Kootenai Valley Rangers pick up 2 more victories

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 22, 2012 11:21 PM

EUREKA — Ryan Holder had the big stick for the Kootenai Valley Rangers, who swept Mission Valley Senior Babe Ruth 7-6 and 13-3 on Sunday afternoon in nonconference baseball action.

Holder tripled in the bottom of the seventh inning to drive in Dalton Smith and C.J. Henrie with out one for the come-from-behind victory in the opener.

Gallen Sullivan led off the bottom half of that inning with a double and scored on a single by Nathan Haidel to get the Rangers rally started.

In the second contest, Holder ripped a 340-foot grand-slam home run to left-center field in the Rangers’ 10-run third inning. Holder had six RBIs in that game.

Kootenai Valley (4-0 overall) plays Thursday night in its Earl Russell Round Robin Tournament.

First Game

Mission Valley 102 001 2 — 6 6 4

Kootenai Valley 000 031 3 — 7 4 3

J. Crawford, J. Rulison (5), E. Milner (7) and D. Mathis; Kade Davis, R.J. Glover (4) and Gallen Sullivan. W — Glover, 1-0. L — Milner.

MISSION VALLEY — N. Grogan 1-4, K. Woodward 0-3, Milner 1-4, Crawford 1-2, Rulison 0-3, R. Anderson 0-3, W. Wood 1-2, Mathis 0-2, B. Krebf 1-3, M. Daricek 1-1, K. Hoffman 0-1.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Davis 0-2, C.J. Henrie 1-3, Dalton Smith 0-3, Ryan Holder 2-4, Austin Perez 0-2, Glover 0-1, Nick Rackley 0-1, Tyler Cummings 0-1, Sullivan 1-3, Brandon Conard 0-2, Nathan Haidle 0-1.

2B—Milner, Daricek; Sullivan; 3B—Holder; RBIs—Milner (2), Crawford, Woods, Daricek; Henrie (2), Holder (2), Rackley.

Second Game

Mission Valley 101 01 — 3 5 3

Kootenai Valley 10(10) 02 — 13 7 1

Milner, Krebf (3), Wood (5) and Mathis; Perez and Sullivan. W — Perez, 2-0. L — Milner.

MISSION VALLEY — Wood 1-3, Woodward 1-1, Milner 2-3, Crawford 0-2, Rulison 0-2, Anderson 0-0, Krebf 0-2, Mathis 0-1, Hoffman 0-2, Daricek 0-1, Grogan 1-1.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Henrie 0-2, Rackley 2-2, Smith 1-3, Holder 2-3, Glover 1-3, Perez 1-1, Sullivan 0-1, Cummings 0-2, Haidle 0-1, Conard 0-1.

2B—Grogan; Rackley; HR—Holder; RBIs—Woodward, Milner, Crawford; Rackley (2), Smith, Holder (6), Cummings, Haidle.