LEGION BASEBALL: Lums win in seventh; Spokane/CdA wood bat tourney next
Photo by JENNIFER BUTLER Cooper Erickson pitched a complete game with six strikeouts for the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen in a 4-3 victory over the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak on Tuesday at Thorco Field in Coeur d'Alene.
COEUR d’ALENE — Owen Benson led off the seventh inning with a double, and scored on a bunt single by Ty Shepard as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen class AA team beat the Yakima Valley Pepsi Pak 4-3 on Tuesday at Thorco Field.
Yakima Valley had tied the game at 3 in the top of the seventh on a bases-loaded balk.
Bryce Hall’s RBI single in the third inning pulled Coeur d’Alene (12-8) within 2-1.
Benson doubled in the fifth, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Kyle Bridge to tie the game at 2.
Eric Bumbaugh led off the bottom of the sixth with a home run to put the Lums up 3-2.
Coeur d’Alene hosts a pod in the Senior Division of the upcoming Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Wood Bat Classic at Thorco Field, starting Friday vs. the Parkland Twins at 4:30 p.m. and the Lewis-Clark Twins at 7.
Yakima 011 000 1 — 3 10 0
Cd’A 001 011 1 — 4 8 0
0 out when winning run scored.
L. Jenkins and Chapman, No. 6 (xx); Cooper Erickson and Joe DuCoeur.
HITS: Yak — Chapman, No. 6, Hall 2, Gibson 2, Derolta, Johnson 2, Speer. Cd’A — Hall, Bridge, Bumbaugh 2, Brown, Benson 2, Shepard. 2B — Benson 2, Bumbaugh. HR — Johnson, Bumbaugh.
Coeur d’Alene 8
Northern Lakes 5
COEUR d’ALENE — Will Beckenhauer had a two-run single in the first inning for the Lumbermen ‘A’ in a North Idaho League win over the Mountaineers at Thorco Field.
Jack Pierce and Kolbe Coey had an RBI each for Coeur d’Alene (20-4, 7-1 NIL).
Kenny Wells had a two-run double in the seventh inning for Northern Lakes (10-6, 3-4), which returns to action today for a doubleheader at St. Maries at 3 p.m.
Coeur d’Alene will host a pod in the Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Junior Wood Bat Classic starting Friday at Lake City High. The Lums will face the Asotin County Blues at 3:30 p.m., then play Wenatchee Valley at 6.
Northern Lakes 000 021 2 — 5 8 3
Coeur d’Alene 321 020 x — 8 9 1
Raiston Ellwood, Grant Allaway (3) and Sam Pemberton; Kolbe Coey, Jack Pierce (3), Deacon Hunter (5), Will Beckhauer (7) and Tanner Franklin.
HITS: NL — Mason, Horn, Allaway, Wells, Lenz, Pemberton 2, T. Ellwood. Cd’A — Pierce, Dixon, Hunter, Holecek, Franklin 2, Beckenhauer 2, Jimenez. 2B — Wells, Pemberton, Beckenhauer. 3B — Pierce.