SportsApril 8, 2007

Trent Line struck out nine batters and surrendered just one hit in a complete game for Clarkston, which rolled to a 12-1 win in the opening game of a Great Northern League baseball doubleheader with Cheney at Prior Field on Saturday.

The Blackhawks came back from a five-run hole to win 11-8 in the second contest.

The Bantams (3-7, 3-3) got homers from J.T. Rimmelspacher and Willie Olsen in the opener. Olsen's was a two-run shot in the fifth.

After Clarkston zoomed to a 8-3 lead in the second game, Isaac Woodbury and Don Perconti struggled in the sixth. Cheney put up seven runs on the pitchers.

Line went 4-for-7 on the day, with a solo homer in the fourth inning of the second game.

FIRST GAME

Clarkston 200 325--12 13 0

Cheney 100 000-- 1 1 6

Trent Line and Randall Hansen. Anthony Christianson, Thomas Townsend (6) and Drew Ableman.

Clarkston hits -- Dale Entel, Doug Adelbach, Don Perconti, Jaron Jenkins 2, Hansen, Line 3, Willie Olsen (HR), J.T. Rimmelspacher 3 (3B, HR).

Cheney hits -- Riley Merrill.

SECOND GAME

Cheney 001 027 1--11 11 2

Clarkston 001 160 0-- 8 11 1

Matt Wedde, Justin Walker (6) and Ableman. Steven Line, Isaac Woodbury (6), Perconti (6), Cary Conklin (7) and T. Line.

Cheney hits -- Ableman (2B), Wedde 3 (HR), Merrill 2, Justin Walker, T.J. Musgrave (HR), Derek Ybarra, Mike Calvert 2 (HR).

Clarkston hits -- Entel (2B), Adelbach 2 (2B), Perconti 2, T. Line (HR), Conklin (2B), Rimmelspacher 2 (2B), Woodbury (2B), Kyle Fox.

Moscow 12-15, Lakeland 2-3

Ben Saunders reached base eight times and Derrick Farley drove in four runs to spark Moscow's two thumpings of Lakeland in an Inland Empire League doubleheader.

Saunders scored four times in the Bears' 12-2 rout in the opener. Zach Divilbiss and Marques Miller each had three RBI.

Moscow pounded out 13 hits in a 15-3 win in the second game. Five batters had two hits, including Farley, who drove in four.

The Bears (4-2, 3-1) have won four straight games.

FIRST GAME

Lakeland 000 020-- 2 3 2

Moscow 021 531--12 13 1

Casey Schelin, Cory Rohienbach (4) and Gil South. Zach Hull, Brian Sweeney (6) and Karl Weaver.

Lakeland hits -- Will Marks (2B), Scott Carr, South.

Moscow hits -- Matt Martin 2, Marques Miller 2 (2B), Paul Wimer, Tyler Randall, Dan Flanagan, Hull, Ben Saunder 2, Zach Divilbiss 3 (2B).

SECOND GAME

Moscow 706 02--15 13 0

Lakeland 120 00-- 3 8 3

Miller and Matt Snyder. C.J. Schelin, Ryan Burnett (3) and South.

Moscow hits -- Martin 2 (2B), Miller 2, Randall 2, Flanagan, Saunders 2, Derrick Farley 2 (2B), Divilbiss.

Lakeland hits -- Marks 2 (2B), Dan Doroian 2, Carr, Cam Garcia 2, Mike Peterson.

West Valley 12-5, Pullman 8-7

SPOKANE -- A bases-loaded walk to Alec Scourey proved to be the difference in Pullman's 7-5 win in the second game of a Great Northern League doubleheader with West Valley.

The Eagles won the opener, 12-8, with the help of a pair of homers.

After WV tied the second game at 5-all in the third, Pullman (4-4, 3-3) came back with a run in the bottom of the inning thanks to Scourey's base on balls. The Greyhounds tacked on another run with Alex Kirk's RBI single.

Marty Guettinger allowed just one earned run in the second contest. Pullman's five errors led to four other runs. Guettinger finished with nine strikeouts and seven walks.

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FIRST GAME

Pullman 100 500 2-- 8 11 2

West Valley 322 221 x--12 12 0

J.T. Levenseller and Alec Scourey. Andy Vennum, Bryan Peterson (4) and D.J. Mackie.

Pullman hits -- Levenseller, Scourey 2, Marty Guettinger 2, Levi Lane, Tyler Druffel 2, Jaime Fertakis (2B), Christian Kure, Alex Kirk.

West Valley hits -- Cameron Bowman 2, B. Peterson 3 (2B, HR), Tommy Peterson 2 (2B), Mackie 3 (HR), Jeremy Hernandez, Luis Brito.

SECOND GAME

West Valley 212 000 0--5 4 3

Pullman 411 010 x--7 7 5

Anthony Salazer, Trevor Bieber (3) Casey Sherrill (5) and Hernandez, Maverick Counts (5). Guettinger and Scourey.

West Valley hits -- Bowman, B. Peterson, Mackie 2.

Pullman hits -- Lane 3, Druffel, Fertakis, Brandon Lincoln (2B), Kirk.

SJE 8-6, Colton 3-10

COLTON -- Jake Druffel's three-run homer in the first inning set the offensive tone for Colton in the second game of a Whitman County League doubleheader with St John-Endicott.

The Wildcats put up 12 hits in crafting a 10-6 victory. In the first game they were limited to three hits and lost 8-3.

Thomas Jacobs and Nick Heitstuman had two RBI apiece and combined for five hits in the nightcap, while Nick Jacobs threw a complete-game eight-hitter, striking out five and walking none.

The Wildcats were tormented by errors in the opener. Their four fielding miscues lead to six unearned runs for St. John-Endicott.

Colton goes to 5-2 overall and 2-1 in league.

FIRST GAME

St. John-Endicott 020 204 0--8 8 4

Colton 120 000 0--3 3 4

Wolfe and Lautenschlager. T. Jacobs, Heitstuman (6) and J. Druffel.

St. John-Endicott hits -- Larson, Bammes 2, Morasch 2, Howell, E. Johnson, T. Johnson (2B).

Colton hits -- Jacobs 2, J. Druffel.

SECOND GAME

St. John-Endicott 111 200 1-- 6 8 3

Colton 312 013 x--10 12 3

Morasch, Winters (6) and Lautenschlager. Ni. Jacobs and Druffel.

St. John-Endicott hits -- Lautenschlager 3 (2B), Wolfe 2, Lust 2 (2B), T. Johnson.

Colton hits -- Horstman, Ni. Jacobs, T. Jacobs 3, J. Druffel (HR), C. Druffel, Na. Jacobs, Meyer, B. Druffel, Heitstuman 2.

Grangeville 11, Prairie 0

COTTONWOOD -- Justin Polensky threw an efficient three-hit shutout as Grangeville drubbed Prairie.

Polensky struck out four and walked one in the game, stopped in the fifth inning on the 10-run rule. He threw just 56 pitches with the help of error-free defensive support.

Tanner Maynard drove in three runs for the Bulldogs (6-4) while D.J. Crosby had a two-run single in the first inning.

Prairie 000 00-- 0 3 2

Grangeville 450 2x--11 9 0

Eric Daly, Ronnie Chandler (2) and Dan Riener. Justin Polensky and Tanner Maynard.

Prairie hits -- David Sigler, Nate Kaschmitter 2.

Grangeville hits -- Jessie Stone (3B), Taylor Kunkel, Brayden Healey, D.J. Crosby, Wade Peterson 2, Maynard, Jared Russell, Trever Seid 2.

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