Mariners pound Glacier
The Daily Inter Lake
Libby takes 2 from Kootenai Valley; Lakers unbeaten in Bozeman tournament
POLSON - Eric Locke's pitching and hitting and Brandon Thompson's bat carried Mission Valley to a 20-5 victory Friday in the Firecracker Tournament at O'Malley Park.
Locke (6-1) went the distance in the five-inning game, checking Glacier on four hits. He fanned 13, issued five walks and hit one batter.
Locke struck out four batters in the first inning and fanned the side in the second, fourth and fifth.
At the plate, Locke went 3-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.
Thompson, 2-for-3, also had three RBIs. He homered in the first inning with one runner on. His blast, the fifth of the season, hit the scoreboard in left field, 330 feet.
Locke leads the team in homers with six and has 23 doubles on the season, three shy of the Mariners' team record.
Mission Valley (35-6) has won seven straight. The Mariners face the Bitterroot Red Sox tonight at 5:30.
The tournament winds up Sunday.
In other game's Friday, it was: Missoula Senior Babe Ruth 12, Glacier Twins 5; Dillon 10, Bitterroot Red Sox 1; and Bitterroot Red Sox 6, Missoula Senior Babe Ruth 2.
David FaunteLeroy homered in the seventh inning in Glacier's loss to the Missoula.
Glacier 005 00 - 5 4 4
Mission Valley 872 3x - 20 20 4
Knox, Hauch (2), Pisk (4) and Streeter; Eric Locke and John Rausch. W - Locke, 6-1 (4 hits, 13 strikeouts, 5 walks, 1 hit batter). L - Knox.
Glacier - Martinson 1-3, Elek 0-1, Quenton Heggel 0-1, Beasley 0-1, Pisk 0-2, FauntLeRoy 0-3, Streeter 0-3, Dustin Vonfeldt 0-3, Yogodzinski 0-2, Knox 1-1, Cronin 2-3.
Mission Valley - Kyle Brown 1-2, Brandon Roy 1-2, Locke 3-3, Tim Rausch 2-2, Joe McCarthy 0-3, Brandon Thompson 2-3, Mike Fisher 0-1, Will Gordon 2-2, Rocky Reynolds 1-1, Tyler Linse 2-2, Beau Nordberg 1-2, Cubby Pierre 1-1, Craig Bagnell 1-2, Nick Fell 1-1, Austin Moran 0-1, J. Rausch 2-4, Joe Anders 0-0, Chris Alfiero 0-0.
2B-Martinson; Locke; 3B-T. Rausch; HRs-Streeter; Thompson; RBIs-Roy (2), Locke (3), T. Rausch (3), Thompson (3), Reynolds, Linse, Moran, J. Rausch (2).
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Glacier 100 300 1 - 5 11 5
Missoula 200 361 x - 12 11 0
Geoff Streeter, David Hauch (5) and Will Beasley; Brant Montelius, Kirk Booi (5) and Steven DeYoung. W - Montelius. L - Streeter.
Glacier - Wade Martinson 2-3, Cody Elek 0-3, Adam Pisk 1-4, David FauntLeRoy 3-4, Streeter 1-4, Kyle Knox 1-2, Kyle Yogodzinski 0-1, Trevor Miller 0-2, Hauch 0-2, Beasley 1-3, Jack Cronin 2-3.
Missoula - Rob Partin 0-4, B. Montelius 0-4, Heath Eustance 2-4, Jake Ginn 2-4, Justin Montelius 2-4, Dustin McCrudden 2-4, Booi 1-4, Dustin Hover 1-4, DeYoung 1-3.
2B-Martinson; Eustance, McCrudden, Hover; HR-FauntLeRoy; McCrudden; RBIs-Pisk, FauntLeRoy, Beasley, Cronin; Partin, Eustance, Ginn, McCrudden (3), DeYoung.
