Lumbermen split at Missoula tourney

MISSOULA, Mont. — Matt Cade singled down the left-field line with the bases loaded and two out in the bottom of the eighth inning, scoring Austin Kiefer and giving the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen a 4-3 victory over the Helena Senators at the Dale Dahlgren Memorial Day “AA” tournament on Sunday.

Later Sunday, the Lums lost 9-0 to the Bozeman Bucks.

Pete Hoffman went the distance in the opener, striking out five in a five-hitter over eight innings. Mitch Bevacqua and Alex Krapas had RBI singles in the first inning, and Grant Curtis doubled in a run in the third.

In the second game, Bozeman took advantage of four walks and one hit batsman to score eight runs in the fourth.

Coeur d’Alene, 2-1 in the tourney, concludes round-robin play today vs. Missoula at 9 a.m. PDT, needing a win and possibly some help to advance to the title game later today.

In the “A” tournament, the Coeur d’Alene Loggers beat Bozeman 6-5 and lost to Missoula 8-4 to slip to 1-2 in tourney play.

COEUR d’ALENE 4, HELENA 3

Helena 000 010 20 — 3 5 2

Coeur d’Alene 201 000 01 — 4 12 3

2 out when winning run scored.

Morgan, name unavailable (4) and Harris; Pete Hoffman and Matt Klepfer. W — Hoffman (1-0). L — not available.

HITS: Hel — Scevers, Sternhagen, Harris, Stinchfield, Mayer. Cd’A — Burgess 2, Bevacqua, Pattis 2, Curtis 2, Cade 2, Collier, Krapas, Kiefer. 2B — Curtis 2, Cade.

BOZEMAN 9, COEUR d’ALENE 0

Coeur d’Alene 000 00 — 0 2 2

Bozeman 001 8x — 9 6 0

Game called in 5th inning due to tourney’s 8-run rule.

Jordan Anderson, Ranson Storm (4) and Joe Roletto; Hape and Mackay. W — Hape. L — Anderson (0-1).

HITS: Cd’A — Bevacqua, Cade. Boze — Stanislao, Peterson, Cameron, Spears, Weaver, Mackay. 2B — Bevacqua, Peterson.