattenburg. Wells and Schultheis.
Mt. Spokane hits - Bradley, McKinney 2, Ayers, Smith.
Pullman hits - Walker, Kinkade, Parks, Huber, Cillay 3, Schultheis 2 (2B), Wells.
Blunt, Chadwick, Robinson make first-team all-state
Asotin's Koby Blunt, Colton's Brady Chadwick and Colfax's Danny Robinson were all first-team picks on the Washington State Baseball Coaches Association's all-state baseball team, announced this week.
Local second-team picks included Colton's Carter Dahmen and Pomeroy's Havin and Hogan Heytvelt.
AREA PLAYERS
First team - Koby Blunt, soph., Asotin; Brady Chadwick, jr., Colton; Danny Robinson, jr., Colfax.
Second team - Carter Dahmen, sr., Colton; Havin Heytvelt, sr., Pomeroy; Hogan Heytvelt, soph., Pomeroy.
