Coeur d'Alene slams Wyoming

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Kyle Manzardo went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and Bridger Rinaldi drove in two runs as the Coeur d'Alene Majors Little League baseball team defeated Cody (Wyo.) 10-0 in five innings in their final pool play game of the Northwest Regional tournament on Wednesday at Houghton Stadium.

Coeur d'Alene advances to the semifinals with its second-straight win after beating Anchorage 9-0 on Tuesday, and will face the top-seeded Eastlake of Sammamish, Wash., tonight at 6 p.m. on ESPN2 (Time Warner 25).

"It was a great team win," Coeur d'Alene coach Paul Manzardo said. "Nerves played a big part of the first two games, as well as getting used to the field. It's a beautiful field, but the grass is like playing on astro-turf. It's a very fast infield and outfield, and the grass is cut real short. It's definitely different than what we're accustom to playing on."

Bennett Cunnigham, Manzardo and Zach Sensel had RBI singles in a six-run bottom of the second and Cody Davenport an RBI single in the third for Coeur d'Alene. Colt Rowley scored two runs in the win.

"We really got the bats going in the second," coach Manzardo said. "We were able to string together quite a few hits."

Rinaldi struck out five and Davenport four on the mound as Coeur d'Alene held Cody to four hits in the game.

"Bridger pitched a fabulous game," coach Manzardo said. "Both him and Cody did a really good job of mixing up their pitches today."

Eastlake won all four games in pool play.

"They're a team with a lot of momentum," said Manzardo of Eastlake. "They lost their first game in their district tournament and came right back through to win it all. They've got three really good pitchers, but we've to play solid defense and stay relaxed. If we can do that, I think we'll be fine. Having (pool play games) on ESPN3 has prepped these kids too. I realize ESPN2 is national television, but I think we'll be all right because we've fought those nerves before."