Medical Lake Post 196 drops two more in non-league play

American Legion AA league Medical Lake Post 196 dropped two more games in doubleheader action at home against Northern Lakes on Thursday, June 27.

“We were only able to scatter a few hits,” head coach Jefferson French said.

Davenport’s Denton Deal opened the game, going 4 1\3 innings before being pulled on his pitch count, leaving the game tied at 1-1.

Medical Lake’s Eugene Haas took the mound in relief. Northern Lakes spent much of the remaining innings hitting long and hard off Haas, keeping the bases loaded much of the game and bringing in 10 more runs in the 11-1 loss.

The second game was closer, but still a 5-3 loss. It was solid pitching that kept the score close, according to French.

“Jacob Edison and Aiden Keiffer kept us in it,” he said.

Offensively, Davenport’s Garrett Mellick went 3 for 5 at the plate, followed by Deal’s 2 for 5. Haas went 2 for 3.

The highlight of the game, according to French, was Medical Lake’s Landon Hall, who recorded his first hit of the season, a triple into the gap for two RBI’s.

Medical Lake Post 196 was scheduled to be on the road against Kettle Falls last Monday at press time. After a break for the Independence Day holiday they will again take to the road to face off against Colville on Tuesday, July 9.

As of press time Medical Lake Post 196 remained at 6-8 in league play, but fell to 7-13 overall.

Lee Hughes can be reached at lee@cheneyfreepress.com.