LEGION BASEBALL: Benson sharp as Lums win opener at Whitefish tourney
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 4 years, 3 months AGO
WHITEFISH, Mont. — Owen Benson pitched a three-hitter as the Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen “AA” team beat the Spokane Cannons 18U 7-0 on Thursday in the Lums’ first game at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament at Memorial Field.
Joe DuCoeur hit a three-run double to trigger a six-run fourth inning for Coeur d’Alene (25-7), which has won nine games in a row, and 14 of its last 15.
Coeur d’Alene plays the Libby Loggers 18U today at 4:30 p.m. PDT as tourney play continues.
Coeur d’Alene 106 000 0 — 7 6 4
Cannons 000 000 0 — 0 3 1
Owen Benson and Joe DuCoeur; Eugene Haas, Abe Nelson (5) and Jamel Chabot.
HITS: Cd’A — Zeller 2, Manzardo, DuCoeur 2, L. Erickson. Can — Chabot, Day, Nelson. 2B — DuCoeur, Chabot.
Glacier 11
Northern Lakes 2
WHITEFISH, Mont. — The Mountaineers led 2-1 after three innings, but the host Twins scored three runs in the fourth and six in the sixth to pull away on the first day of the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament at Memorial Feld.
Kenny Wells walked and scored on an error in the first inning for Northern Lakes (13-11), and Scott Pote doubled and scored on an error in the third for the Mountaineers, who managed just four hits.
Northern Lakes will play the Palouse Patriots AAA today at 2:15 p.m. PDT as tourney play continues.
Glacier 100 316 — 11 13 2
N. Lakes 101 000 — 2 4 3
Glacier battery unavailable; Wyatt Kitchin, Scott Pote (6) and Sam Pemberton.
HITS: Gla — N/A. NL — Wysong, Pote, Horn, Lenz. 2B — Pote.