Lakers earn split in Great Falls
The Kalispell Lakers AA split a road series with the Great Falls Chargers on Wednesday, bouncing back from a rough first game to take the nightcap.
The Lakers were in a close game with the Chargers in the opener, trailing just 5-3 after the fifth inning, but fell apart in the bottom of the sixth to lose 12-3. Adam Frandsen hit 2 for 3 in the game and batted in two runs.
It was Frandsen’s bat that opened up the game in the second, hitting a double in the top of the fourth inning that scored the first of three runs in the frame. The Lakers would score three more runs in the sixth inning and hold off a late rally by the Chargers to claim a 6-4 win. Dillon Eaves picked up the win on the mound.
“I thought our kids came back and competed well in the second game to get the split,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said. “We had a lot of gutsy performances.”
The Lakers next game is Sunday in a non-conference doubleheader at Mission Valley.
Great Falls Chargers 12, Kalispell 3
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GF Chargers 023 007 x — 12 11 2
Matt McLean, Louis Freudenburg (6), Adam Frandsen (6) and Lee Kendrick; Tyson Patterson, Tyler Pfennigs (2), Garrett Cornwell (5), Sam Wingerter (5) and Justin Pfennigs. WP—T. Pfennigs (1-1). LP—McLean (1-1). Save—Wingerger (3).
Kalispell—Dillon Matteson 1-4, Charlie Obermiller 2-3, Cody Dopps 0-3, Dillon Eaves 0-3, Sean O’Connell 0-3, Adam Frandsen 2-3 (2 RBI), Jake Johnson 0-1, Sidney Schenck 1-3, Lee Kendrick 1-3 (RBI), Zach Personett 1-3.
GF Chargers—Anthony Bonilla 4-4 (3 RBI), Destin Wassmann 2-4 (RBI), Scott Held 0-3, Tanner Watson 1-4 (2 RBI), Cayden Napierala 1-3 (RBI), Tyler Pfennigs 0-1, Sam Wingerter 0-1, Jayse McLean 1-3 (2 RBI), Dalton Cook 2-2 (RBI), Justin Pfennigs 0-3 (RBI).
2B—Frandsen.
Kalispell 6, Great Falls Chargers 4
Kalispell 000 303 0 — 683
GF Chargers 100 003 0 — 473
Dillon Eaves, Cody Dopps (7) and Lee Kendrick, Jake Johnson; Dalton Cook, Anthony Bonilla (5) and Justin Pfennigs. WP—Eaves. LP—Cook (2-3). Save—Dopps.
Kalispell—Dillon Matteson 1-4 (RBI), Charlie Obermiller 1-2 (RBI), Sean O’Connell 1-2, Dillon Eaves 0-3, Adam Frandsen 2-3 (RBI), Cody Dopps 1-4 (RBI), Lee Kendrick 0-1 (RBI), Jake Johnson 1-2, Zach Personett 0-4, Louis Freudenburg 1-3 (RBI).
GF Chargers—Anthony Bonilla 0-3, Destin Wassmann 0-3, Scott Held 1-3, Tanner Watson 0-2, Cayden Napierala 3-3 (RBI), Jayse McLean 1-4 (RBI), Sam Wingerter 2-4 (RBI), Justin Pfennigs 0-3, Derick Powell 0-1, Calton Cook 0-1.
2B—Frandsen, Held, Napierala, Wingerter.