Miller hurls Twins by Devils

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH - Maybe the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament will bring out the best in the Glacier Twins.

Coach Bill Sapa sure hopes so.

Glacier opened the 25th edition of this American Legion baseball classic on Wednesday with an impressive 6-4 victory over the Spokane Blue Devils. It was the final game of the day.

The Twins rode a strong pitching performance by Trevor Miller, backed him up with solid play in the field, and capitalized with timely hitting.

"Our kids showed up to play tonight against a scrappy Spokane team," Sapa said.

"I'm just pleased. This is a special tournament for us. We need to continue to compete, play hard and we'll be fine."

Miller went the distance, checking the Blue Devils on six hits. He fanned seven and issued four walks.

The Twins committed just one error.

Five different Glacier players had hits, led by Kyler Blades, 2-for-3. Blades and Willie Roche both doubled in the contest.

Glacier is back in action today at 9 a.m., versus Lethbridge Elks, and then caps off the day at 8 p.m. versus the Calgary Blues.

Lethbridge is 2-0 in tournament play, the Blues are 0-1.

Spokane 000 020 2 - 4 6 3

Glacier 103 002 x - 6 7 1

Matt Walker, Taylor Hustad (6) and Logan Hennessy; Trevor Miller and Cody Elek. W - Miller (6 hits, 7 strikeouts, 4 walks). L - Walker.

SPOKANE - Drew Abelman 2-4, Nick Pacheco 0-3, Kasey Sargent 1-3, Tyler Pfeffer 0-4, Jake Sullivan 1-4, Brenden Herzer 2-3, Zach Letsch 0-2, Jake Graham 0-2, Ben Krupla 0-2, Hennessy 1-2, Hustad 1-1.

GLACIER - Willie Roche 1-3, Kyler Blades 2-4, Jeremy Nielsen 0-2, Chris King 1-2, Elek 0-3, Adam Pisk 0-3, Wade Martinson 0-2, Zach Maassen 1-1, Devyn Rocker 0-2, Miller 1-2.

2B-Hustad; Roche, Blades; HR-Abelman; RBIs-Abelman (2); King, Nielsen.