Big bats power Medical Lake baseball

MEDICAL LAKE - The big bats came out both for and against the Medical Lake High School baseball team last week as the Cardinals won two, lost one and had no decision in another contest.

Medical Lake swept a Northeast A League doubleheader on the road at Riverside 14-7 and 13-8 April 17 and lost a slugfest 20-12 at home to Deer Park. A second game was cancelled due to rain with ML leading 3-1 and will not be made up.

In the loss to Deer Park the Cardinals jumped out to a 9-0 lead after three innings. But Stag bats came alive when the Cards went to the bullpen and scored 15 runs before ML could...