Northwest Blaze one-hit Lums, teams to meet again tonight

COEUR d'ALENE - Carter Chaffin had the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen's lone hit on a single in the fourth inning as they fell to the Northwest Blaze from the Seattle Area 6-0 in their opening game of the Best of the Northwest tournament Friday at Ramsey Park.

Coeur d'Alene had its first two days of games rained out in the tournament on Wednesday and Thursday.

"We were able to get the field playable and learned a lot about how the field drains," Coeur d'Alene coach Lloyd Duman said. "It's a little interesting, but we persevered."

Suraj Kedia struck out four for Coeur d'Alene (5-12), which faces the Wilkinson Baseball Academy of Lynnwood, Wash., today at 4:30 p.m. and the Blaze again at 7.

Due to the rainouts, teams in the Coeur d'Alene Division will play two games each today - with the winner advancing to a semifinal game on Sunday.