Lums win opener at Missoula tourney

MISSOULA, Mont. — Brett Stapleton handled the pitching and Levi Haen delivered the clutch hit as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen opened play at the Dale Dahlgren Memorial Day Tournament with a 5-3 victory over the Great Falls Chargers on Saturday at Lindborg-Cregg Field.

Stapleton scattered two hits over six innings for the Lumbermen (2-0), struck out five and walked three. Both runs he allowed were unearned.

“Everything he threw was down; he was very efficient with his pitches,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kevin Dunton said.

Haen hit a two-out, two-run triple in the second to open the scoring. Brady Thompson added an RBI double in the fifth.

“We drove three hours on the bus, got off and were real aggressive with the bats, and ran the bases well,” Dunton said.

Today, Coeur d’Alene plays the Vauxhall (Alberta) Academy of Baseball at 11:30 a.m. PDT and the Bozeman Bucks at 2:30 p.m.

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Lumbermen 022 010 x — 5 7 2

Roberts and Bleskin; Brett Stapleton, Brett Keesee (7) and Conner Conigliaro. W — Stapleton (1-0). L — Roberts. S — Keesee (1).

HITS: GF — Stuff 2, Hayward. Cd’A — Cunningham, Stapleton, Thompson, Bloom, Haen, Gjevre 2. 2B — Thompson. 3B — Haen.

Prairie 6

Washington Wave 1

POST FALLS — Brock Zeller took a no-hitter into the fourth inning and pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits as the Cardinals improved to 2-1 in their season-opening tournament at Post Falls High.

Preston Benson added two hits for Prairie, which plays the Spokane Crew 18U today at 5:30 p.m. at Post Falls High for a shot at Monday’s championship round.

“Brock Zeller was great today,” Prairie coach Pat Call said. “Brock just hit spots, changed speeds and competed. Benson hit the ball well today.”

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Wave battery unknown; Brock Zeller, Wyatt Setian (7) and Tanner McCliment-Call, Seth Villanpondo (7). W — Zeller (1-0).

HITS: WW — Bersum, Russell 2, Lanphere, Young Love, Ode. Pra — McCliment-Call, Benson 2, Setian, Fleming, Schulze, Zeller. 3B — Benson.

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Expos 11

Prairie 6

POST FALLS — The Cardinals yielded 10 runs to the Spokane Expos in the first three innings.

“We didn’t play as well in the second game,” Call said. “We made some errors with guys on base and walked and hit way too many guys to win a game.”

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Prairie 002 210 1 — 6 7 3

Expos battery unknown; Jared Porter, Brock Zeller (3), Matt Fleming (5), Tanner McCliment-Call (7) and Seth Villanpondo.

HITS: Expos — Marten, Manzardo 2, Wells, Schmidt, Duncan. Pra — McCliment-Call, Villanpondo, Setian, Fleming, Zeller, Bailey 2. 2B — Duncan.