Lakers split with Med Hat; Mavs sweep Twins
The Kalispell Lakers split a conference doubleheader against Medicine Hat on Saturday at Griffin Field.
Dillon Matteson hit a home run and a double and drove in three runs to lead the Lakers to a 12-4 win in the second game.
Charlie Obermiller also had three RBIs in the game and Dillon Eaves pitched a complete game for the win.
The Lakers were tied 3-3 in the first game when Medicine Hat exploded for six runs in the fifth inning of the first game to secure what would be a 9-5 win.
Adam Frandsen went 3 for 4 from the plate in the loss and Matt McLean drove in two runs on one hit.
Medicine Hat 120 010 0 — 4 8 4
Kalispell 030 108 x — 12 13 2
Braden Goldade, Nolan Rattai (6). Dillon Eaves and Kendrick Lee. W — Eaves. L — Goldade.
MEDICINE HAT — Goldade 1-2, Cody Florkowski 1-4, Konner Lutz 1-3, Greg Adams 1-2, Andy Scott 1-3, Rattai 0-3, Austin Schibler 1-3, Justin Becic 1-2, Tanner Ross 1-2.
2B — Schibler; 3B — Becic; RBI — Adams, Rattai, Becic, Ross.
KALISPELL — Lee 0-3, Charlie Obermiller 2-4, Sean O’Connell 1-4, Eaves 1-4, Adam Frandsen 2-3, Dillon Matteson 3-3, Nate Bengston 3-4, Zach Personett 1-3, Jake Johnson 0-2.
2B — Matteson; HR — Matteson; RBI — Matteson (3), Obermiller (3), Bengston (2), Eaves, Frandsen, Johnson.
Medicine Hat 210 060 0 — 9 9 0
Kalispell 030 000 2 — 5 13 2
Scott. Matt McLean, Hank McLeod (5) and Lee. W —Scott. L — McLean.
MEDICINE HAT — Goldade 1-3, Florkowski 1-4, Lutz 2-4, Adams 1-3, Scott 1-3, Austin Weisgerber 0-3, Rattai 1-4, Becic 2-3, Ross 0-1, Schibler 0-1.
2B — Becic, Adams; RBI — Florkowski (2), Becic (2), Goldade, Scott, Rattai.
KALISPELL — Lee 1-4, Obermiller 1-3, O’Connell 1-4, Eaves 2-4, Frandsen 3-4, Matteson 2-4, Bengston 1-4, McLean 1-1, McLeod 0-1, Johnson 1-3.
2B — Matteson, Lee. RBI — McLean (2), Obermiller, Eaves, Frandsen.
Mavs 8, Twins 0
Mavs 15, Glacier 3
WHITEFISH — Time is running out for the Glacier Twins regarding picking up a victory in league play.
Glacier (6-39) overall, drops to 0-18 in league play with seven games left.
Jeremy Nielsen and Peter Seymour had big offensive outings for the Twins.
Nielsen was 3 for 4 in the opener. Seymour, 1 for 3, doubled in that game, but came back with a double and a home run in the finale and drove in three runs. He was 3 for 3 in that contest.
Missoula 100 022 3 — 8 12 2
Glacier 000 000 0 — 0 7 1
WP—N. Jewitt. LP—Cory Davis.
MISSOULA — T. Rheinschmidt 0-3, M. McHugh 0-2, T. Cunningham 2-4, S. Heggen 3-4, S. Olson 0-4, J. Preston 1-4, A. Contonio 1-4, T. Maier 2-4, R. King 3-3.
GLACIER — Jeremy Nielsen 3-4, Carl Talsma 1-4, Nick LaGrandeur 0-3, Peter Seymour 1-3, Garrett Houston 0-3, Bryce Wehrli 1-3, Isaac Venezio 0-2, Conner Donahue 1-2, Jake Slaybaugh 0-2, Shane Marcial 0-1, Nathan Carr 0-1.
2B—Cunningham, King; Seymour; HR—Contonio; RBIs—Cunningham (2), Heggen, Contonio (3), King.
Missoula 015 225 — 15 9 0
Glacier 300 000 — 3 6 3
WP—Cunningham. LP—Conahue.
MISSOULA — Rheinschmidt 0-2, McHugh 1-5, King 1-4, Jewitt 1-3, Heggen 2-5, Olson 2-4, Preston 1-2, A. Bouchee 0-1, Maier 1-3.
GLACIER — Nielsen 1-3, Talsma 0-2, Davis 2-3, Seymour 3-3, LaGrandeur 0-3, Houston 0-3, Marcial 0-2, Carr 0-2, Slaybaugh 0-2.
2B—Seymour; HR—Seymour; RBIs—Rheinschmidt, McHugh, King, Jewitt, Heggen (2), Olson, Bouchee, Maier (2); Seymour (3).