LEGION BASEBALL: Lums triumph again at Whitefish tourney

| July 10, 2021 1:05 AM

WHITEFISH, Mont. — Owen Benson pitched four strong innings and Cooper Erickson delivered a key base hit as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen “AA” beat the Missoula Eagles 10-2 in pool play Friday at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament at Memorial Field.

Benson struck out three and allowed three hits in four innings for Coeur d’Alene (20-8), which improved to 2-0 in pool play, and the one run he allowed was unearned.

“Owen Benson threw a gem,” Lums coach Darren Taylor said.

Cooper Erickson came on in the third inning and “made a couple nice plays at third plays,” Taylor said, then delivered a two-run single with the bases loaded to highlight a five-run third.

Right-hander Lucas Erickson saw his first action since suffering a broken left wrist in a collision at first base during a tournament at Missoula over Memorial Day weekend, pitching the fifth inning.

Coeur d’Alene wraps up preliminary play today in the seven-team tourney vs. the Spokane Expos at 11:30 a.m. PDT, and with a victory will secure a spot in Sunday’s semifinal round.

Eagles 100 01 — 2 3 1

Lums 025 21 — 10 8 2

Game called in 5th inning due to tourney’s 8-run rule.

Q Waltz, B. Williams (1), B. Labbe (4), L. Bierig (5) and C. Richardson; Owen Benson, Lucas Erickson (5) and Joe DuCoeur, Calvin Carroll (5).

HITS: Missoula — Kettenring, Dill, Smith. Cd’A — A. Taylor, Manzardo, Scherr, Schneider, Garza, C. Erickson 2, Rimpau.

Bitterroot 12

N. Lakes 3

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Mountaineers dropped to 1-2 at the Missoula Mavericks tournament with the loss to the Red Sox.

Jacob Hessing went 2 for 3 and drove in two runs with a single in the fifth inning for Northern Lakes (15-13) , and is now 6 for 9 for the tournament.

Northern Lakes wraps up pool play today vs. the Idaho Falls Bees at 3:30 p.m. PDT.

Bitterroot 212 322 — 12 10 0

N. Lakes 001 020 — 3 5 3

Bitterroot battery unavailable; Wyat Kitchin, Scott Pote (4), Jacob Schaffner (6) and Sam Pemberton, Caleb Knight (4).

HITS: Bit — N/A. LN — Powell,Clift, Hessing 2, Wysong.