LEGION BASEBALL: Lums top Helena in opener
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen scored the go-ahead run on an error in the bottom of the third inning and held on late to the beat the Helena Senators 6-5 in their season opener on Saturday in the Missoula Mavericks Memorial Day Tournament at Lindborg-Cregg Field.
Nathan Phillips drove in two runs for Coeur d’Alene, which faces the Bozeman Spikes and Missoula today to continue tournament play.
Dominic Conigliaro scored two runs for Coeur d’Alene.
Helena is 15-3.
Helena 002 030 0 — 5 7 3
Coeur d’Alene 003 300 x — 6 8 1
pitching not available.
HITS: HS — Griffin, Sassano, Stief 2, Thennis 2, Burchard. Cd’A — Criswell, Garza, Conigliaro, Hall, Wade, Reid, Phillips. 2B — Garza, 3B — Sassano.
Seattle Bombers 5
Prairie 1
POST FALLS — Dusty Weeks went 2 for 3 with a run scored for the Cardinals in a loss to the Seattle Bombers in the Eastside Memorial Tournament at Post Falls High.
Brock Zeller allowed three earned runs in a complete game for Prairie (0-3), which faces the Spokane Expos tonight at 5:30 at Post Falls High.
“I was very happy with the way the team played today,” second-year Prairie coach Brian Fowler said. “It was a step in the right direction and a big improvement over yesterday. Brock was huge for us on the mound today and definitely helped us on a day we were short on pitching.”
Seattle 012 002 0 — 5 9 0
Prairie 000 001 0 — 1 8 2
Dittmaier, Coop (6) and Keith; Brock Zeller and Chris Kirkeby. W — Dittmaier. L — Zeller (0-1).
HITS: SB — Abbott, Ward 2, Offield 3, James, Miksch, Ritchey. PC — Weeks 2, Benson, Lebsock, Porter, Busch, Kirkeby 2. 2B — Miksch, Lebsock. HR — Ward.
LATE FRIDAY
Prairie drops pair
to open season
POST FALLS — The Prairie Cardinals class AA American Legion baseball team lost 16-1 to the Spokane Dodgers and 11-4 to the Spokane Crew on Friday as they opened their season at the Eastside Memorial Tournament at Post Falls High.
Against the Dodgers, Prairie’s lone run came on an RBI groundout by Jerrett Plunkett that scored Dusty Weeks.
“We came out a little nervous and tight in the first game of the season, committing four errors that led to 12 unearned runs,” Prairie coach Brian Fowler said.
Fowler praised the work of Sheldon Sloane, who pitched two strong innings of relief in his AA debut.
Against the Crew, Jared Porter had a hit and an RBI for Prairie.
“I was happy with the way our team battled from start to finish in this game,” Fowler said. “We did a good job of manufacturing runs on offense and minimizing damage on defense. Our biggest problem was that our pitchers walked or hit 16 batters and it is tough to win when you give away that many free bases.”
DODGERS 16, PRAIRIE 1
Dodgers 904 03 — 16 10 0
Prairie 100 00 — 1 4 4
Game called after 5 innings due to 10-run rule.
Steele and Buer; Jerrett Plunkett, Sheldon Sloane (4) and Dusty Weeks. W — Steele. L — Plunkett (0-1).
HITS: SD — Chapman, Albrecht 5, Sumner, Buer, Bacon. Pra — Weeks, Benson, Lebsock, Buck. 2B — Albrecht, Buer. HR — Sumner.
CREW 11, PRAIRIE 4
Prairie 211 000 0 — 4 3 2
Crew 230 150 x — 11 6 1
Jared Porter, Matt Fleming (5), Brandon Busch (6) and Jerrett Plunkett; Stottlemyre, Gingerich (7) and Van Wormer. W — Stottlemyre. L — Porter (0-1).
HITS: Pra — Weeks, Benson, Porter. SC — Edwards, Pars, Hirai, Hamilton 2, Degeest. 2B — Benson.