South's shot helps Prairie edge Lums

| July 10, 2010 9:00 PM

LEWISTON - Kurt South's drive over the left fielder's head with no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning scored the winning run as the Prairie Cardinals beat the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 6-5 in round-robin play at the Josh Burton Memorial Tournament on Friday at Harris Field.

Nik Berger walked to lead off the bottom of the seventh for Prairie (12-20). Cody Vandever hit a shot off the wall in dead center for a double, moving Berger up to third. Berger scored on South's hit.

Coeur d'Alene took a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning on two hits, two walks and two Prairie errors, but the Cardinals chipped away.

"This is the first time I saw our team get hit in the mouth, and we bounced back," Prairie coach Dustin Frank said.

South finished 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs in "the best game he's played all year," Frank said.

Prairie, 2-1 in round-robin play, plays Lewis-Clark today at 4 p.m.

Later Friday, Coeur d'Alene lost 7-3 to Billings to fall to 0-3 in the tourney.

PRAIRIE 7, COEUR d'ALENE 6

Coeur d'Alene 000 401 0 - 5 4 3

Prairie 000 221 1 - 6 7 3

0 out when winning run scored.

Jordan Anderson, Grant Curtis (6) and Joe Roletto; Nick Berger, Cody Vandever (6) and Cody VanDuyne. W - Vandever. L - Curtis.

HITS: Cd'A - Kiefer, Bevacqua, Priano, DeHaas. Pra - Metcalf, Vandever, South 2, Smith, Burnett, Coleman. 2B - Vandever, South, Smith.

Billings 7

Coeur d'Alene 3

Austin Kiefer went 3 for 3 with a run and an RBI for the Lums in a loss to the Scarlets. It was the first game at shortstop this season for Kiefer, who had been playing second base and in the outfield as he recovered from a broken arm.

The Lums play Yakima today at 10 a.m. to complete round-robin play.

BILLINGS 7, COEUR d'ALENE 3

Billings 200 221 0 - 7 8 1

Coeur d'Alene 001 110 0 - 3 10 1

Gustafson and Moller; Derek Priano, Kaleb DeHaas (5), Ranson Storm (7) and Alex Gunnerson. W - Gustafson. L - Priano (0-1).

HITS: Bill - Girard 2, Muller 2, Tolstedt 2, Endy 2. Cd'A - Kiefer 3, Pattis, Nyquist 2, Curtis, Hoffman, Gunnerson, Roletto. 2B - Tolstedt, Pattis.