Lums improve to 3-0 in pod
COEUR d'ALENE - Brett Robbins went 5 for 5 and the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen pounded out 14 hits in a 14-5 victory over the Pullman Patriots in pod play Friday night at the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Classic at Ramsey Park.
Coeur d'Alene (8-21) improved to 3-0 in pod play. The Lums wrap up pod play today, facing the Idaho Falls Bandits at 2 p.m. and the Spokane Crew at 7, both at Ramsey.
Matt Peterson had two doubles for Pullman.
In other games Friday in the Ramsey Park pod:
Spokane Crew 3, Idaho Falls Bandits 1
Spokane Crew 6, Gallatin Valley Outlaws (Mont.) 0: Jackson Webb struck out eight in four innings, and teamed with Trevor Tomlinson on the shutout. Jordan Ross went 2 for 3 and drove in two runs.
Medicine Hat (Alberta) 12, Gallatin Valley 0, 5 inn.: Andy Scott and Braden Goldance each homered, and Kade Lutz fanned five in five innings in the win.
Medicine Hat 5, Pullman 4: Christian Polamo struck out seven in the loss.
LUMBERMEN 14, PULLMAN 5, 5 INN.
Coeur d'Alene 152 51 - 14 14 1
Pullman 121 10 - 5 10 2
Colby Kennedy, Elliott Sparks (5) and Joe Roletto; Nolan Johnson, Hunter Redinger (3), Zac Druffel (4) and Brent Becker.
HITS: Cd'A - Roletto, Robbins 5, Kluss, Brandt 2, Hicks 2, Chaffin, Montee, Gonzales. Pull - Redinger, Dedie 2, Peterson 2, Johnson, Druffel, Neoley 2, Becker. 2B - Kluss, Hicks, Dedie 2, Peterson, Neoley.
Prairie drops pair
POST FALLS - The Prairie Cardinals fell to 1-3 in Post Falls pod play in the Senior Division of the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane Wood Bat Classic, falling 10-2 to the Okotoks (Alberta) Dawgs and 11-2 to the Spokane Baseball Club.
James Prockish went 2 for 3 with an RBI for Prairie vs. Okotoks.
Jacob Koski had two hits and drove in a run for Prairie vs. the Spokane Baseball Club.
Sean Sutton of Coeur d'Alene High picked up the win on the mound for the Spokane Baseball Club. Blake Buzett hit a two-run homer in the third inning, and Jordan McGwen drove in four runs, three on a second-inning double.
OKOTOKS 10, PRAIRIE 2
Okotoks 030 61 - 10 9 1
Prairie 002 00 - 2 6 4
Cole Slamko and Riley Guntrip; Luke Hoisington (5); Jesse Marks, Logan Bruner (4) and Austin Allen.
HITS: Oko - Sanchez, Kirkwood, Rose 2, Tuffeland 2, Eagletail, Hoisington, Patterson. Pra - Wrotenbery, Jackson, McKinney, Prockish 2, Denney. 2B - Rose, Tuffeland, Eagletail.
SPOKANE BASEBALL CLUB 11, PRAIRIE 2
Prairie 010 10 - 2 6 2
Spokane 172 1x - 11 11 1
James Prockish and Treavor Hammell; Sean Sutton, Jeremy Alderman (5) and Levi Pereira.
HITS: Pra - McKinney, Prockish, Allen, Koski 2, Spendlove. SBC - Gosline 2, Buzett 2, McGwen, Wiltse, Mills, Pereira, Phebus 2, Lee. 2B - McGwen, Gosline. 3B - Lee. HR - Buzett.
Junior Division
The Coeur d'Alene Lumberjacks 16-and-under team scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to overtake the Coeur d'Alene Loggers 11-9 in the final game of the Coeur d'Alene High pod in the Junior Division of the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Classic.
The Lumberjacks took advantage of a walk, a hit batsman and three Logger errors in a row, along with a double by Braeson Richmond. Brendan Delgado struck out eight in the win.
Earlier, the Loggers picked up their first victory of the tourney, beating University High 5-3. Stephen Vaudreuil went 2 for 3 and drove in two runs for the Loggers. Clayton Carter, Parker Gabrielson and Nathaniel English had two hits each.
In other games Friday, it was the Calgary Redbirds 9, Kalispell Lakers 1; University Titans 5, Kalispell Lakers 1; and Calgary Redbirds 12, the Lumberjacks 2 in five innings.
Calgary won the Cd'A High pod with a 4-0 record. University (2-2) was second, Kalispell (2-2) third, the Lumberjacks (1-3) fourth and the Loggers (1-3) fifth.
Meanwhile, at the Lake City High pod, the Coeur d'Alene Lakers lost 23-0 to Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) and 11-2 to West Kootenay (Trail, British Columbia). In other games there on Friday, it was Mason (Montesano, Wash.) 10, Bitterroot (Florence, Mont.)1; Mason 8, Moose Jaw 2; and Bitterroot 8, West Kootenay 0.
Mason won the Lake City High pod with a 3-1 record. Bitterroot (3-1) was second, Moose Jaw (2-2) third, West Kootenay (2-2) fourth and the Lakers (0-4) fifth. Mason won the tiebreaker by virtue of its win over Bitterroot.
The Coeur d'Alene High pod teams play the Lake City High pod teams today at Lake City.
The Loggers play the Lakers at 8 a.m.; the Lumberjacks play West Kootenay at 10:30; Calgary plays the Mason at 1 p.m.; Kalispell faces Moose Jaw at 3:30; and University plays Bitterroot at 6.