The Lewis-Clark Cubs earned their first victory in pool play at the Clancy Ellis Tournament with a 10-6 victory over the Moscow Blue Devils in American Legion baseball action at Harris Field.

Earlier in the day, the Cubs (8-24-1) gave up a 10-run third inning and lost to the Buhl Tribe 16-2 in non-pool play on the same field.

Lewis-Clark scored the first seven runs of the game against Moscow (6-30).

Ty Collins went 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI. Luke Crosby was a perfect 2-for-2 with two walks and scored twice.

Cody Blackwell and Jack Curry had two hits apiece for the Cubs.

The Blue Devils mounted a comeback attempt in the fourth inning.

The first three in the frame reached base for Moscow. After an out, a Trey Magallon single, a Conner Zollinger double and a Max Hain single combined to score four runs and cut the lead to three.

The Cubs would get all three runs back in the fourth and fifth innings.

Moscow will play in the opening game today against the Nampa Braves at 9 a.m. at Harris Field. The Lewis-Clark Cubs will play at noon against the Camas Prairie Zephyrs on the same field.

Buhl Tribe 16, Lewis-Clark Cubs 2

Buhl 24(10) 00—16 15 1

Lewis-Clark 002 00— 2 6 7

Drayson Smith, Chase Craner (4) and Remington Higley; Karston Eilers, Jack Curry (4) and Cody Blackwell.

Buhl hits — Dom Pierce 4, Higley 3 (2B), Caleb Cunningham 2, Damian Craner 2, Smith 2, Corban Lewis, Garret Theurer.

Lewis-Clark hits — Blackwell, Luke Crosby, Grady Helm, Gavin Hiebert, Jacob Pilon, Jimmy Woody.

Lewis-Clark Cubs 10, Moscow Blue Devils 6

Moscow 000 402— 6 8 3

Lewis-Clark 133 210—10 11 3

Brock Fealy, Neil Jarolimek (4), Gunnar Holland (4) and Benson Godfrey; Gavin Hiebert, Luke Crosby (4) and Peyton Bonebrake.

Moscow hits — Trey Magallon 2, Conner Zollinger (2B), Max Hain, Kolby Hawley, Nathan Poler, Trevor Griswald, Fealy.

Lewis-Clark hits — Ty Collins 2, Crosby 2, Cody Blackwell 2, Jack Curry 2, Bonebrake (2B), Isaiah Raines, Zavier McFee.

Pullman Patriots AAA tie one, drop one

SPOKANE — Mike Kiblen hammered three hits, including a home run and a double, as the Pullman Patriots AAA earned a tie and a loss in the Spokane Wood Bat Classic at Shadle Park High School.

The Patriots (11-18-1) fell to Expos Oye 11-1 before tying with the Tehama Bulls 8-8. Both games went six innings.

Cade Hill fanned three batters on the mound and drove in two runs in the tie.

Expos Oye 11, Pullman Patriots AAA 1

Expos 201 044—11 8 1

Pullman 100 000—1 1 2

X. Hattenburg, M. Workman (4) and H. Derr; JD Peterson, Liam Orfe (5) and Brayden Randall.

Expos hits — X. Hattenburg 3 (2B), Q. Hubbs 3, C. Smith (2B), A. Russo.

Pullman hits — Mike Kiblen (HR).

Pullman Patriots AAA 8, Tehama Bulls 8

Pullman 200 060—8 7 1

Tehama 020 024—8 9 4

Cade Hill, Brayden Randall and Kris Schroeder; J. Alcazar, M. Baker (5) and M. Sleezer.

Pullman hits — Mike Kiblen 2 (2B), JD Peterson, Randall, Hill, Schroeder, JJ Bodey.

Tehama hits — Lopez 2 (2B), N. Cherry 2, D. Palos, B. Miller, M. Baker, G. Lyman, Brown.

Patriots AA top Merchants, Orofino nabs win earlier in day

The Pullman Patriots AA scored 11 runs in the first inning and held off a late comeback attempt to defeat the Orofino Merchants in non-pool play in the Clancy Ellis Tournament at Church Field.

The Patriots (10-15) jumped out early with the big opening inning on seven hits.

Orofino (14-9) scored 11 of the last 14 runs and had the tying run at second base. Aslan Burt induced a fly out to center by Jaeger Tondevold to end the game.

Emeric Anderson went 2-for-4 with four RBI for Pullman. Alton Burt went 2-for-3 with three RBI.

Aiden Olive filled the stat sheet for the Merchants going 2-for-3 with two walks, two runs and two RBI.

