Dopps homers in Lakers win over M's

by The Daily Inter Lake
| June 4, 2010 2:00 AM

Cody Dopps homered for the second time this season and three Kalispell pitchers held Mission Valley to six hits as the AA Lakers improved to 14-5 overall with a 10-4 nonconference American Legion baseball victory on Thursday at Lakers Field.

Dopps slammed a two-run home run in Kalispell’s four-run third inning. Greg Seaman led off the inning with a single and scored on Dopps’ round-tripper.

Kalispell outhit the Mariners 13-6. Dopps, Dillon Matteson, Zach Brosten, Alex Stanley and Marshall Boyland had two hits each for the Lakers.

Mat O’Brien pitched the first four innings, followed by Stanley and Seaman.

Stanley also went four innings.

“I think our pitchers threw fairly well,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said. “We allowed just one walk in the first eight innings, three for the game.”

This game was originally scheduled to be played in Polson, but was moved to Kalispell because of wet grounds.

Mission Valley 000 001 201 — 4 6 4

Kalispell 004 100 32x — 10 13 0

Rustad, Morigeau (5), Sorrell (7) and Rausch; Mat O’Brien, Alex Stanley (5), Greg Seaman (9) and Zach Brosten. W — Stanley. L — Rustad.

MISSION VALLEY — Gillingham 0-3, Bagnell 0-4, Evertz 1-4, Morigeau 1-2, Sorrell 0-0, Alfiero 0-0, Linse 1-4, Rathe 1-2, Wallace 0-2, Rausch 1-2, Evans 1-4, Hardy 1-3, Rustad 0-0.

KALISPELL — Dean Stimpson 1-2, Dillon Matteson 2-4, Joe Pistorese 0-3, Parker Motley 1-2, Zach Brosten 2-5, Stanley 2-5, Marshall Boyland 2-4, Seaman 1-4, Cody Dopps 2-4, Shane Johnson 0-4, Mat O’Brien 0-0.

2B—Morigeau, Rathe; Matteson; HR—Dopps; RBIs—Gillingham, Rathe (2), Evans; Matteson (2), Brosten (2), Stanley, Boyland, Dopps (2).