Cd'A drops tourney opener to La Grande

ROSEBURG, Ore. - Austin Woodward allowed four hits over eight innings as the La Grande Subway A's defeated the Coeur d'Alene Loggers 10-2 in the opening round of the Northwest A regional baseball tournament on Friday at Stewart Park.

"La Grande is a good team," Coeur d'Alene coach Tom Barlow said. "We played them earlier this year in the Walla Walla tournament and only lost by a run, but their pitcher was like nothing we've seen all year. Our kids couldn't make an adjustment all day."

Kolby DeHaas had an RBI double in the fifth inning for Coeur d'Alene, which plays Wheatland (Wyo.) today at 9:30 a.m. in a loser out game.

"We had some mental errors on defense and gave guys some extra bases," said Barlow, who led Coeur d'Alene to eight straight wins entering the tournament. "For some reason, we did that today and it cost us."

La Grande 201 011 410 - 10 13 5

Coeur d'Alene 001 010 000 - 2 4 3

Woodward, Brown (9) and Barnols; Leif Krapas, Kyle Parson (7) and Kolby DeHaas. W - Woodward. L - Krapas.

HITS: LG - Jacobs, Miller 3, Woodward, Rogers 2, Fullerton, Lanman 3, Albrecht, Brown. Cd'A - Robbins, DeHaas, Osmanski, D. Sutton. 2B - Jacobs, Miller, Brown, DeHaas.

NORTHWEST A REGIONAL TOURNAMENT

at Stewart Park, Roseburg, Ore.

Friday

Blacksmith 5, Wheatland 4

South Anchorage 9, Lewis-Clark 2

La Grande 10, Coeur d'Alene 2

Game 4 - Laurel (Mont.) Dodgers (46-14) vs. Premier Insurance (Ore.) (18-13), late

Saturday

Game 5 - Wheatland (24-24) vs. Coeur d'Alene (37-22), 9:30 a.m. (loser out)

Game 6 - Lewis-Clark (34-15) vs. Loser Game 4, 12:30 p.m. (loser out)

Game 7 - Blacksmith (23-6) vs. La Grande, 4:30

Game 8 - South Anchorage (19-7) vs. Winner Game 4, 7:30