Helena spoils Glacier's debut
The Daily Inter Lake
WHITEFISH - The Glacier Twins opened the AA American Legion baseball season Saturday with plenty off offense, but still came up short in a doubleheader with Helena.
The visiting Senators won the first game 14-7 and the second 11-5. Helena has played nine times to date.
Glacier pounded out 10 hits in the opening game and came back with nine more in game two.
Brad Bell went 3-for-4 and Rusty Hill 2-for-3 in the opening game. Hill had 2 RBIs.
Jesse Paulson doubled for Glacier.
Jeremy Howard had the big blow for Glacier in the second game, leading off the third inning with a home run.
Paulson went 3-for-4 in that outing and Riley VanNyhuis and Jared Krueger both had two hits.
"That's one thing we can say," said Glacier coach Jack Helber of having plenty of offensive punch.
"We just need to button it up a little bit and be smarter in some situations."
Glacier is back in action today hosting Bozeman in a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m.
Game 1
SENATORS 14, TWINS 7
Helena 410 304 2 - 14 12 5
Glacier 020 230 0 - 7 10 6
Vulk, Capps (5) and Undercofler; Scott Yogodzinsky, B.J. Hattel (5) and Brad Bell. W - Vulk. L - Yogodzinsky.
Helena - Carley 1-4, Nordahl 2-4, Undercofler 2-5, Burnett 2-5, Volk 1-3, Capps 1-2, Bartlett 2-4, Moe 0-4, Heverly 0-3, Williams 1-4.
Glacier - Roo Grubb 0-3, Doug Cuffe 0-4, Jared Krueger 1-4, Jesse Paulson 1-4, Bell 3-4, Josh Peterson 1-4, Rusty Hill 2-3, Jon Cloyed 1-2, Casey Stratton 1-3.
2B-Undercofler, Bartlett; Paulson; 3B-Vulk; RBIs-Vulk (2), Capps, Bartlett (4), Williams; Bell, Hill (2), Cloyed, Stratton.
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Game 2
SENATORS 11, TWINS 5
Helena 040 212 2 - 11 10 3
Glacier 202 010 0 - 5 9 4
Williams, Hustad (6) and Quigley, Undercofler (6); Marty Richter, Peterson (7) and Jeremy Howard. W - Williams. L - Richter.
Helena - Carley 1-3, Nordahl 1-3, Capps 2-5, Hustad 2-5, Burnett 2-4, Moe 2-3, Bartlett 1-3, Quigley 0-3, Undercofler 1-1, Heverly 0-2.
Glacier - Howard 1-3, Bell 0-3, Richter 0-1, Krueger 2-4, Paulson 3-4, Grubb 0-3, Hill 0-2, Riley VanNyhuis 2-3, Cloyed 0-2, Cuffe 0-1, Hattel 1-3.
2B-Hustad; Krueger (2), Paulson; HR-Hustad; Howard (1); RBIs-Carley (2), Nordahl (3), Capps (2), Hustad (2), Quigley; Howard, Paulson (3).