Lakers split in Bozeman
BOZEMAN - Kalispell broke a 4-all tie with a 3-run fifth inning to beat the Bozeman Bucks 7-4 on Saturday in Class AA American Legion baseball action.
Joe Pistorese led off the fifth inning with a double and scored on a RBI single by Louis Freudenburg.
Freudenburg and Mike Bare, who reached on a fielder's choice, both scored on errors to complete the scoring.
Pistorese, who picked up the victory in relief duty, also went 2-for-4.
Pistorese and Dillon Matteson both doubled for the Lakers.
Kalispell (3-2) also played the Billings Scarlets, losing 10-0.
The Scarlets beat Bozeman 12-4.
Kalispell 040 030 0 - 7 10 0
Bozeman 200 200 0 - 4 7 1
Sidney Schenck, Joe Pistorese (4) and Mike Bare; Matt Hape, Alex Bradford (6) and Josh Mackay. W - Pistorese. L - Hape.
KALISPELL - Dillon Matteson 1-4, Kendrick Lee 0-2, Schenck 0-1, Sean O'Connell 1-4, Pistorese 2-4, Alex Stanley 1-4, Louis Freudenburg 3-3, Matt Mclean 1-4, Bare 1-3, Nate Bengtson 0-3.
BOZEMAN - Keith Ailes 1-4, Dillon Peterson 1-3, Ean Weaver 1-4, Mckay 1-3, Conner Linebarger 1-3, Bradford 1-3, Teagon Barry 0-2, Sam Olson 0-2, Hape 0-2, Cullin Cameron 1-2.
2B-Matteson, Pistorese; Weaver, Cameron; 3B-Ailes; RBI-Matteson (3), Freudenburg, Bengtson; Ailes (2), Mackay
Billings Scarlets 10, Kalispell 0
Kalispell 000 00 - 0 2 0
Billings Scarlets 250 21 - 10 11 2
Alex Stanley, Sean O'Connell (5) and Mike Bare; Brady Muller and Nick Funyak. W: Muller (1-0). L: Stanley.
Kalispell - Dillon Matteson 0-2, Kendrick Lee 0-3, Cody Dopps 1-3, Joe Pistorese 0-1, Sean O'Connell 0-2, Sidney Schenck 1-2, Louis Freudenburg 0-2, Matt Bare 0-2, Nate Bangston 0-2. 2B: Schenck.
Billings Scarlets - Quinn Huppert 1-4, Ty Gilmore 2-2, Justin Black 1-4, Max Tolstedt 2-2, Matt Schrotenboer 2-2, Nick Funyak 2-3, Clay Compton, 0-3, Justin MacDonald 0-2, Myles Berkram 1-3. 3B: Berkram. 2B: Huppert, Black, Schrotenboer, Funyak. RBIs: Tolstedt 3, Funyak 2, Gilmore, MacDonald.