Crawdads’ bid ends in 10th

A playoff bid by the Colfax Crawdads, who qualified for the eight-place slot in the Spokane fall Babe Ruth league championship round at Shadle Park Saturday ended with an 8-9 loss in the 10th inning.

The Crawdads played top-seeded Mission Valley, Mont., in the opening round and had the number-one team on the ropes at 6-1 after four innings with Patrick Jacobs on the mound.

Mission battled back and trailed 8-7 with two out and two strikes on the batter in the bottom of the seventh.

“We were one pitch away from taking them out,” Coach Brian Jacobs lamented.

Mission tied it, and the two teams pla...