Posse adds two to league wins string

Pullman Posse, which was scheduled to play two league games Wednesday at Chewelah, added two wins to their Spokane AA Legion win streak. Posse today is scheduled to play league rounds against teams on the league's north end, Chewelah and Colville.

After that they will take a two-week break from league action while they play in the Spokane Wooden Bat tournament and the Palouse Under-17 series before playing their last league game July 11 at Colfax against Gonzaga Prep.

Posse is now 9-0 in the Spokane AA Legion league.

Monday night under building thunderstorm clouds at Colfax, Posse edged Rogers 5-4 after snapping a 4-4 tie with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Payton Kallaher was credited with the game-winning RBI hit in the seventh to break the 4-4 tie.

The game was moved to Colfax from Spokane and the second game of a double bill was called off when the storm front went through Colfax.

Rogers broke out four runs in the second inning, but Posse pitcher Jeff Marlow kept the lid on for the balance of the game while the Posse offense chipped away. They scored one in the bottom of the second, one in the fifth and two in the sixth to tie it up.

Each team finished with six hits. Marlow struck out four and walked just two.

Kyle Appel singled and doubled, and Jake Wells singled and tripled to top the Posse bats.

Posse advanced its league record to 8-0 with a 10-0 shutout over Ferris June 22 in Spokane. Starter Jake Wells for the Posse allowed just two hits over the first four innings. Nate Akesson went to the mound in the fifth and struck out the last three batters for the win after five innings.

Kallaher had three of the 10 Posse hits with two singles and a double. Appel booked a single and a double. Akesson doubled and Marlow tripled.