Earlier in the day Orofino closed out pool play with a 9-1 win against the Nampa Braves to finish second in Church bracket pool play.

Blake Barlow threw a complete game on 84 pitches. Barlow allowed five hits and one unearned run in the victory.

Tondevold went 2-for-2 with three runs scored.

Barlow had four hits and six RBI combined over the two games.

Orofino and Pullman are set to meet today at 3 p.m. in the battle of second place teams in the Cheff and Church brackets.

Pullman Patriots AA 14, Orofino Merchants 12

Orofino 102 413 1—12 15 2

Pullman (11)00 102 x—14 9 2

Aaron Hicks, Tyler Zumpe (1), Jaeger Tondevold (6) and Lane Turcott; Oliver Castillo, Cash McCann (4), Aslan Burt (6) and Alton Burt

Orofino hits — Blake Barlow 3, Aiden Olive 2 (2B), Keatan Phillips 2, Easton Schneider 2 (2B), Zumpe 2 (2B), Tondevold, Dash Barlow, Ethan Gilmore, Turcott.

Pullman hits — Emeric Anderson 2, Al. Burt 2 (2B), Jake Melhus 2, Adrian Hecker, Willem Denney, Dawson Lobdell.

Orofino Merchants 9, Nampa Braves 1

Nampa 001 00—1 5 3

Orofino 150 21—9 8 1

Blake Smith, Chandler Aldridge (4) and Bradley Norman; Blake Barlow and Keatan Phillips.

Nampa hits — Tyson Brazil 2, Brayden O’Connor, Everett Mager, Gavin Young.

Orofino hits — Jaeger Tondevold 2, Dash Barlow 2, Phillips (2B), Ethan Gilmore (2B), B. Barlow (2B), Isaac Rigney.

L-C Twins end Spokane tournament with loss

SPOKANE — The Lewis-Clark Twins fell behind early and lost to the Parkland Twins 10-3 in the Spokane Wood Bat Classic.

Parkland jumped out early with three runs in the first and six more in the second inning.

Brighton Schumacher and Bodee Thivierge combined for three scoreless innings in relief for Lewis-Clark (13-16).

Kyson Barden went 3-for-3 with a double and two runs scored. David Goicoa was 2-for-2 with a double and two RBI.

The game was called in the bottom of the sixth inning with one out and Parkland leading by seven.

Lewis-Clark 010 110— 3 8 0

Parkland 360 001—10 9 0

Hayden Line, Brighton Schumacher (2), Bodee Thivierge (4), Kyson Barden (6) and Makhi Durrett, River Stamper (3); Carter Vaughan and Kaz Harris.

Lewis-Clark hits — Barden 3 (2B), David Goicoa 2 (2B), Guy Krasselt, Cody Ray, Zack Bambacigno.

Parkland hits — Casey Laevens 2, Easton Kitura 2, Mason Procter 2 (2B), Kaidan Baron, Chayse Providence, Harris.

Buhl Tribe 11, Camas Prairie Zephyrs 0

The Camas Prairie Zephyrs were unable to get on the scoreboard in an 11-0 loss to the Buhl Tribe in a Church bracket pool play game at Harris Field.

The loss locked the Zephyrs (12-11-1) in third place in the Church bracket and they will play the Lewis-Clark Cubs at noon today on the same field.

Tavon Ebert earned the first hit for Camas Prairie with a leadoff single in the second inning. Josh Gardner led off the third inning with a single, but in both instances, the runner was stranded at second.

Camas 000 00— 0 3 4

Buhl 701 3x—11 8 2

Thayn Williams and Tavon Ebert; Jayme Ramos and Damian Craner.

Camas hits — Ebert, Eli Hinds, Josh Gardner.

Buhl hits — Chase Craner 2, Ramos, D. Craner, Remington Higley, Corban Lewis, Garret Theurer (2B), Caleb Cunningham.

Prairie Cardinals Black 10, Asotin County Blues 2

SPOKANE — The Prairie Cardinals Black of Post Falls poured on eight runs in the final two innings to storm past the Asotin County Blues in a Spokane Wood Bat Classic game at West Valley High School.

Otis Phillips’ double and one run scored were the highlight for the Blues.

Asotin County 000 002—2 5 7

Prairie Cardinals 002 053—10 6 2

Cody Ells, Blyton Holman (5), Otis Phillips (5) and Jacob Dougan; B. Berger and M. Perkins.

Asotin County hits — Phillips (2B), Ells, Morgan Bunch, Dougan, Parker Nugen.

Prairie Cardinals hits — I. Kearney 2, Berger 2, G. Wienker, T. Begalman.