Baseball Recap: Kellogg Wildcats vs. Priest River Spartans
After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Lakeland, Kellogg was happy to have turned things around in Monday's first game. They put the hurt on the Priest River Spartans with a sharp 18-4 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Kellogg also won the last time the pair played last Tuesday.
Reed Whatcott was a major factor no matter where he played. On the mound, he pitched 3.2 innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. Whatcott was also big at the plate, scoring two runs and stealing a base while getting on base in four of his five plate appearances.
In other batting news, Ramsey Rainio was incredible, scoring three runs and stealing three bases while going 2-for-4. Another player making a difference was Jack Fields, who went 2-for-3 with four RBI and a run.
On Priest River's side, Elijah Blaine made the most of his time at bat despite the final result and went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and two RBI. Blaine has been hot recently, having posted at least one stolen base the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Colton Kuprienko, who scored a run and stole a base while getting on base in all three of his plate appearances.
Kellogg has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Priest River, they haven't won a game yet this season and fell to 0-13.
The teams didn't have to wait long for a rematch: Kellogg beat Priest River by a score of 25-3 later that day.
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