LEGION BASEBALL: Lums Red headed to Washington AA semifinals

SPOKANE — Nathan Brillhart and Braeden Newby had two RBIs each as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen Red beat the Mt. Spokane Wild 8-5 on Wednesday at Al K. Jackson Field to advance to the Washington state AA semifinals.

Newby allowed two hits in 3 ⅔ scoreless innings of relief, striking out two.

Coeur d’Alene broke a 5-5 tie as Jesse Brown scored on an error to make it 6-5. Coeur d’Alene added two more runs in the fifth inning on bases loaded walks to Newby and Nolan Christ.

Coeur d’Alene (28-11-2) will face the Yakima Valley Peppers tonight at 7. Lynden and Mt. Spokane will play in the other semifinal at 4 p.m.

Mt. Spokane 122 000 0 — 5 8 4

Coeur d’Alene 113 120 x — 8 7 3

Smith, Thompson (5) and Schuerman; Elliot Smart, Braeden Newby (4) and Jesse Brown. W — Newby. L — Smith.

HITS: MS — Ayers 2, Schuerman, Smith, Olson, Shaw, Tillett 2. Cd’A — Coppess, Brown 2, Newby, Christ, Brillhart 2. 2B — Schuerman, Shaw.

Lynden 10

Cd’A Navy 8

SPOKANE — Kannon Knight had two hits and three RBIs for the Lums Navy, who fell short to the Lynden Lightning in a loser-out game in the Washington state AA tournament at Al K. Jackson Field.

AJ Currie had two RBIs for Coeur d’Alene, which finished 31-14.

Lynden 410 401 0 — 10 10 1

Coeur d’Alene 050 021 0 — 8 10 0

VanDiest, Heeringa (6), Parcher (7) and Simonson, Baar (7); Nate Weatherhead, Kyle Schwarzer (4), AJ Currie (6) and Aidan Blanco. W — VanDiest. L — Schwarzer.

HITS: Lyn — VanderVeen 3, Ohlingschlager 2, Zweegman 2, VanDiest 2, Parcher. Cd’A — Smith, Knight 2, Dannenberg 2, Reese, Blanco, Currie, Murphy 2. 2B — VanDiest, Currie, Blanco.