Lakers, Twins perfect at Canadian Days
Showdown today at 5:30 p.m. at Griffin Field
The table is set: The Lakers and Twins for the bragging rights of the 2007 Canadian Days Tournament at Griffin Field.
The Flathead Valley's Class AA American Legion baseball teams wrapped up day two of the tourney Saturday with a pair of victories apiece - giving them both 3-0 tournament records heading into today's 5:30 p.m. meeting against each other. While there is no righteous
championship game this year because Lethbridge had to cancel its trip earlier in the week, today's Kalispell-Glacier matchup can be deemed the chipper.
"Both teams, I'm sure, have been looking forward to this since December," Kalispell coach Ryan Malmin said. "It will be nice to finally get on the field and square up with each other."
Glacier pitcher Scott Yogodzinski opened the day by pitching a no-hitter in the Twins' 13-0 victory over Sherwood Park, which is located south of Edmonton, B.C. Then Justin Collom pitched a one-hitter against West Kootenai of Trail, B.C., in a 10-0 victory. Both of Glacier's wins were shortened to five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule.
"What a phenomenal day," Glacier coach Jarod Grubb said. "One hit in 10 innings. We 10-runned both opponents. Everybody was focused. It was great. We even got everybody on the team into the games."
Kalispell beat Sherwood Park, 3-1, and then Rocky Mountain of Cranbrook, B.C., 7-1.
"We were a little lethargic earlier today but tonight we came out with a little bit more energy and that was nice to see," Malmin said. "We hit the ball a lot better in the second game."
In the only Class AA game of the day involving non-Montana teams, Rocky Mountain beat West Kootenai, 11-8.
In the Class A portion of the tourney, Missoula's Senior Babe Ruth team beat Glacier, 10-0, and then Kalispell, 19-4, to post a 3-0 round-robin record. Libby beat Glacier, 4-3, and then Kalispell beat Libby, 13-5. Kalispell (1-2) ended up with the No. 2 seed by way of a tie-breaker and will play Missoula again today at 3 p.m. for the tourney championship on Griffin Field. Libby (1-2) will play Glacier (0-3) in the Nos. 3 and 4 seeded game today at 12:30 p.m. on Archie Roe Field.
Kalispell 7,
Rocky Mountain 1
Zach Davis pitched a no-hitter through five innings and the Lakers' offense proved potent enough for a few of multi-run innings.
Davis struck out 10 while walking three and hitting three batters.
"He gave up six free passes," Malmin said. "I'm always going to give him grief. The six passes is a little bit of a concern but I was really happy that he spotted up pretty well and we were able to implement and utilize his change-up more. That was really good to see him throwing that across the plate for strikes. I was really happy for him for that."
Catcher Pat Hergesheimer said Davis did great.
"I didn't even realize he threw no-hit ball," he said. "He was using mostly fastballs and his curves were on, but mostly fastballs and he was fast today. He was on and hitting nice locations. He was pretty pumped up and came out firing strikes - inside, outside, down the middle, just out of the zone on 0-2, low on some. He was all over the place but in the right locations."
Davis improved to 2-0 on the season and the Lakers improved to 12-4.
The Lakers out-hit the Bandits, 11-3. Austin Zapata continued his offensive surge by going 2-for-4 with an RBI double. Adam Olson, Zac Ford and Tucker Hankinson each added two hits apiece and Tyler Reichoff had two RBIs.
R. Mountain 000 001 0 - 1 3 4
Kalispell 003 022 x - 7 11 0
Tyler Durand, Derek Hunter (6) and Seb Zackowski. Zach Davis, Greg Neils (6), Derek Keller (7) and Pat Hergesheimer. W - Davis (2-0). L - Durand (0-1).
ROCKY MOUNTAIN (1-2) - Josh Lowden 0-3, Zach Johnson 0-3, Aaron Ried 0-0, Hunter 1-3, Scott Reinarz 1-2, Graeme Pepper 0-1, Adam Gilewicz 0-1, Mitch Taylor 0-2, Lealand McCallum 0-1, Zackowski 0-2, Memphis Vandracek 0-0, Jordan Armstrong 0-1, Durand 1-1, Adam Cadogan 0-1, Riley Johnson 0-1.
KALISPELL (12-4) - Jacob Scott 1-3, Austin Zapata 2-4, Tyler Reichoff 1-3, Adam Olson 2-4, Zac Ford 2-3, John White 0-3, Keller 0-3, Neils 0-0, Hergesheimer 1-2, Tucker Hankinson 2-3.
