MOSCOW — After falling to the third-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 9-6, the 19U North Idaho Lakers came back to defeat the fourth-seeded Lewis-Clark Cubs 20-10 in District A Class A American Legion baseball tournament play held Friday at the Moscow School District Community Playfields.

Against Coeur d’Alene, the Lakers gave up two runs in the first inning but eventually settled down. Gavin Day hit an RBI double to left in the bottom of the first and Dallen Williams hit an RBI groundout in the second to tie the game 2-2. In the fourth, Jacob Hansen, who had two hits in the contest, gave the Lakers their first lead with an RBI double to deep center field. Coeur d’Alene, however, scored one run in the fifth and four runs in the sixth to take a 7-3 lead.

Down four runs, North Idaho battled back. In the bottom of the sixth, Hansen hit an RBI single and the Lakers scored three runs to make it a one-run deficit. The Lumbermen responded with two more runs in the top half of the seventh and held on to their 9-6 lead.

In addition to a great first game from Hansen, North Idaho’s Finn Mellander went 3-for-4 with two singles, a double and two runs scored. Mason Little stole two bases and knocked in a run. On the mound, Williams started out the game for the Lakers and gave up five hits, four walks, and two earned runs across four innings of work.

In their second game of the day, fighting elimination, the Lakers put up 12 runs in the first inning en route to their 10-run win over the Cubs. During the rally, Sage Medeiros hit a two-run triple and Little, Soren Caprio, Jorden Tyler, Cole Sanroman and Coleman Inge all had RBI singles. In the second, Caprio, who went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and two stolen bases in the contest, hit an RBI single to lead a four-run rally which put the Lakers up 16-4. The Cubs cut into the deficit, but Chase Sanroman hit an RBI single, Medeiros an RBI double to give North Idaho a 19-8 advantage in the third inning. Eventually, the Lakers were able to win via the run-rule in the bottom of the sixth.

Chase Sanroman, Little, Caprio, and Tyler all had three hits against the Cubs. Medeiros had the only two Lakers’ extra-base hits and had a team-high five RBIs. On the mound, Chase Sanroman got the win, giving up two hits, one walk, and one earned run while striking out one batter. Greysen Johnson finished off the game with 1 1/3 no-hit innings, walking one and striking out two batters.

North Idaho (18-12) will face the first-seeded Northern Lakes, who fell to fifth-seeded Orofino, on Saturday (11 a.m.) in a loser-out game at Bear Field. If victorious, they'll face the loser of the Coeur d’Alene/Orofino game at 5 p.m for a chance to head to the championship series.

GAME ONE

Coeur d’Alene 200 014 2 — 9 9 5

North Idaho 110 103 0 — 6 8 4

W —  Everson: 5.1IP, 7H, 3ER, 1BB, 2K. L — Co. Sanroman: 2IP, 3H, 4ER, 1BB, 2K.

HITS: NI – Mellander 2, Hansen 2, Tyler 1, Day 1, Caprio 1, Little 1. CDA — Franklin 3, VanLinge 2, Foulk 2, Pierce 1, Everson 1.

2B — Hansen, Mellander, Day, Everson. 3B — Pierce, Franklin.

RBI: NI — Hansen 2, Williams 1, Day 1, Little 1. CDA — Franklin 3, VanLinge 2, Cook 1, Pierce 1.

SB: NI — Little 2. CDA — Adams 1, Foulk 1, Pierce 1.

GAME TWO

Lewis-Clark 404 200 X — 10 10 2

North Idaho [12]43 001 X — 20 19 2

Game called in sixth inning due to 10-run rule.

W — Ch. Sanroman 2IP, 2H, 2ER, 1BB, 1K. L — Boyer: o.1IP, 8H, 10ER, 0BB, 0K.

HITS: NI — Ch. Sanroman 3, Tyler 3, Caprio 3, Little 3, Williams 2, Medeiros 2, Inge 1, Co. Sanroman 1, Reichart 1. LC — Woody 2, Bonebrake 2, Hiebert 2, Eilers 1, Blackwell 1, Boyer 1, Collins 1.

2B — Woody 2, Eilers, Medeiros. 3B — Medeiros, Hiebert.

RBI: NI — Medeiros 5, Caprio 4, Tyler 4, Ch. Sanroman 2, Co. Sanroman 2, Inge 1, Little 1. LC — Hiebert 2, Collins 1, Crosby 1, Woody 1, Bonebrake 1, Blackwell 1, Helm 1.

SB: NI — Williams 2, Caprio 2. LC — None.