Lums advance to semis

COEUR d'ALENE - Parker Gabrielson had three hits, scored three runs and drove in two as the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen AA team beat the Spirit Lake Buzz 8-0 in the final game of pool play in the Thorco Field pod of the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat baseball tournament on Saturday.

Coeur d'Alene (15-20), which went 4-1 to win its pod, advances to face the Spokane Northstars today in a semifinal game at 9 a.m. at Shadle Park High's Jackson Field in Spokane. The winner advances to the championship game there at 3.

"It was good to see them come out and play with some energy," Coeur d'Alene coach Zach Clanton said. "You could tell they wanted to play tomorrow (Sunday). Parker did a good job of getting some hits and definitely stood out as one of the studs in the lineup today."

Gibson Green and Reggie Nault also had two RBIs and Elliott Sparks struck out nine for Coeur d'Alene.

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Johnson and Lamput; Elliott Sparks, Jonny Plum (6) and Colton Gray. W - Sparks. L - Johnson.

HITS: SL - Hansen, Hauck. Cd'A - Plum 2, Gabrielson 3, Kluss, Green, Nault 2, Sparks, Gray. 2B - Gabrielson. 3B - Plum.

Spokane Expos 6

Prairie 3

SPOKANE - Trystan Valente hit a two-run single for the Cardinals AA team, which lost to the Expos 6-3 in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Classic finale for both teams on Saturday at Rogers High.

Both teams finished second in their respective pods, which concluded play Friday.

Jacob Koski and Logan Bruner also had singles and Brian Howell struck out four in relief for Prairie (16-18), which competes in the Seattle Showcase tournament in Centralia, Wash., starting Thursday.

"We battled with them, but had a few errors that could have stopped their runs," Prairie coach Ron Mackie said. "Brian came in and shut them down until the sixth inning and had a lot of flyball and groundball outs. They're a solid ballclub."

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Expos 410 001 x - 6 7 2

Dalton Strong, Brian Howell (3) and Logan Bruner; Bird and Bonnilla. W - Bird. L - Strong (1-2).

HITS: Pra - Koski, Valente, Bruner. Spo - Rathbone, Bailey 2, Machtoff 2, Pheone 2. 2B - Rathbone, Bailey, Machtoff.