Lums go out on a big win
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 12 years, 5 months AGO
<p>Prairie shortstop Kris Jackson meets Okotoks' Brendan Rose at second base with the tag Friday in the fifth inning of the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene American Legion Wood Bat Classic in Post Falls. The runner was called out.</p>
<p>Coeur d'Alene's Derek Griffin charges a ground ball Saturday during the seventh inning of Spokane-Coeur d'Alene American Legion Wood Bat Classic at Ramsey Park.</p>
<p>Prairie's Jeremy McKinney applies a bit of tape to his wooden bat in the dugout before heading out to hit.</p>
<p>Second baseman Joe Roletto set up for the throw to first after fielding a grounder.</p>
Despite going 4-1, Coeur d'Alene doesn't advance to semis - but keeps Spokane Crew from moving on
COEUR d'ALENE - Heading into their final game of pod play Saturday night at the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Classic, the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen knew they had no mathematical chance to advance to today's semifinals in the Senior Division.
Still, the Lums had a chance to spoil the party for another team, and they did just that with a 7-0 victory over the Spokane Crew at Ramsey Park.
Coeur d'Alene's win allowed the Idaho Falls Bandits, who beat the Lums 7-1 earlier Saturday, to advance to the semifinals today in Spokane. Coeur d'Alene and Idaho Falls each went 4-1 in pod play, but the Bandits' win over the Lums was the tiebreaker.
Had the Crew beat the Lums on Saturday night, they would have advanced to the semifinals. Instead, they were eliminated.
Joe Roletto and Jacob Gonzales teamed on a three-hitter for the Lums against the Crew. Michael Hicks went 3 for 4 for Coeur d'Alene, and Gonzales and Brett Robbins each had two hits.
Earlier, Ethan Brandt drove in the Lums' only run against Idaho Falls with a sacrifice fly in the third inning to score Roletto.
Tyson Craig and Johnny Hyland each drove in two runs for Idaho Falls.
Coeur d'Alene returns to action Thursday at the Clackamas (Ore.) Diamond Classic.
IDAHO FALLS BANDITS 7, LUMS 1
Idaho Falls 300 022 0 - 7 6 1
Coeur d'Alene 001 000 0 - 1 5 2
Joel Martin and Jade Rencher; Elliott Sparks, Shawn Montee, Michael Hicks and Colton Gray.
HITS: IF - Allison, Hadley, Craig, Martin, Hyland 2. Cd'A - Roletto, Kluss 2, Montee 2. 2B - Allison, Craig, Hyland, Kluss.
LUMBERMEN 7, SPOKANE CREW 2
Spokane Crew 000 000 0 - 0 3 1
Lumbermen 120 310 x - 7 10 1
Travis Seek, Trevor Tomlinson, James Mitchell, Connor Netts and Taylor Downey; Joe Roletto, Jacob Gonzales (7) and Colton Gray.
HITS: Crew - Jacobson, Kelly, Miller. Cd'A - Roletto, Robbins 2, Kluss, Hicks 3, Gonzales 2, Chaffin. 2B - Jacobson, Miller.
In other games Saturday in the Ramsey Park pod:
Idaho Falls Bandits 11, Gallatin Valley (Lewistown, Mont.) 0: Jalen Fuhriman of the Bandits pitched a five-inning no-hitter, and also had an RBI single. Jordan Hadley had two hits and two RBIs, and Johnny Hyland went 2 for 3
Pullman Patriots 6, Gallatin Valley 1
Spokane Crew 5, Medicine Hat 4: Taylor Downey had two hits for the Crew. Andy Scott homered for Medicine Hat.
Prairie 2
Cannons 0
SPOKANE - Kris Jackson pitched a six-hitter with five strikeouts as the Cardinals blanked the Spokane Cannons at Ferris High in their final game of the Spokane-Coeur d'Alene Wood Bat Classic.
Jackson also singled in a run as Prairie scored both its runs in the fifth.
"Kris Jackson pitched very well," Prairie coach Dustin Frank said. "He threw a lot of strikes and kept hitters off balance locating his off-speed pitches. We hit the ball hard all game while having great mental approaches at the plate. Very pleased to see how our team responded after yesterday's games."
Prairie lost twice on Friday, and finished 2-3 in the tournament.
Prairie (10-20) returns to action Wednesday at Moses Lake.
Cannons 000 000 0 - 0 6 2
Prairie 000 020 x - 2 5 2
Scott Hilpeet, Tyler Chenault (6) and Joey Copeland; Kris Jackson and Austin Allen.
HITS: Can - Peha, Cook, McCauley, Peterson, Copeland 2. Pra - Wrotenbery, Jackson, McKinney, Koski, Hansen.
Junior Division
No report was received. The Junior tourney wraps up today at Ramsey Park, with semifinals at 9 and 11:30 a.m., and the title game at 2.