Mariners hand Rangers 1st loss of Legion season
EUREKA — Mission Valley A handed the Kootenai Valley Rangers their first loss of the American Legion baseball season Sunday afternoon at the Earl Russell Round Robin Tournament.
Nick Crawford struck out eight and checked the Rangers on four hits in a 7-0 Mariners’ victory.
“In the third inning, they got guys on base with three bunts in a row,” Eureka coach Brent Holder said. “We covered it horribly. We had three errors in a row and they scored a run each time.”
Holder said the Rangers “couldn’t string any hits together,” to mount an offensive attack.
The Rangers (7-1) did bounce back to beat the Glacier Twins 11-9 in the second game.
Trailing 6-2, the Rangers scored nine times in the fourth inning to take an 11-6 edge.
Kade Davis had the big blow in that inning, a three-run home run to left field. It was Davis’ first round-tripper of the season.
The Rangers, who had six errors in the first game, had five against Glacier.
“The boys are a little tired,” Holder said. “That was our eighth game in eight days ... a pretty rigorous schedule to open the season.”
Kootenai Valley plays at Glacier Twins A on Saturday.
Mission Valley A 103 210 — 7 5 1
Kootenai Valley 000 000 — 0 4 6
Nick Crawford and Jack Humphreys; Kade Davis, Ryan Holder (3), RJ Glover (6) and Gallen Sullivan, Davis (3). W — Crawford. L — Davis.
MISSION VALLEY A — Humphreys 0-1, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 0-4, Robbie Gauthier 1-4, Chris Clary 0-2, J. Evertz 1-3, Austin Von Tom 2-4, Jake Young 0-3, Bradley Pichler 0-2, Dalton Molzhon 1-2, Crawford 0-0.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — Dalton Smith 0-3, CJ Henrie 1-3, Davis 0-3, Holder 2-2, Glover 0-2, Nick Rackley 1-2, Austin Perez 0-2, Tyler Cummings 0-1, Sullivan 0-1, Mason Haidle 0-1, Brandon Conard 0-1.
2B—Rackley; RBIs—Clary, Vontom (2).
Glacier Twins 003 33 — 9 5 1
Kootenai Valley 002 90 — 11 8 5
N. Alexander, R. Herman (4), C. Wild (4), Z. Darling (4) and Darling, Herman (4); Perez, Henrie (4), Davis (5) and Sullivan. W — Henrie, 1-0. L — Wild.
GLACIER TWINS — Alexander 1-1, J. Ratzloff 2-4, Herman 0-3, Darling 2-2, Wild 0-2, T. Turgeon 0-3, C. Jay 0-3, W. Buschang 0-3, R. Buschang 0-3.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — Smith 2-3, Henrie 2-2, Glover 2-3, Holder 0-3, Davis 1-3, Rackley 0-2, Conard 0-1, Haidle 0-0, Sullivan 0-1, Cummings 1-2, Perez 0-1.
2B—Darling; Glover; HRs—Davis; RBIs—Rotzloff, Herman, Darling (3), Turgeon; Smith, Henrie, Glover (3), Holder, Davis (3), Sullivan.
Earl Russell Round Robin Tournament
Sunday
Missoula Pioneers 7, Kalispell Lakers A 0
Missoula Pioneers 9, Libby 2
Glacier Twins A 13, Mission Valley B 5
Mission Valley A 7, Kootenai Valley Rangers 0
Kootenai Valley Rangers 11, Glacier Twins A 9
Missoula Pioneers 7, Libby 2
EUREKA — Seven runs in the first three innings pushed the Missoula Pioneers past the Libby Loggers on the final day of the Earl Russell Round Robin Tournament.
Libby (1-2) scored once in both the first and sixth innings.
Missoula’s Mitch Gray held Libby to five hits.
“We walked too many people and made too many mistakes defensively to give ourselves a chance to win.” Libby coach Kelly Morford said.
“Oliver (Gruphenhoff) and Tanner (Tammaro) both showed some encouraging stuff on the mound. We need to get a little more comfortable out there.”
Missoula Pioneers 304 000 0 — 7 8 2
Libby 100 001 0 — 2 5 2
Mitch Gray and TJ Porter; Luke Haggerty, Tanner Tammaro (4), Oliiver Gruphenhoff (5) and Micah Germany. W — Gray. L — Haggerty.
MISSOULA PIONEERS — Greg Pfister 0-3, Greg Maes 0-0, Ben Metz 1-4, Cody Oliver 3-4, Adler Sherrow 2-4, Rand Pptzkau 0-0, Porter 1-3, Bryden Koke 0-2, Ryan Kristilich 0-1, Dalton Gensch 0-2, Gray 1-3, Austin Mcgill 0-3.
LIBBY — Will Reichel 1-2, Cameron Burkes 0-1, Jared Winslow 1-3, Germany 0-2, Gruphenhoff 1-3, L. Haggerty 0-1, Tammaro 1-2, Andrew Haggerty 1-3, Matt Willis 0-3, Nick Robertson 0-1, Josh Foote 0-2, Creede Garcia 0-3.
RBIs—Sherrow (3), Gensch, Gray; Germany, Tammaro.
Missoula 19, Glacier 0
Missoula 21, Glacier 5
MISSOULA — Missoula swept the Glacier Twins in Class AA American Legion action.
The Mavs had 10 hits in the opening win and followed with 12 in the second game.
Shane Marcial went 2-for-3 for Glacier in the first game.
Glacier’s Peter Seymour was 2-for-3 in Game 2, which included a doiuble and 2 RBIs.
First game
Glacier 000 00 — 0 3 8
Missoula 552 7x — 19 10 1
Cody Davis, Shane Marcial (4) and Garrett Houston. Tres Cunningham, Wiliam Keffeler and Slade Heggen. W – Keffeler (3-0). L – Davis.
GLACIER – Marcial 2-3, Jake Slaybaugh 0-2, Houston 0-2, Peter Seymour 0-1, Nathan Carr 0-2, Bobby Simmons 0-2, Lucas Lee 0-2, Davis 1-2, Hugh Ramlow 0-2.
MISSOULA – Nick Evans 0-4, Tanner Rheinschmidt 2-5, Riley King 0-3, Nathan Jewett 1-2, Shane Olson 2-3, Alec Bouchee 1-3, Heggen 2-4, Josh Meader 0-2, Tanner Maier 2-2.
2B – Olson. RBIs – Evans, Rheinschmidt, Olson 3, Bouchee, Heggen 3, Meader, Maier 2.
Second game
Glacier 022 10 — 5 6 3
Missoula 10(12) 8x — 21 12 1
Slaybaugh, Ramlow (3), Lee (4), Bryce Wehrli (4) and Simmons. Rheinschmidt, Jewett (4) and Matt McHugh. W – Jewett. L – Slaybaugh.
GLACIER – Marcial 1-2, Slaybaugh 1-3, Houston 0-3, Seymour 2-3, Carr 0-2, Simmons 0-1, Lee 1-2, Davis 1-1, Ramlow 0-1, Wehrli 0-1.
MISSOULA – Evans 0-4, Rheinschmidt 1-4, King 2-3, Jewett 0-1, Olson 2-3, Anthony Contonio 1-1, Jesson Preston 2-2, Heggen 1-2, Cunningham 2-2, McHugh 1-3.
2B – Seymour, Olson, Heggen. 3B – Rheinschmidt. RBIs – Seymour 2, Davis 2, Evans, Rheinschmidt 3, King 2, Olson 2, Contonio 2, Preston 3, Heggen 2, Cunningham 2, McHugh 2.