Mariners bounce back big at state
The Daily Inter Lake
THREE FORKS - The Mission Valley Mariners bounced back on the second day of the State A American Legion baseball tournament with a 16-4 battering of the Livingston Braves at Luzenac Field on Friday.
Starter Spencer Trawick struck out 10 batters while walking only one in five innings of work, and the Mariners scored seven runs in the opening inning of the loser-out contest.
Tyler Linse, Matt Detwiler, Tim Rausch and Willie Wallace each had doubles for Mission Valley (38-26), who dropped the opener to the Laurel Dodgers (49-11-1) on Thursday, 3-1.
The Mariners face the Tri-County Cardinals today at 1 p.m.
In other tourney action, the Cardinals fell to the Bitterroot Red Sox 18-1, Laurel dropped the Lethbridge Miners 10-7 and the Billings Cardinals beat the Gallatin Valley Outlaws 7-1 on Friday.
Today's Games
10 a.m. Billings Cards vs. Lethbridge
1 p.m. Mission Valley vs. Tri-County
5:30 p.m. Laurel vs. Bitterroot
Friday
Loser Out
Mission Valley 16, Livingston 4
Livingston 000 004 0 - 4 5 2
Mission Valley 713 401 x - 16 11 1
Chad Becker, Hayden Darr (2), Ron Kurschner (3), Riley Kurschner (6) and Trent Birge. Spencer Trawick, Josh Rustad (6) and Tim Rausch.
LIVINGSTON - Matt Smith 0-4, Landon Willyard 1-4, Sam Bisson 1-4, Jason Rogers 1-4, Becker 2-3 (2B), Ron Kurschner 0-3, Darr 0-2, Jordan Doornik 1-1, Birge 0-3, Dallas Nelson 0-3.
MISSION VALLEY - Justin Evertz 0-5, Tyler Linse 2-5 (2B), Rausch 1-5 (2B), Derrick Rathe 0-3, Chris Alfiero 1-1, Kyle Bagnell 2-4, Kaleb Gillingham 1-3, Matt Detwiler 1-4 (2B), Cordell Hardy 1-3, Justin Evans 1-3, Willie Wallace 1-1 (2B).
Billings 7, Gallatin Valley 1
Billings 001 200 301 - 7 16 1
Gallatin Valley 000 001 000 - 1 9 3
Shaun Riter, Danny Robison (8) and Nick Funyak. Sean Cronan, Garrett Larrabaster (8) and Matt Enriquez.
BILLINGS (49-24) - Quinn Huppert 3-6, Riter 0-4, Clay Compton 3-4 (2 2B), Jens Rohrer 1-5, Nathan Smith 1-5, Funyak 3-4 (2 2B), Brady Gustafson 2-3 (2B), Robison 1-3, Tyler Girard 2-5.
GALLATIN VALLEY (41-36) - Chris Boyce 0-4, Connor Moore 2-4, Enriquez 2-5, Ben Elsbernd 1-3, Cameron Frost 0-5, Matt Workman 0-3, Cronan 2-4, Ryan Bronson 1-3, Hunter Gordon 1-4 (2B), Larrabaster 0-0.
Winners Bracket
Laurel 10, Lethbridge 7
Lethbridge 052 000 000 - 7 11 2
Laurel 004 420 000 - 10 16 3
Blair Balog and Maclean. Graber, Swecker (3) and Faust. W - Swecker. L - Balog.
Lethbridge - Russell Maxwell 1-3, Brooks Maxwell 2-5, Cody Lencucha 0-5, Maclean 1-5, Chris Stodolka 1-5, Brae-dan Heyland 2-4, Groves 2-5, Aaron Witzke 1-4, Roy Adams 1-4.
Laurel (49-11-1) - Joe Binstock 4-6, Brian Flotkettler 0-4, Clay Graber 3-5, Sam Faust 1-3, Chris Mjelstad 1-5, Keenan Weatherford 2-5, David Swecker 1-4, Spencer Bakich 3-5, Jordan Wilson 1-5. 2B - Binstock, Mjelstad, Swecker. HR - Graber (7), Faust (8). RBIs - Graber 5, Faust 3, Weatherford, Swecker.
Bitterroot 18, Tri-County 1
Tri-County 000 001 0 - 1 3 3
Bitterroot 331 614 x - 18 16 0
John Johannsen, Bryce Watterud (4), and Bjorn Swenson. Ryan Neigle, Trevor Brown (5), and Austin Allen.
Tri-County (23-19) - Johannsen 0-3, Joe Hallenberg 1-2 (2B), Orin Johnson 0-3, Jake Robison 1-2, Swenson 1-3 (2B), Jade Premo 0-2, Amador Montiel 0-1, Justin Philipps 0-2, Johnny Schlosser 0-1, Brandon Munoz 0-1, Watterud 0-2, Riley Styren 0-3.
BITTERROOT (52-12-1) - Adam Stook 1-5 (2B), Rodee Anderson 2-3 (2 3B), Matt Hamlin 3-4 (2B), Allen 1-4, Aaron Johnston 0-1, Wes Sherman 2-3 (HR), Beau Nordberg 0-2, Tyler Tintzman 0-1, Mike Stanford 3-4 (2B), Clint Crossman 0-2, Trevor Brown 1-1. Weigle 3-4 (HR).