LEGION BASEBALL: Lums drop final two in pool play
COEUR d’ALENE — Dominic Conigliaro struck out six, but the Edmonton Cardinals pushed across the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning in a 3-2 win in a pool play game in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic on Saturday at Thorco Field.
Tanner Criswell had two hits, with an RBI for Coeur d’Alene (7-13), which lost 9-0 to the Spokane Expos later on Saturday.
Coeur d’Alene finished pool play 2-2 and conclude the tournament today against the Calgary Blues at Thorco Field at 4:30 p.m. Calgary finished 1-3 in the Post Falls pod.
EDMONTON 3, COEUR d’ALENE 2
Coeur d’Alene 001 000 10 — 2 5 2
Edmonton 002 000 01 — 3 6 3
SPOKANE EXPOS 9, COEUR d’ALENE 0
Spokane 122 40 — 9 5 0
Coeur d’Alene 000 00 — 0 2 1
Northern Lakes beats La Grande,
fall to North Stars
SPOKANE — J.J. Mackesy struck out four and walked one in a complete game two-hitter as the Mountaineers beat the La Grande Legends 4-0 in a pool play game at Rogers High.
Later, the Spokane North Stars pushed the go-ahead run across in the seventh inning to beat the Mountaineers 5-4.
“The kids had a great, fun day at the ballpark,” Northern Lakes coach Al Bevacqua said. “We came out and executed and had fun doing it. Mackesy pitched lights out.”
Joe Strietzel pitched a complete game for Northern Lakes against Spokane.
“Strietzel pitched a gem,” Bevacqua said. “We just ran out of innings in the second game. We made some strides the past two days.”
Dalton Strong hit a two-run double against the Spokane North Stars for Northern Lakes, which faces ESC Tigers today at 8 a.m. at Rogers High.
NORTHERN LAKES 4, LA GRANDE 0
Northern Lakes 000 030 1 — 4 7 0
La Grande 000 000 0 — 0 2 0
W — Mackesy. L — Gonzalaz.
HITS: NL — Neilson 2, Pote, McDaniel, Strong, Mackesy, Blood. LG — Chamberlain, Bell. 2B — Neilson, Pote, McDaniel.
SPOKANE NORTH STARS 5,
NORTHERN LAKES 4
Spokane 010 102 1 — 5 8 3
Northern Lakes 101 200 0 — 4 6 2
W — Asan. L — Strietzel.
HITS: SNS — Day, Nonden, MacDonald, Olson, Prigge, Howell, Szep. NL — Neilson, Pote 2, Strong, Bradbury, Strietzel. 2B — MacDonald, Pote, Strong.
Prairie beats Calgary,
falls to Abbotsford
POST FALLS — The Prairie Cardinals beat the Calgary Blues 15-7 before losing to Abbotsford 9-0 to conclude pool play in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic at Post Falls High.
Prairie (6-21) will face the Columbia Gorge Hustlers today at 9 a.m. at Thorco Field in Coeur d’Alene.
• JUNIOR
Junior Wood Bat Classic
Lake City High pod
Saturday’s scores
Fort Mac 5, Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 3
Fort Macleod 15, McGillivray’s Environmental 5.
• LATE FRIDAY
Prairie opens 0-2
in wood bat tourney
POST FALLS — In their first two games at the Spokane-Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic, the Prairie Cardinals (5-20) fell 6-5 to the Missoula Prospects and 15-3 to the Spokane Crew, both at Post Falls High.
PROSPECTS 6, PRAIRIE 5
Prairie 221 000 0 — 5 12 2
Missoula 000 132 x — 6 13 1
Brock Zeller and Dusty Weeks, Kominek and Williams. W — Kominek. L — Zeller (3-3).
HITS: Pra — Weeks 2, Lebsock 2, Plunkett, Bailey 2, Elliott, Porter, Busch 2, Kirkeby. MP — Booi, Snyder 2, Bowden 2, Williams, Lopez 2, Kominek, Bardwick 2, Christiansen 2. 2B — Weeks, Lebsock, Porter, Lopez. HR — Williams.
CREW 15, PRAIRIE 3
Spokane 250 26 — 15 12 1
Prairie 000 30 — 3 3 4
Stottlemyre and Gingeritch; Jerrett Plunkett, Matt Fleming (2), Dusty Weeks (3), Brandon Busch (5) and Chris Kirkeby. W — Stottlemyre. L — Plunkett (1-6).
HITS: SC — Paro, Mounts 2, Grogan 3, Gingeritch, Peterson 2, Hira, Degeest, Edwards. Pra — Call, Elliott, Porter. 2B — Call.