Prairie wins, but won't advance
POST FALLS — Wyatt Setian hit a two-run double to highlight a five-run sixth inning, and the Prairie Cardinals held on to beat the Spokane Crew 18U 10-9 at the Prairie Memorial Day tournament Sunday at Post Falls High.
Post Falls went 3-1 in its season-opening tourney, but missed out on today’s championship round on the tiebreaker of fewest runs allowed. The Expos and Crew both allowed fewer runs, and only the top two teams from the Cardinals’ pool advanced.
Matt Fleming allowed two runs and struck out three in 5 1/3 innings for Prairie.
“He really competed hard for the win,” Prairie coach Pat Call said. “He kept them off balance and made them put it in play so we could play some defense. I was very pleased with his toughness.”
Prairie opens AA North Idaho League play on Thursday vs. Coeur d’Alene at 6 p.m. at Thorco Field.
Prairie 021 205 0 — 10 9 3
Crew 001 113 3 — 9 12 5
Matt Fleming, Seth Villanpondo (6), Wyatt Setian (7) and Sam Schulze. Crew battery unknown. W — Fleming. S — Setian.
HITS: Pra — McCliment-Call, Villanpondo, Benson, Setian 3, Fleming, Zeller, Bailey. Crew — Parker, Edwards, Gingrich, DeGeest 2, Cornwell 2, Stottlemyre, Herai 2, Hattenberg. 2B — Parker, Edwards, Gingrich, Setian 2.
Lums drop two
at tourney
MISSOULA, Mont. — Coeur d’Alene fell to 1-2 at the Dale Dahlgren Memorial Day Tournament after losing 5-1 to Vauxhall (Alberta) Academy of Baseball and 15-3 to the Bozeman Bucks, both at Osprey Field.
Brett Stapleton had two hits for the Lumbermen against Vauxhall, but the Lums managed only three total and struck out 14 times against lefthander Adam Macko.
“It was a learning experience,” Coeur d’Alene coach Kevin Dunton said.
Brady Thompson had two hits vs. Bozeman. The Lums totaled 10 hits, “but we didn’t get a lot of timely hits,” Dunton said.
Coeur d’Alene (2-2) plays the Missoula Mavericks today at 2:30 p.m. PDT.
VAUXHALL 5, LUMS 1
Lums 010 000 0 — 1 3 0
Vauxhall 021 011 x — 5 5 0
Justin Bates, Levi Haen (6) and Conner Conigliaro, Matthew Gjevre; Adam Macko and Matthew Gough. W — Macko. L — Bates (0-1).
HITS: Cd’A — Gjevre, Stapleton 2. Vaux — Vulcano, Penner 2, Rath 2. 2B — Rath. HR — Penner.
BOZEMAN BUCKS 15, LUMS 3
Bozeman 003 502 5 — 15 12 0
Lums 002 100 0 — 3 10 5
B. Paddock, A. Purpura (2), No. 13 (7) and J. Buck; Brett Keesee, Tanner Mueller (1), Brady Thompson (5) and Zach Sensel. W — Purpura. L — Mueller (1-1).
HITS: Boze — Doble 3, Paddock, Buck, Eckstrom 3, Murfitt, Freund 2, Purpura. Cd’A — Alley, Bates, Gjevre, Haen 2, Keesee, Sensel, Stapleton, Thompson 2.