Twins top Mavs for first time since 2007

by The Daily Inter Lake
| June 23, 2011 2:00 AM

It's been a long-time coming.

Glacier held off a late ninth-inning rally on Wednesday to knock off the Missoula Mavericks 10-8 in Class AA American Legion baseball play.

It was the first victory for the Twins over the Mavericks since 2007. According to the Missoulian, the Mavs had won the last 16 meetings.

"A great win for the team," Glacier coach Lindsay Fansler said.

"We feel if we can string some wins together, we can put ourselves in a position to get to the state tournament. We just have to take it game-by-game."

Earlier this month, the much-improved Twins beat the rival Kalispell Lakers for the first time in at least three years.

Missoula scored two runs in the ninth to close within two, but relief pitcher Carl Talsma struck out the final two Mavs with the bases loaded to end the contest.

Zach Maassen pitched the first seven innings with Glacier up 9-6.

Glacier pounded out 13 hits, led by Talsma, 3 for 3, and Devyn Rocker, 3 for 4. Talsma doubled and Rocker had a triple to go with four RBI.

Glacier (2-4 league) plays the Mavs again today at 5 p.m. in Missoula.

Glacier 001 241 101 - 10 13 1

Missoula 000 204 002 - 8 14 5

Zach Maassen, Carl Talsma (8) and Cody Elek. Brent Daugherty, Shawn McArthur (5) and Steven DeYoung.

GLACIER - Jeremy Nielson, 1-5, Jack Cronin 2-6, Kyler Blades 1-5, Cody Elek 0-3, Geoff Streeter 1-4, Chris King 1-4, Cody Hill 1-4, Carl Talsma 3-3, Devyn Rocker 3-4.

MISSOULA - Tanner Reinschmidt 1-5, Brody Miller 2-5, Riley King 3-5, Steven DeYoung 1-1, Nathan Jewett 2-5, Andrew Sopko 1-5, David Resner 1-3, Conner Anderson 0-0, Kyle booi 1-2, Alec Bouchee 0-1, Nate Ratts 1-2, Tres Cunningham 0-1, Shawn McArthur 1-4.

2B - Talsma, Cronin, Blades, Miller, McArther. 3B - Rocker, C. King, R. King. HR - DeYoung. RBIs - Rocker 4, Hill 2, Streeter, Nielsen, DeYoung 3, McArthur 3, Jewett, Sopko.