Young team remains hungry and competitive in games
Medical Lake Post 196 continues to play aggressively in American Legion AA action as the summer season progresses.
Post 196 at Riverside
Tuesday, June 18 doubleheader on the road was a 5-4 game one loss to “a really solid Riverside,” according to head coach Jefferson French. Reardan’s Aiden Kieffer was on the mound. Davenport’s Garrett Mellick and Medical Lake’s Joe Griffey had a pair of hits each.
“We hit the ball well and didn’t let up”
Head coach Jefferson French
But game one was just the warm-up for Post 196, who’s bats came alive with seven runs in the first inning of the second game while batting through the lineup. Medical Lake’s Landon Hall notched his first hit of the season with a two-RBI single. Davenport’s Devon Deal recorded 10 strikeouts from on top the mound, while the defense helped to hold Riverside to three runs for a final 13-3 score.
Post 196 vs. Mead
Medical Lake split a home doubleheader with Mead on Thursday, June 20 under a chill, gray sky. The offense was unable to support the defense in a 4-1 loss in game one, with eight runners left stranded on the bags.
“Eugene Haas pitched a good game,” French said, “but we just couldn’t hit in bunches.”
But again, the second game of the doubleheader was a different matter entirely, with Post 196 taking their revenge in a 20-4 trouncing of Mead. Pitcher Jacob Edison earned the win.
“We hit the ball well and didn’t let up,” French said.
The slugfest included RBI doubles from Seth Doumit, Cameron Comer, Joe Oliver and Isaac Everett, all of Medical Lake, and Davenport’s Josh Kieffer.
Post 196 at Chewelah
The Medical Lake crew traveled to Chewelah to face an older and more solid team on Monday in a doubleheader loss, dropping both games 7-0, and 8-7 respectively.
“Game one was our JV first shutout loss of the season,” French said. “We just couldn’t hit the ball.”
The second game was more heroic, with Post 196 coming back from a five-run deficit to take a 7-6 lead going into the final inning, when Chewelah put up two unanswered runs to take the win.
Comer, Oliver and Griffey each had two hits, while Garrett Mallick, Josh Abrahamson, Eugene Haas and Josh Kieffer each had singles.
Post 196 is 6-8 in league play, and 7-11 overall as they take on Northern Lakes today in another doubleheader in Medical Lake.
Lee Hughes can be reached at [email protected].
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