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Today's Tournament Schedule
10 a.m. - Dillon vs. Missoula
12:30 p.m. - Glacier vs. Deer Lodge
p.m. - Dillon vs. Deer Lodge
5:30 p.m. - Mission Valley vs. Bitterroot
Lakers unbeaten
in Bozeman
BOZEMAN - The Kalispell Lakers Class A American Legion baseball team is 1-0-1 at the Howard Rein Memorial Tournament.
Kalispell beat Havre, 5-0, on Thursday. It tied Missoula, 3-3, Friday.
The Lakers play two games today. They play the Butte Muckers at 11:45 p.m. and Lethbridge at 5:15 p.m.
The tourney concludes Sunday with seeded games. The Lakers are in the three-team Pool A with Butte and Lethbridge.
Kalispell 3,
Missoula 3 (8)
Reid Buckely gave the Lakers a 3-0 lead with a two-run double in the third inning, but Missoula put two runs on the board in the bottom half of the inning and then added the tying run in the fifth to send the game to extra innings.
The game ended in a tie because of a time-limit rule.
Brian Sneck and Buckley each had two hits for the Lakers, who out-hit the Mavs, 10-7.
Sneck pitched five innings of six-hit ball. He struck out six and walked three before giving way to Ben Sansaver. Sansaver struck out six in three innings of shutout work.
Kalispell 102 000 00 - 3 10 0
Missoula 002 010 00 - 3 7 1
Brian Sneck, Ben Sansaver (6) and Reid Buckley, Zach Brosten (4). Lincoln Mansch, Steven Koski (4) and Jordan Schafer.
KALISPELL - Sansaver 1-3, Blaine Matulevich 0-3, Austin Roehl 0-1, Sneck 2-4, Buckley 2-2, Toby Liechti 0-4, Josh Stratton 1-3, Ryan Andrews 0-1, Caleb Sibley 1-4, Chase Decker 1-3, Jarrett Stearns 1-3, Drew Forster 0-1.
MISSOULA - Matt McMann 2-4, Andrew Schmautz 0-3, Kendal Maier 2-3, Sam Sopko 1-3, Brody Miller 1-4, Wes Martens 0-1, Anthony Maes 0-2, Shawn Griffith 0-2, Jordan Schafer 1-3, Andy Freeman 0-3.
RBIs - Kal. 3 (Buckley 2, Stratton), Msla. 3 (Maier 2, Sopko). 2B - Kal. 3 (Sneck, Buckley, Brosten), Msla. 1 (Maier). SB - Kal. 4 (Sansaver 3, Decker), Msla. 1 (Miller).
Thursday
Kalispell 5, Havre 0
Kalipsell pitcher Evan Ploeger pitched a one-hitter and left fielder Ryan Andrews went 2-for-2 with a stolen base and three RBIs.
Ploeger struck out five, but walked seven, and stranded eight Comets on base. His defense committed no errors.
Havre 000 000 0 - 0 1 1
Kalispell 010 004 x - 5 7 0
Paul Jensen and Beau Briese, Shane Kremmer (5). Evan Ploeger and Zach Brosten. W - Ploeger. L - Jensen.
HAVRE - Kyle Miller 0-4, Josh Haas 0-3, Jensen 1-2, Briese 0-1, Kemmer 0-1, Brett Normandy 0-1, Nick Nault 0-3, Nolan Holden 0-0, Tyler Olthof 0-3, Adam Briese 0-2.
KALISPELL - Ben Sansaver 1-3, Drew Forster 1-3, Brian Sneck 1-3, Brosten 1-2, Austin Roehl 1-3, Toby Liechti 0-3, Ryan Andrews 2-2, Darin Olson 0-3, Ploeger 0-2.
RBIs - Kal. 5 (Andrews 3, Forster, Brosten). 2B - Kal. 1 (Sansaver). SB - Kal. 1 (Andrews).