RBIs - RM 1 (Gilewicz), Kal. 5 (Reichoff 2, Zapata, Ford, White). 2B - RM 1 (Reinarz), Kal. 2 (Zapata, Hergesheimer). SAC - RM 1 (Johnson), Kal. 1 (Scott). SB - RM 1 (Zackowski), Kal. 2 (Scott, Ford).
Kalispell 3,
Sherwood Park 1
Tucker Hankinson spread two hits and five walks over seven innings to get the complete-game victory and improve to 1-1 on the season.
The Lakers got two runs in the first inning and never looked back.
Jacob Scott and Derek Keller opened the Lakers hitting with back-to-back doubles - Keller's being an RBI double - and then he came around to score on a one-out groundout.
Jordan McCerdy pitched a compete game for Sherwood Park, striking out six and allowing six hits.
Sherwood 010 000 0 - 1 2 2
Kalispell 200 010 x - 3 6 2
Jordan McCerdy and Derrick Isles. Tucker Hankinson and Tony Lawrence. W - Hankinson (1-1). L - McCerdy (0-1).
SHERWOOD PARK (0-2) - Aaron Lystang 0-1, Tyler Beaudry 0-3, Spencer Ferberg 0-2, Garreth Ho 0-4, Adam Palencan 0-3, Levi Medwid 0-1, Kyle Mezuka 0-2, Cody Cuthbertson 1-3, Isles 1-3.
KALISPELL (11-4) - Scott 2-4, Keller 1-2, Zapata 1-2, Olson 0-1, Ford 0-2, White 0-1, Hankinson 1-2, Lawrence 0-3, Neils 0-3, Hergesheimer 0-2.
RBIs - SP 1 (Cuthbertson), Kal. 2 (Keller, Ford). 2B - SP 1 (Cuthbertson), Kal. 2 (Scott, Keller).
Glacier 10,
West Kootenai 0 (5)
Justin Collom stuck out seven in a one-hit, complete-game shutout and the Glacier batters took advantage of eight walks in the first three innings to plate 10 runs.
Collom's only hit allowed was an infield single that Luke Stone beat out.
"(Collom) throws really well," Grubb said. "(Ryan) Caron and him were on same page and they used pitches where they should be used and crossed up hitters all up game. (Caron) was throwing ground ball outs all game."
The Twins batted around the order in the third inning and scored nine runs. Rusty Hill, who had three of the Twins' five hits, highlighted the inning with a two-run single. Scott Yogodzinski hit a triple and came all the way around to score when the throw into third base bounced off his helmet.
Hill also added an RBI single in the first inning.
Glacier 109 00 - 10 5 0
W. Kootenai 000 00 - 0 1 3
Justin Collom and Ryan Caron. Dane Reiman, Luke Stone (3) and Kellon Jones. W - Collom (2-2). L - Reiman (0-1).
GLACIER (12-5) - Roo Grubb 0-2, Rusty Hill 3-3, Scott Yogodzinski 1-2, Collom 0-3, Caron 1-2, RJ Beasley 0-3, Wes Beougher 0-2, Zane Ridings 0-1, Brad Nielsen 0-0.
WEST KOOTENAI (0-3) - Brad McLeod 0-2, Connor Jones 0-1, K. Jones 0-2, Luke Stone 1-2, Matt Larmour 0-2, Cal King 0-2, Jesse Bath 0-2, Reiman 0-2, Nick Rypien 0-2, Nick Ferraro 0-1.
RBIs - Gla. 8 (Hill 3, Yogodzinski, Caron, Grubb, Ridings, Nielson). 3B - Gla. 1 (Yogodzinski).
Glacier 13,
Sherwood Park 0 (5)
Yogodzinski stuck out 11, including nine in a row at one point, in earning his first career no-hitter.
"His nickname is smoke and he was throwing seven different kinds of smoke," Grubb said. "He had a little extra zip on fastball and didn't miss many spots. When he did miss, he missed safe.
"Ryan (Caron) called the entire game. He calls an amazing game. They were on the same page. It almost looked too easy for them."
To Sherwood Park's credit, the A's were using wood bats.
Four Twins had two hits apiece as the team pounded out 12 base knocks. Roo Grubb, Brad Bell, Josh Peterson and Yogodzinski each had a pair of hits. Bell had a double and four RBIs. Peterson had two RBIs. Yogodzinski had a triple.
Sherwood 000 00 - 0 0 1
Glacier 264 1x - 13 12 0
Steve Caron, Mike McKinnon (2) and Spencer Ferby. Yogodzinski and Caron. W - Yogodzinski (1-1). L - Caron.
SHERWOOD PARK - Aarron Lystang 0-2, Tyler Beaudry 0-1, Spencer Ferby 0-2, Garreth Ho 0-2, Jordan McCerdy 0-2, Kyle Mezechka 0-2, Levi Medwid 0-2, Mike McKinnon 0-1, Cody Cuthbertson 0-1.
