Elks take two from Lakers

by The Daily Inter Lake
| June 21, 2010 2:00 AM

Lethbridge scored early in the opener, then rallied late in the nightcap to sweep the Kalispell Lakers 5-0 and 7-2 in AA American Legion baseball play on Sunday at Griffin Field.

Lethbridge outhit Kalispell 17-10 on the day to improve to 3-0 in league action, 9-5 overall.

Kalispell lost its fourth-straight league game, dropping to 5-4 in Western AA play. Overall, the Lakers are 22-9.

Dean Stimpson carried the big stick for Kalispell, going 2-for-3 in the opener and 3-for-4 in the second game.

Tyson Hudson hit two triples and drove in five runs for Lethbridge in the finale. The Elks scored three times in the sixth and seventh innings to pull it out.

Kalispell, which has lost four of its last five ballgames, plays one nine-inning game on Wednesday at Missoula. The first pitch is set for 7 p.m.

Game 1

Lethbridge 400 010 0 — 5 6 1

Kalispell 000 000 0 — 0 4 0

Cole Stober and Ryan Aiken; Mario Venturini and Zach Brosten. W — Stober. L — Venturini.

LETHBRIDGE — Kym Barthel 1-3, Blair Balog 2-4, Tyson Hudson 1-2, Dillon Houghton 0-2, Derek Grubel 0-2, Aiken 1-3, Sean Maclean 0-3, Chris Stodolka 1-3, Jamin Heller 0-3.

KALISPELL — Dean Stimpson 2-3, Dillon Matteson 0-3, Michal O’Connell 1-3, Brosten 0-3, Marshall Boyiland 1-3, Mat O’Brien 0-2, Greg Seaman 0-2, Alex Stanley 0-3, Domenic Eickert 0-3.

2B—Balog; Stimpson; RBIs—Hudson, Aiken (2).

Game 2

Lethbridge 100 003 3 — 7 11 3

Kalispell 020 000 0 — 2 6 2

Jamin Heller and Aiken; Joe Pistorese, Stanley (6) and Brosten. W — Heller. L — Stanley.

LETHBRIDGE (9-5 and 3-0) — Barthel 2-4, Balog 3-4, Hudson 2-4, Houghton 1-4, Stober 0-4, Aiken 0-2, Maclean 1-1, Stodolka 0-3, Cody Lencucha 0-3, Derek Grubel 2-3.

KALISPELL (22-9 and 5-4) — Stimpson 3-4, Matteson 0-3, O’Connell 0-3, Brosten 0-3, Boyland 1-2, O’Brien 0-3, Seaman 1-3, Stanley 1-3, Eickert 0-3.

2B—Balog, Maclean; Stimpson; 3B—Hudson (2); RBIs—Hudson (5), Houghton, Maclean; Stimpson (2).