Lumberjacks Take Two

Lane Watkins got a base hit to drive in D.J. Eberlin in the top of the fourth inning Wednesday and Saint Maries held on to defeat host Bonners Ferry 1-0 in the first game of a Intermountain League baseball doubleheader that was swept by the Lumberjacks.

In game two, St. Maries jumped on BF early and went on to a 10-1 win.

In the first game, Lumberjack pitchers John Dawson and J.D. Ragan combined to scatter three hits while striking out 10.

St. Maries used a seven-run first inning to put the nightcap away. Ragan immediately led off the game with a hit and later scored when Eberlin drove him in.

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Visiting St. Maries made it a clean sweep of Bonners Ferry with wins of 14-1 and 12-5.

In the first contest, Brianne Badgett struck out four, allowed just one walk and drove in two runs with a basehit.

Badgett continued to riddle BF (0-7, 0-5) in the nightcap when she got two more hits and drove in three runs.

With the scored tied at 5 in game two, Badgett singled home Bryna Reynolds - who singled and stole second - to give St. Maries the lead for good in the top of the fourth.

St. Maries’ (7-4, 4-1) is in second place in the Intermountian League and face first-place Lakeland on Saturday.

, DataTimes