LEGION BASEBALL: Lums Red to play for Washington AA title

| July 30, 2021 1:15 AM

SPOKANE — Braeden Newby, Nolan Christ and Cam Davey delivered consecutive singles in the bottom of the first inning, leading the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen Red to a 5-2 win over the Yakima Valley Peppers in a semifinal game of the Washington state AA tournament at Al K. Jackson Field on Thursday.

Coeur d’Alene (29-11-2) will face the Lynden Lightning today at 4 p.m. in the championship game, with an if-necessary game to follow should Coeur d’Alene lose its first game of the tournament.

Coeur d’Alene extended the advantage to 4-0 on an RBI single by Jesse Brown to score Paxon Bunch.

Lynden beat Mt. Spokane 10-8 in a loser-out game earlier on Thursday.

Yakima Valley 000 001 1 — 2 5 1

Coeur d’Alene 310 010 x — 5 9 1

Johnson, Stevenson (5) and Bair; Paxon Bunch, Nathan Brillhart (4), Bryce Hall (7) and Calvin Coppess. W — Bunch. L — Johnson. S — Hall.

HITS: YV — Graham, Peralta 2, Bailey, Bair. Cd’A — Coppess 3, Smart 2, Brown, Newby, Davey, Cohen. 2B — Bair, Peralta, Cohen.