Playing in its first game of the AA American Legion season at Ed Wheeler Field in Centralia, the I-5 Toyota Mountain Dew baseball team lost its home opener to Kelso Premier Tuesday afternoon, 15-3. 

I-5 was held to just two hits, with Cal Bullock knocking in two runs on a single, and Ashton Demarest hitting a double that scored a run to round out a tough day at the plate earlier this week. 

On the bump, Brady Sprague got the start and absorbed the loss, pitching 5 1/3 innings with eight hits allowed, eight runs — with just four earned — with two walks and four strikeouts. 

I-5 takes on Lower Columbia’s AAA squad on Thursday at Story Field for its next contest.