Lakers sweep Med Hat; fall to Lethbridge
The Daily Inter Lake
LETHBRIDGE, Alberta - The Kalispell Lakers road swing through Alberta, Canada, over the weekend was a draw.
The Lakers were swept by Lethbridge, 5-4 on Sunday and 8-7 on Friday, while taking a doubleheader from Medicine Hat on Saturday, 4-0 and 5-2.
That leaves Kalispell with a 4-5 mark in league games, 19-14 overall on the American Legion Class AA baseball season.
On Sunday, Kalispell tied the Lethbridge game at 4-all in the top of the ninth inning. Derek Keller reached on an error and scored on a fielder's choice.
But Lethbridge came right back in the bottom half of the inning to win it. With two outs, Lethbridge used three straight hits to pull it out.
The Lakers stranded 10 runners in that game, four at third base.
In the 8-7 loss to Lethbridge, Kalispell coach Ryan Malmin said: "We had some costly errors. We took ourselves out of some innings with aggresive base running."
Against Medicine Hat, the Lakers rode the strong pitching of Zach Davis and Adam Olson and played well defensively.
Davis, in the first game, had to contend with two rain delays - 4 1/2 hours and 30 minutes - in going the distance.
Olson threw 75 pitches in his seven-inning victory.
Austin Zapata had a big weekend at the plate, going 11-for-17.
The Lakers host the Missoula Mavericks on Wednesday, 6 p.m.
Sunday
Kalispell 210 000 001 - 4 11 3
Lethbridge 100 100 201 - 5 14 3
John White, Greg Neils (9) and Tony Lawrence; Kyle Rokosh, Dragland (7) and Weininger. W - Dragland. L - Neils.
Kalispell - Austin Zapata 1-4, Derek Keller 3-5, Tyler Reichhoff 1-4, Adam Olson 1-4, Zach Davis 0-2, Jacob Scott 1-4, Zac Ford 2-4, Lawrence 2-4.
Lethbridge - Fulkerth 2-5, Weininger 2-5, Farrell 2-4, Tamayose 2-5, Rokosh 2-5, Hokon 3-4, Groves 1-4, Darchel 0-4.
2B-Ford, Fulkerth, Weininger; RBIs-NA.
Saturday
Game 1
Kalispell 300 100 0 - 4 5 2
Medicine Hat 000 000 0 - 0 2 2
Davis and Pat Hergesheimer; Nunwiler and Lenz. W - Davis (2 hits, 4 strikeouts, 3 walks). L- Nunwiler.
Kalispell - Zapata 3-4, Keller 0-4, Reichhoff 2-3, Olson 2-4, White 0-2, Davis 0-3, Scott 0-2, Tucker Hankinson 0-3, Hergesheimer 0-3.
Medicine Hat - Thompson 1-2, Fruson 0-2, Ford 0-3, Lenz 0-2, Ahorn 0-3, Frey 0-3, Fruson 1-2, Bradshaw 0-2, Ozdon 0-2.
RBIs-Olson (3), Hergesheimer.
Game 2
Kalispell 300 100 1 - 5 8 1
Medicine Hat 010 010 0 - 2 7 0
Olson and Lawrence; Arnott, Culhoun (7) and Lenz. W - Olson (7 hits, 1 strikeout, 1 walk). L - Arnott.
Kalispell - Zapata 3-4, Keller 1-3, Reichhoff 1-3, Olson 1-3, White 0-3, Davis 2-2, Ford 0-2, Scott 0-3, Lawrence 0-2.
Medicine Hat - Thompson 0-4, Lenz 3-3, Ford 2-3, Nunwiler 0-3, Frey 0-3, Telke 1-2, Bradshaw 1-3, Ahorn 0-3, Ozdon 0-3.
2B-Zapata, Keller; Ford, Telke; RBIs-Keller, Olson, White, Davis, Ford; Ford.
Friday
Kalispell 102 310 000 - 7 11 3
Lethbridge 040 400 00x - 8 11 0
Reichhoff and Hergesheimer; Gerstenbuhler, Schauxert (4), Farrell (6) and Weininger. W - Farrell. L - Reichoff (11 hits, 4 strikeouts, 1 walk).
Kalispell - Zapata 4-5, Keller 1-4, Reichhoff 1-4, Olson 2-4, White 1-5, Davis 1-4, Hergesheimer 0-2, Ford 0-2, Hankinson 1-4.
Lethbridge - Fulkerth 0-3, Northcott 0-3, Farrell 0-4, Tamayose 1-4, Rokosh 2-4, Hokon 2-4, Weininger 3-4, Diakow 1-3, Clauson 2-4.
2B-Reichhoff; Clauson, Diakow, Weininger (2), Hokon, Rokosh; 3B-Zapata; RBIs-Zapata (2), Reichhoff, Olson, White, Davis; Fulkerth, Hokon, Weininger, Diakow (2), Clauson (2).