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LEGION BASEBALL: Lums rally for split

| June 4, 2023 1:15 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — Eric Bumbaugh’s sacrifice fly scored Nolan Christ with the winning run as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen AA team scored twice in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat the Spokane Expos 17U and earn a split of their doubleheader Saturday at Thorco Field.

In the first game, Coeur d’Alene led 7-2 before Expos scored nine runs in the top of the seventh to win 11-9.

With Bumbaugh at the plate, Ty Shepard scored on a wild pitch for Coeur d’Alene (4-4) to tie the game at 4. Shepard was 2 for 3 with two runs scored for the Lums.

The Expos had taken a 5-4 lead with three runs in the top of the seventh.

CJ Elliott struck out six and allowed three hits in 5.2 innings for Coeur d’Alene.

Joe DuCoeur and Jesse Brown had RBI singles in a three-run first inning for the Lums.

Hunter Derr hit a two-run homer in the fourth for the Expos.

In the first game, DuCoeur hit a tie-breaking two-run triple in the fifth inning to put the Lums up 4-2. DuCoeur finished 3 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs scored.

In the seventh, the Expos went walk, single, single, single, walk, error, single, and a bases-loaded walk tied the game at 7. David Barnes hit a line single off the third baseman’s glove to score two runs and break the tie. One out later, Nate Weatherhead followed with a two-run single.

Chase Saunders had two hits and drove in two runs for the Expos.

Coeur d’Alene returns to action a week from Sunday with a home doubleheader vs. the Lewis-Clark Twins.

FIRST GAME

Expos 17U 020 000 9 — 11 8 3

Lums 110 032 2 — 9 9 2

AJ Russo, David Barnes (5), Brady Coulter (6) and Hunter Derr; Caden Robinett, AJ Currie (5), Eric Bumbaugh (7), Owen Benson (7) and Joe DuCoeur.

HITS: Exp — Dannenberg, Saunders 2, Webb 2, Barnes, Weatherhead 2. Cd’A — Shepard, Bumbaugh, DuCoeur 3, Ziegler, Brown, Erickson, Benson. 2B — Barns. 3B — DuCoeur.

SECOND GAME

Expos 17U 000 200 3 — 5 7 3

Lums 300 010 2 — 6 8 3

Sam Weaver, Jake Dannenberg (5), T. Utley (6) and Chase Saunders; CJ Elliott, Owen Benson (6) and Joe DuCoeur.

HITS: Exp — Dannenberg, Stoddard 2, Derr, Barnes, Utley, Russo. Cd’A — Bumbaugh, DuCoeur, Brown, Erickson, Usdrowski, Robinett, Shepard 2. 2B — Shepard. HR — Derr.

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MARK NELKE/Press Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen sidearmer Eric Bumbaugh delivers during the first game of an American Legion baseball doubleheader vs. the Spokane Expos 17U on Saturday at Thorco Field in Coeur d'Alene.