Hoffman's 8 Ks not enough for Lums
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 13 years, 6 months AGO
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Lakeland All-Star's Preston Roth holds on tight to his batting gloves as he slides into third base behind Ermias Mularski from the Coeur d'Alene All-Stars during the fifth inning Thursday at Bret James Memorial Field in Post Falls.</p>
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Coeur d'Alene All-Star's Justin Grammer tries to secure the ball as he tumbles after making an off-balance catch in right field. Grammer kept control of the ball for the out against the Lakeland All-Star batter.</p>
LEGION
CLACKAMAS, Ore. - Pete Hoffman struck out eight, but an error in the second inning cost the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen as they fell to Barlow of Gresham, Ore., 1-0 in their opening game of pool play in the Diamond Classic wood-bat baseball tournament on Thursday.
Barlow had runners on first and third before Coeur d'Alene caught the runner on first base in a rundown and had a throw go high to the plate to allow the only run to score.
"We got the runner off first and had the guy at home, but we overthrew the catcher," Coeur d'Alene coach Lloyd Duman said. "We were trying to keep Pete's pitch count low and he did really well. Offensively, we just weren't there. Hopefully our traveling blues are over with."
Coeur d'Alene (28-15) concludes pool play today against Westview (Yakima, Wash.) and will begin bracket play either Friday or Saturday, depending on their first game outcome.
Coeur d'Alene 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
Barlow 010 000 x - 1 5 0
Pete Hoffman, Kaleb DeHaas (6) and Joe Roletto; Anderson, Schmidt (6) and Casey. W - Anderson. L - Hoffman. S - Schmidt.
HITS: Cd'A - Comack, Roletto, Pattis. Bar - Woods, Beming, Permeerton, Sestric, Casey. 2B - Pattis, Beming.
Loggers 19
Riverside 0
COEUR d'ALENE - Brett Robbins had three of his team-high four hits in a 14-run second inning as the Coeur d'Alene Loggers defeated Riverside in a nonleague game at McEuen Field.
"We were just hitting where they weren't," Coeur d'Alene assistant coach Zach Clanton said. "With our team, once someone starts hitting, it becomes contagious."
Sam Fortis had four RBIs and Mark Nuttleman and Shane Siron had three RBIs each for Coeur d'Alene (22-19), which travels to St. Maries for a class 'A' North Idaho League doubleheader starting at 3 p.m.
Riverside 000 00 - 0 4 5
Coeur d'Alene 5(14)0 0x - 19 18 2
Game ended in fifth inning due to 10-run rule.
Fairbanks, Taney (2), Ferguson (4) and Conley; Shawn Montee, Nick Nyquist (5) and Shane Siron. W - Montee. L - Fairbanks.
HITS: RS - Foley H, Conley H, Taney H, Kramer H. Cd'A - Robbins 4, Howard, O'Hagan, S. Sutton, D. Sutton, Fortis 3, Siron 3, Nuttleman, Nyquist 2, Kedia. 2B - Robbins 2, D. Sutton 2, Nuttleman.
LITTLE LEAGUE
Lakeland 13
Coeur d'Alene 5
POST FALLS - Brian Howell allowed one earned run over four innings as Lakeland defeated Coeur d'Alene in the District 1 Junior (Ages 13-14) Little League baseball tournament at Bret James Field.
Parker Gabrielson went 4 for 4 for Coeur d'Alene.
Lakeland will face the winner of Saturday's Post Falls-Hayden game on Monday at 5:30 p.m.
Coeur d'Alene faces Sandpoint in a loser-out game on Saturday at 2 p.m.