Class A Lakers take two from Libby

by The Daily Inter Lake
| June 23, 2010 2:00 AM

The Class A Kalispell Lakers cleaned up their defense and got back on track with a Western A conference sweep of the Libby Loggers at home on Tuesday.

Sid Schenck finished the day with three RBIs for Kalispell and George Sherwood picked up his first of two saves in the 4-2 opening-game win.

In the nightcap, Kalispell jumped ahead 3-0 after three innings and Sherwood and Co. held off a rally by the Loggers to preserve a 3-2 victory.

Kalispell improved to 14-16 overall and 3-3 in conference.

“We’ve been struggling a little bit in conference and struggling defensively but we were able to make some plays tonight behind our pitchers,” Lakers coach Pat Conners said. “We had it all going.”

Game 1

Libby 011 000 0 — 2 6 2

Kalispell 300 100 0 — 4 8 1

Dustin Morningstar and Micah Germany. Matt McLean, Scoob Decker (6), George Sherwood (7) and Kendrick Lee. W — McLean (3-5, 5 strikeouts, 4 walks); L — Morningstar (9 strikeouts, 0 walks); S — Sherwood (2)

LIBBY — Morningstar 2-3, Chris Herbig 0-4, Germany 1-3, Joe Coker 1-4, Justin Wicka 1-2, Adam Stapley 0-2, Eric Grotjohn 0-2, Tate Wilson 1-2, Zach Watson 0-2, Clay Smith 0-1, Eric Riddle 0-1.

RBI — Wilson, Grotjohn.

KALISPELL — Lee 1-3, Nate Bengston 1-3, Sid Schenck 2-3, Decker 0-3, Robert Simmons 1-3, Sherwood 1-3, Sean O’Connell 1-3, Logan Prickett 1-3, Louis Freudenburg 0-2.

2B — Lee, O’Connell; RBI — Schenck, Prickett.

Game 2

Libby 000 101 0 — 2 4 0

Kalispell 102 000 0 — 3 8 0

Chris Herbig, Joe Coker (6) and Micah Germany. Sid Schenck, George Sherwood (7) and Kendrick Lee. W — Schenck (5-1, 8 strikeouts, 4 walks); L — Herbig; S — Sherwood (3)

LIBBY — Dustin Morningstar 1-3, Herbig 1-3, Germany 1-3, Joe Coker 0-3, Justin Wicka 1-3, Clay Smith 0-3, Alex Cislo 0-2, Byron Benefield 0-2, Eric Riddle 0-2.

2B— Herbig; RBI — Wicka, Herbig

KALISPELL — Lee 2-2, Nate Bengston 3-3, Schenck 2-3, Scoob Decker 1-3, Matt McLean 0-3, Sherwood 0-2, Logan Prickett 0-3, Sean O’Connell 0-2, Louis Freudenburg 0-3, Zack Riviere 0-1.

RBI — Bengston, Schenck (2).