Lakers drop pair at Rein tournament
The Daily Inter Lake
BOZEMAN — The Kalispell A Lakers came up short twice during Saturday’s pool play action at the Howard Rein American Legion baseball tournament.
The Billings Blue Jays, led by two RBIs from Pete Lind and Chance Ackerman, downed Kalispell 9-7.
Scott Decker, 2-for-3, had 2 RBIs for Kalispell and Zack Riviere, 1-for-3, drove in three runs.
Missoula thumped Kalispell 15-1 in the other outing.
Blue Jays 9, Lakers 7
Billings 101 410 002 — 9 12 2
Kalispell 200 130 100 — 7 12 3
Joseph Zimmer, Will Kent (5) and Troy Solheim. Louis Freudenburg, Kendrick Lee (8) and Robert Simmons. W-Kent. L-Lee.
Billings – Taylor Goselin 1-1, Eli Gunderson 2-3, Pete Lind 2-4, Chance Ackerman 1-3, Konner Wiechman 2-5, Garrett Waldo 2-3, Garrett Heywood 0-2, Ian McCracken 0-5, Solheim 0-3, Dylan Layman 1-2, Rico Rodriguez 0-1, Matt Shelhamer 1-3.
Kalispell – Lee 2-5, Matt McLean 1-2, Sidney Schenck 1-4, Scoob Decker 2-3, Simmons 1-4, Sean O’Connell 1-5, Zack Riviere 1-3, Nate Bengston 0-1, Keifer Wills 2-5, Freudenburg 1-4.
2B – Wiechman, Decker, O’Connell, Wills, McLean. 3B – Waldo. RBI – Lind 2, Ackerman 2, Wiechman, Layman, Schenck, Decker 2, Riviere 3, Wills.
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Missoula 15, Lakers 1
Missoula 131 55 — 15 18 1
Kalispell 100 00 — 1 4 5
Kyle Booi, Shane Olson (5) and Slade Heggen. Nate Bengston, Zach Personett (5) and Robert Simmons. W-Olson. L-Bengston.
Missoula – Alec Bray 3-5, Alex Bouchee 2-4, Tres Cunningham 2-4, Booi 3-3, Josh Ratts 1-2, Tanner Rheinschmidt 1-3, Curtis Trott 0-1, Conner Anderson 2-3, Stuart Breckenridge 0-2, Daniel Leary 0-1, Nate Ratts 0-4, Heggen 4-4.
Kalispell – Kendrick Lee 3-3, Matt McLean 0-2, Sidney Schenck 0-2, Scoob Decker 0-2, Simmons 0-1, Sean O’Connell 0-1, Jake Johnson 0-2, Personett 0-2, Keifer Wills 1-2.
3B – Cunningham, Anderson. RBI – Bray, Bouchee 2, Cunningham 2, Booi 2, J.Ratts, Rheinschmidt, Breckenridge, Heggen 3.
Livingston 12, Libby 4
POLSON — Libby’s seven-game winning streak came to an end as Livingston scored in every inning but the fifth at the 4th of July Firecracker Tournament.
Livingston outhit Libby 16-7.
Libby (23-20) plays Mission Valley Mariners A today at 1 p.m. Both teams are 2-1 in tournament play.
Livingston 324 30 — 12 16 2
Libby 310 00 — 4 7 4
Tanner Hall and Trent Birge; Dustin Morningstar, Micah Germany (2), Zach Watson (4) and Chris Herbig. W — Hall. L — Morningstar.
LIVINGSTON — Matt Smith 3-4, Ron Kurschner 2-4, Sam Bisson 1-2, Jason Rogers 1-1, Riley Kurschner 1-4, Landon Willyerd 1-3, Birge 3-4, Hall 3-4, Jordan Bearnek 1-2, Matt Swartzer 0-2.
LIBBY — Morningstar 2-2, Eric Riddle 1-2, Herbig 1-2, Joe Coker 1-3, Justin Wicka 0-2, Eric Grotjohn 1-2, Adam Stapley 0-2, Germany 0-1, Alex Cislo 0-3, Zach Watson 1-2.
2B—Bisson, R. Kurschner; Herbig; RBIs—Smith (2), R. Kurschner (2), Bisson, Rogers (2), R. Kurschner, Hall; Morningstar, Herbig, Wicka.