Lumbermen finish strong at wood bat tournament
COEUR d'ALENE - Austin Kiefer and Jason Pattis had three hits in each game as the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen beat Rainier (Wash.) Legion 15-1 and the Pullman Patriots 8-4 to wrap up pool play in the Senior Division of the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Tournament on Sunday at McEuen Field.
Though the Lums (13-16) did not advance to today's semifinals, they did win their last three games in pool play to finish 3-2 in their pool.
"It was a huge positive thing for us to go out winning three in a row against three quality teams," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Daley Benson said.
Kaleb DeHaas struck out five and allowed five hits for the Lums vs. Rainier. Kiefer went 3 for 3, Pattis 3 for 4.
In the second game, Coeur d'Alene rallied for five runs in the top of the seventh to erase a 4-3 deficit vs. Pullman. Kiefer scored the tying run, and Mitch Bevacqua's two-run single snapped a 4-all tie. Kiefer, Pattis and Chad Nyquist all went 3 for 4 for the Lums, who play Prairie on Tuesday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader at Post Falls High.
Prospect Baseball of Edmonton, Alberta, won the McEuen pool and advanced to today's semifinals, where they will play Cheyenne (Wyo.) Post 6 at 9 a.m. at A.K. Jackson Field in Spokane. In the other semifinal, the Okotoks Dawgs play the Great Falls Chargers at 9 a.m. at Whitworth University's Merkel Field. Winners play in the title game today at 1:30 p.m. at Gonzaga University's Patterson Baseball Complex.
Both Senior Division semifinal games will be Web broadcast live www.bsport.org beginning at 8:45 a.m. The championship game will be broadcast live on KSBN 1230 AM and on www.ksbn.net starting at 1:15 p.m.
In Sunday's other pool games at McEuen, Prospect Baseball beat Rainier Legion 14-0 and beat the Eagle Vipers 6-0. The Pullman Patriots beat the Walla Walla Bears 5-1.
COEUR d'ALENE 15, RAINIER 1
Rainier 000 01 - 1 5 0
Coeur d'Alene 519 0x - 15 14 2
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Daniels, Rehmus (4) and Gardiner; Kaleb DeHaas and Joe Roletto. W - DeHaas. L - Daniels.
HITS: Rain - Rively, Simmons, Johnson, Gardiner, Miller. Cd'A - Burgess, Kiefer 3, Pattis 3, Nyquist, Collier, Cade, Combo 2, Roletto 2. 2B - Kiefer 2, Pattis, Cade.
COEUR d'ALENE 8, PULLMAN 4
Coeur d'Alene 010 020 5 - 8 16 0
Pullman 001 012 0 - 4 5 2
Taylor Combo, Alex Krapas (2), Jason Pattis (5) and Matt Klepfer; Scourey, name unavailable and Jacobs. W - Pattis (1-0). L - NA.
HITS: Cd'A - Kiefer 3, Bevacqua, Pattis 3, Nyquist 3, Priano 2, Roletto, Cade 2, Klepfer. Pull - Johnson, Robinson 2, Jacobs, Mooney. 2B - Pattis, Nyquist, Robinson, Jacobs. 3B - Johnson.
White Rock 6
Prairie 4
SPOKANE - The Cardinals finished the tournament with a 1-4 record in Senior Division pool play at Hart Field.
Kurt South and Bryson Smith had two hits each for Prairie (9-18), which plays host to Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday in a 3 p.m. doubleheader at Post Falls High.
White Rock 202 020 0 - 6 11 0
Prairie 010 111 0 - 4 6 0
Dahanini and Ackerman; Nik Leva, Jake Coleman (3), Bordyn Grieser (5), Bryson Smith (6) and Cody VanDuyne. W - Dahanini. L - Leva.
HITS: WR - Larson 2, Dahanini, Van Horn, Erd 2, Dagano 2, Morrow 2, McGuire. Pra - VanDuyne, South 2, Metcalf, Smith 2. 2B - Larson, Smith. 3B - South.
• In the Junior Division of the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Tournament, the Peak Sand and Gravel Lakers from Sandpoint advanced to the semifinals, where they will play Snohomish (Wash.) Steel today at 9 a.m. at McEuen Field in Coeur d'Alene. The Walla Walla Bruins will play Shadle Park in the other semi at 11:30. The winners will play in the title game today at 2 p.m. at McEuen. The title game will be Web broadcast on www.bsports.org starting at 1:45 p.m.