LEGION BASEBALL: Lums drop two in Missoula tourney
MAX OSWALD/Bonner County Daily Bee North Idaho Laker Jorden Tyler rips a ball to deep center field for a triple during their season opener on Saturday against Moscow at War Memorial Field.
MISSOULA, Mont. — The Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen ‘AA’ team opened the season with a pair of losses in the Missoula Mavericks Memorial Day Tournament, falling in the second game of the day 12-11 to the host Mavericks on a walk-off single at Paddleheads Field on Saturday.
Coeur d’Alene fell to Vauxhall Academy of Alberta 12-8 in its opener.
“We hit it really well all the way through the lineup,” Coeur d’Alene coach Darren Taylor said. “Vauxhall, they’re a college team and they can mash it. Missoula’s really good and they were on today as well. There’s a lot of things we can take away from today and build on.”
Ty Shepard, Chase Saunders, Austin DeBoer and Travis Usdrowski had two RBIs each for Coeur d’Alene against Missoula, which took a 6-1 lead after the first inning.
Coeur d’Alene battled back to take a 9-8 lead on a sacrifice fly by Saunders to score Shepard in the top of the third inning. Shepard gave Coeur d’Alene the lead again in the fifth inning on an RBI single to score DeBoer to make it 10-9.
Usdrowski singled to score DeBoer to make it 11-11 in the sixth, but the Mavericks ended the game in the bottom of the inning as Bryce Ostrom tripled with one out and scored on a groundout.
Earlier, Charlie Dixon had a two-run single to score Chase Saunders and Austin DeBoer to give Coeur d’Alene a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the first inning. The Lums added another run to make it 5-1 on an RBI double by Isaac Ziegler.
After Vauxhall rallied to tie the game at 5-5, Saunders gave the Lums a 6-5 lead on a sacrifice fly, scoring Ty Shepard in the fourth inning. Vauxhall regained the lead in the top of the seventh, scoring six runs to take a 12-6 lead.
Owen Mangini hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh for Coeur d’Alene.
Coeur d'Alene is scheduled to face Badlands Baseball today at 11 a.m. PST.
VAUXHALL 12, COEUR d’ALENE 8
Vauxhall 122 001 6 — 12 10 0
Coeur d’Alene 500 100 2 — 8 7 2
Brett Getz, Jacob Burgess (1), Jimmy Boulanger (6) and Ben Simmons; Caden Robinett, Kolbe Coey (4), Charlie Dixon (7) and Chase Saunders.
HITS: VA — Andrachik 2, Haney, Wheatley 3, Reiling 2, Austin, Simmons. Cd’A — Shepard 2, Christ, DeBoer, Dixon, Mangini, Ziegler. 2B — Wheatley 2, Andrachik, Reiling, Dixon, Ziegler. 3B — Andrachik. HR — Mangini.
MISSOULA MAVERICKS 12, COEUR d’ALENE 11
Coeur d’Alene 171 011 — 11 9 3
Missoula 620 121 — 12 13 2
One out when winning run scored.
Nate Weatherhead, Mark Holecek (5) and Chase Saunders; Schulyer Fairchild, Colter Nicolarson (4), Colin Boyce (6) and Rylan Davis.
HITS: Cd’A — Shepard, Christ, DeBoer 2, Mangini, Usdrowski, Dixon 2, Ziegler. Miss — Taylor 2, Matosich 2, Compton 3, P. Davis, Ostrom 3, Wilson, Bykari. 2B — Dixon 2, Christ, Taylor, Matosich. 3B — P. Davis, Ostrom, Matosich.
N.I. Lakers 24-14
Moscow 1-3
SANDPOINT — Jorden Tyler went 4 for 4 with seven RBIs in the first game and the 19U Lakers went on to sweep the Blue Devils at Memorial Field.
In the first game, the Lakers used a nine-run third inning and an 11-run fourth to seal the win. In addition to Tyler’s big game, Mason Little went 4 for- with a triple and three RBIs, Soren Caprio was 3 for 5 with a triple and three RBIs and Gavin Day and Sage Medeiros both went 3 for 3 at the plate with three singles each. On the mound, Dallen Williams struck out out eight batters, giving up one hit.
In the second game, the Lakers scored 14 runs in the first inning. Little led the way with two more singles for a total of six hits on the day. Williams hit a bases-clearing triple, Finn Mellander an RBI double, for North Idaho. Medeiros struck out five and allowed just one hit, three walks, and one earned run across three innings.
North Idaho (2-0) travels to face the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen 'A' on Wednesday.
FIRST GAME
Moscow 000 01 — 1 1 7
N. Idaho 139 (11)X — 24 20 0
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Kole Scharnhorst, Kolby Hawley (3), Nathan Poler (4), Connor Perry (4) and Benson Godfrey; Dallen Williams, Jacob Hansen (4) and Gavin Day.
HITS: Mos — Banks. NIL — Little 4, Tyler 4, Caprio 3, Medeiros 3, Day 3, Mellander 2, Reichart 1. 2B — Tyler, Banks. 3B — Tyler, Little, Caprio.
SECOND GAME
Moscow 001 00 — 1 2 3
N. Idaho (14)00 0x — 14 9 1
Game called in 5th inning due to 10-run rule.
Trey Magallon, Devon McGlothen (1), Benson Godfrey (3), and Gunner Holland; Sage Medeiros, Mason Little (4), Parker Reichart (4) and Coleman Inge.
HITS: Mos — Magallon, Godfrey, Poler, Morris. NIL — Little 2, Caprio, Williams, Mellander, Medeiros, Reichart, Hansen, Ryan. 2B — Mellander. 3B — Williams, Poler.