Lums win; Prairie falls
LEWISTON — Grant Curtis broke a 4-all tie with a two-run single in the sixth inning, and Matt Cade followed with a two-run double as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen beat the Yakima Beetles 8-4 to conclude round-robin play at the Josh Burton Memorial Tournament at Harris Field.
Trailing 4-1, the Lumbermen (15-20) tied it with three in the fifth on an RBI single by Curtis, a sacrifice fly by Cade, and an error which scored Derek Priano.
Coeur d’Alene, which went 1-3 in round-robin play, and Yakima play again today at 10 a.m. for fourth and fifth place.
Prairie lost 13-0 to the Lewis-Clark Twins to conclude round-robin play 2-2. No other information was provided. Prairie will play the Billings Scarlets today at 1 p.m. The winner plays Lewis-Clark at 4 in the championship game.
COEUR d’ALENE 8, YAKIMA 4
Yakima 021 100 0 — 4 5 3
Coeur d’Alene 001 034 x — 8 9 3
Clement, Hartwil (6) and Reyes; Pete Hoffman, Alex Krapas (5) and Matt Klepfer. W — Krapas. L — Hartwil.
HITS: Yak — Roybal, Kovatch, Lombardi 2, Roddy. Cd’A — Kiefer, Bevacqua 2, Nyquist 2, Curtis 2, Cade, Klepfer. 2B — Bevacqua, Nyquist, Cade.