Prairie third, Lums fifth at tourney

LEWISTON - Despite a strong comeback and a nice relief effort from Alex Krapas, the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen lost 6-5 to the Yakima Beetles on Sunday to finish fifth at the Josh Burton Memorial Tournament at Harris Field.

Jason Pattis delivered a two-run single, and Grant Curtis and Derek Priano each had RBI singles as Coeur d'Alnee (15-21) scored four runs in the fifth inning to tie the game at 5. Yakima won it with a run in the top of the seventh and finished fourth.

Krapas came on in the third inning and pitched 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief.

Coeur d'Alene's home game tonight with Yakima was canceled. The Lums return to action Wednesday at home in a 5 p.m. doubleheader vs. Lewis-Clark.

Also Sunday, Prairie lost 15-1 to the Billings Scarlets and finished third. No report was received from Prairie (12-22), which travels to Trail, British Columbia, on Tuesday for a doubleheader.

The Lewis-Clark Twins won the tournament, beating Billings 7-6 in the title game.

YAKIMA 6, COEUR d'ALENE 5

Yakima 221 000 1 - 6 8 3

Coeur d'Alene 100 040 0 - 5 9 1

Roybal and Reyes; Ransom Storm, Alex Krapas (3), Jason Pattis (6) and Matt Klepfer. W - Roybal. L - Pattis.

HITS: Yak - Marquis, Kovatch, Jensen 2, Smith, Roddy, McLurken 2. Cd'A - Kiefer, Bevacqua, Pattis 2, Nyquist, Curtis 2, Priano, Roletto. 2B - Marquis, Smith, Nyquist. HR - Jensen.