GLACIER (11-5) - Grubb 2-3, Michael Hader 1-4, Brad Bell 2-4, Josh Peterson 2-3, Rusty Hill 1-2, Weston Chambers 1-2, Caron 1-1, Beougher 0-2, Yogodzinski 2-3.
RBIs - Gla. 9 (Bell 4, Peterson 2, Hader, Hill, Chambers. 3B - Gla. 2 (Hill, Yogodzinski). 2B - Gla. 2 (Grubb, Bell).
CLASS A
Missoula 19, Kalispell 4 (5)
Missoula 0(11)5 30 - 19 19 0
Kalispell 103 00 - 4 6 2
Paul Paeth and Allan Barnhill. Toby Leichti, Blaine Matulevich (3) and Zach Brosten. W - Paeth. L - Leichti.
MISSOULA - Rob Portain 2-3, Kirk Booi 1-4, Heath Eustance 2-4, Jake Ginn 3-3, Dustin McCudden 2-4, Justin Montelius 4-4, Kallon Krupp 2-2, Barnhill 2-3, Paeth 1-3, Pat O'Rourke 0-0, Brandt Montelius 0-1, Jesse Ginn 0-1, Steven DeYoung 0-1.
KALISPELL (1-7) - Matulevich 1-3, Brian Sneck 1-3, Leichti 0-3, Brosten 1-3, Austin Roehl 1-2, Ryan Andrews 1-1, Darin Olson 0-1, Evan Ploeger 1-2, Caleb Sibley 0-2.
HR - J. Montelius 2
Kalispell 13, Libby 5
Kalispell 303 034 - 13 14 4
Libby 220 010 - 5 5 3
Sneck and Olson. Colt Cannon, Kody Foote (5) and Kasey Basso. W - Sneck. L - Cannon.
KALISPELL (2-7) - Matulevich 2-3, Andrews 1-3, Sneck 2-3, Roehl 2-2, Leichti 2-2, Olson 1-4, Josh Stratton 2-4, Sibley 1-3, Garrett Sterns 1-3.
LIBBY - Rory Hendrickson 1-4, Nate Peltier 0-3, Steve Bertelsen 0-2, Matt Schad 1-3, Basso 1-3, Cannon 0-3, Foote 0-3, Nick Monroe 1-2, Chris Herbig 0-1, Clay Robbins 0-1, Mitch Cotten 1-1.
RBIs - 10 (Sneck, Roehl 3, Leichti 3, Olson, Stratton, Sibley), Lib. 3 (Schad, Basso, Hendrickson, Cannon). 3B - Kal. 2 (Andrews, Roehl).
FRIDAY
Glacier 9, Kalispell 3
Glacier 200 502 0 - 9 8 1
Kalispell 003 000 0 - 3 6 1
Kyle Yogodzinski and Wills Beasley. Caleb Sibley, Ryan Andrews (6) and Zach Brosten. W - Yogodzinski. L - Sibley.
GLACIER - Wade Martinson 1-3, Adam Pisk 1-4, Justin Goode 2-3, Kyle Knox 1-3, Miller 0-1, Shawn Sagan 0-2, Schultz 1-2, Yogodzinski 0-3, Cody Eleck 1-2, Calbick 0-1, Beasley 0-3, Cody Blodgett 1-2, Vonfeldt 0-1.
KALISPELL - Blaine Matulevich 1-3, Ryan Andrews 0-3, Brosten 1-3, Toby Liechti 1-3, Austin Roehl 0-3, Reed Buckley 0-2, Sibley 0-1, Evan Ploeger 0-3, Darin Olsen 2-3, Josh Stratton 1-3.
Missoula 12, Libby 5
Missoula 110 604 - 12 13 3
Libby 200 102 - 5 3 4
Dustin McCrudden and Jake Ginn. Derek Benefield, Kody Foote (5), Richard Brumbaugh (6) and Kasey Basso. W - McCrudden. L - Benefield.
MISSOULA - Rob Partain 1-4, Brandt Montelius 1-5, Kallan Krupp 2-2, Jake Ginn 2-4, McCrudden 2-4, Allen Barnhill 1-4, Pat O'Rourke 2-4, Wiley Fusarro 1-2, Paul Paeth 0-2, Mike LaValle 1-4.
LIBBY - Korey Vulkers 0-2, Nick Peltier 0-3, Steve Bertelsen 2-3, Matt Schad 0-2, Brumbaugh 1-3, Basso 0-2, Benefield 0-2, Mitch Cotton 0-1, Foote 0-2, Colt Cannon 0-0, Chris Herbig 0-2, Rory Hendrickson 0-1.