Libby sweeps
Kootenai Valley
EUREKA - The Libby Loggers picked up a Western A sweep over Kootenai Valley Friday, 7-1 and 8-4.
The Loggers are now 3-4 in conference play and 17-18 overall after being swept by Sandpoint, Idaho, Wednesday, 4-2 and 11-1.
Kootenai and Libby will meet again for a doubleheader in Libby Monday at 5 p.m.
Libby 7, Kootenai 1
Steve Bertelsen was a triple away from hitting for the cycle, had two RBIs and pitched six strong innings.
He struck out eight, walked four and allowed just three hits in picking up his fifth victory of the season. His home run was the fifth of the season.
Libby catcher Matt Schad collected three RBIs and Kasey Basso went 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
Libby 003 301 0 - 7 10 1
Kootenai 100 000 0 - 1 3 1
Steve Bertelsen, Derek Benefield (7) and Matt Schad. Josh Soderling, Kris Chupp (5) and Klinton Chupp. W - Bertelsen (5-3). L - Soderling.
LIBBY (2-4, 16-18) - Zach Rowan 2-4, Bertelsen 3-4, Rich Brumbaugh 0-3, Schad 1-3, Benefield 0-4, Kasey Basso 3-4, Kory Volkers 0-3, Chris Herbig 0-3, Kody Foote 1-2.
KOOTENAI (n/a) - Chad Price 1-2, Clete DeShazer 0-3, Kris Chupp 0-2, JOrdan Lundberg 0-4, Jeremy Perrson 1-3, Balin Rogers 0-2, Klinton Chupp 0-3, Xyane Vredenberg 1-3, Soderling 1-2.
RBIs - Lib. 7 (Bertelesen 2, Schad 3, Basso 2), KV 1 (Lundberg). 2B - Lib. 1 (Rowan, Bertelsen, Schad), KV 1 (Vredenberg). HR - Lib. 1 (Bertelsen (5)).
Libby 8, Kootenai 4 (6)
Zach Rowan struck out three, walked three and allowed three hits in picking up his second victory of the season in the game shortened because of weather.
The Loggers led 7-0 after the second inning.
Ryan Stapley went 2-for-3 with three RBIs and Basso went 2-for-3 with two RBIs in the victory.
Libby 160 10x x - 8 8 1
Kootenai 001 21x x - 4 3 3
Rowan and Basso. Lundberg and Kris Chupp. W - Rowan (2-1). L - Lundberg.
LIBBY (3-4, 17-18) - Rowan 0-3, Bertelsen 0-3, Brumbaugh 0-2, Ryan Stapley 2-3, Basso 2-3, Rory Hendrickson 1-3, Nate Peltier 1-3, Herbig 1-3, Volkers 1-2.
KOOTENAI (n/a) - Price 0-0, DeShazer 0-3, Kris Chupp 0-3, Lundberg 0-2, Perrson 1-3, Cory Florence 0-2, Klinton Chupp 1-2, Lance McMarrel 0-2, Joe Bowland 1-2.
RBIs - Lib. 7 (Stapley 3, Basso 2, Hendrickson, Volkers), KV 3 (Klinton Chupp, DeShazer). 2B - Lib. 0, KV 1 (Bowland).
Howard Rein Memorial Tournament
Class A tourney
in Bozeman
Thursday
Butte 6, Blgs. Cardinals 5
Missoula 4, Butte 2
Kalispell 5, Havre 0
Lethbridge 9, Bozeman 6
Friday
Kalispell 3, Missoula 3 (8)
Bozeman 15, Havre 6
Billings 11, Havre 0
Lethbridge 10, Butte 4
Bozeman 10, Billings 2
Saturday
9 a.m. - Havre vs. Lethbridge
11:45 a.m. - Kalispell vs. Butte
2:30 p.m. - Missoula vs. Billings
5:15 p.m. - Lethbridge vs. Kalispell
8 p.m. - Missoula vs. Bozeman