Lums win; Prairie falls
<p>Coeur d'Alene's Jason Pattis slides safely into second base under Wilkinson's Arron Daut on Friday in the seventh inning of their Best of the Northwest tournament game at McEuen Field.</p>
<p>Coeur d'Alene first basemen Grant Curtis (6) sets up to receive a throw from pitcher Pete Hoffman for a fifth-inning out Friday vs. Wilkinson at the Best of the Northwest tournament at McEuen Field.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Pete Hoffman pitched a five-hit shutout as the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen beat the Wilkinson Baseball Academy of Lynnwood, Wash., 6-0, to wrap up pool play in the McEuen pool at the Best of the Northwest tournament Friday at McEuen Field.
Hoffman struck out eight and walked two.
"He was in control from the first pitch; it was easily his best outing," Coeur d'Alene coach Lloyd Duman said. "I gave him an extra day of rest because I'd been using him a lot the last couple of weeks."
Joe Roletto went 3 for 4 with an RBI for the Lums (19-10), who finished third in their pool with a 2-2 record. The Northwest Blaze won the McEuen pool, and the Spokane Blue Devils were second.
Today, the Lums play the Spokane Cannons at 12:30 p.m. at McEuen. The winner plays the Spokane Dodgers at 5:30 at Central Valley High for a berth in the semifinals Sunday at CV. The loser is done for the tournament.
Coeur d'Alene 010 102 2 - 6 11 0
Wilkinson 000 000 0 - 0 5 2
Pete Hoffman and Joe Roletto; Soderlund, Urquhart (7) and Allred. W - Hoffman (4-2). L - Soderlund.
HITS: Cd'A - Roletto 3, Pattis 2, Bevacqua 2, Curtis, DeHaas, Priano 2. Wilk - Agate, Robbins 2, Urquhart, Moore.
Toyota Baseball 8
Prairie 4
SPOKANE - Zack Reeder stroked a 3-run double in the third inning to give Prairie an early lead, but Toyota Baseball of Tacoma rallied to take a win in the Best of The Northwest tournament at University High.
"We played pretty well defensively," Cardinals coach Dustin Frank said. "They just kept hitting it where we weren't. A tough loss - things just didn't bounce our way."
Kurt South had a fifth-inning RBI single to round out the scoring for Prairie (8-13), which plays Wilkinson Baseball Academy today in the consolation round at 10 a.m. at McEuen Field.
Prairie 030 010 0 - 4 10 1
Toyota 032 300 x - 8 8 0
Tyler Burnett, Kurt South (4) and Luke Howell, Zack Reeder (4); Henach and Finter. W - Henach. L - Burnett (0-1).
HITS: Pra - Reeder 2, Metcalf 2, Mobeck 2, South, Vandever , Shaffer, Davidson. Toy - Smith 2, Atkinson, Foor, Wicks, Kinter 2, Hanson. 2B - Vandever, Reeder.
Loggers split
at tourney
WALLA WALLA, Wash. - Coeur d'Alene defeated the Boise Barons 20-3 and lost to the La Grande A's 6-2 and are now 1-2 in pool play after two days of the Walla Walla Bruins Tournament.
Jake Gonzalez's two-run triple highlighted a 12-run third inning against Boise for the Loggers (12-11). D.J. Sutton went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, Kyle Parson 3 for 4 with an RBI for Coeur d'Alene.
Parson went 2 for 2 with an RBI against La Grande. No box score was available for the La Grande game.
The Loggers wrap up pool play today at 9 a.m. vs. the Sockeye Baseball Club of Monroe, Wash.
LOGGERS 20, BOISE BARONS 3
Boise 030 00 - 3 4 2
Loggers 07(12) 1x - 20 18 0
Inman, relievers unavailable and Smith; S. Sutton and O'Hagan. W - Sutton (2-1). L - Inman.
HITS: Boi - Campanella, Marino, Morris, Miller. Cd'A - O'Hagan 2, Howard, Robbins 2, D. Sutton 3, Osmanski, Fortis, Krapas 2, Nuttleman 2, Parson 3, Gonzalez. 2B - Robbins, D. Sutton, Osmanski, Krapas, Nuttleman. 3B - Morris, Gonzalez.