Lakers win, Twins fall in tourney openers
WHITEFISH — Even with a short night, the Kalispell Lakers AA were able to shake off the cobwebs and beat the Spokane Cannons 6-3 on Thursday at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament.
The Lakers erupted for five runs in the second and third innings, giving them a comfortable lead they rode out to the win. Starting pitcher Dillon Eaves pitched a complete game with seven strikeouts and just one earned run for the win.
“Dillon Eaves threw very well,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said. “He was very efficient. He kept his composure early on when we struggled defensively and gave up two unearned runs in the first. He was able to keep his composure and he pounded the strike zone.”
Charlie Obermiller and Jake Johnson each had two hits and two RBIs to lead the Lakers at the plate.
Kalispell plays the other Washington team next, the Club Spokane Dodgers, starting at 4:30 this afternoon.
Kalispell 023 000 1 — 6 8 3
Spokane 200 100 0 — 3 4 0
Dillon Eaves and Kendrick Lee. W — Eaves
KALISPELL — Lee 0-3, Dillon Matteson 0-4, Sean O’Connell 2-4, Eaves 0-4, Adam Frandsen 1-4, Cody Dopps 0-2, Charlie Obermiller 2-4, Zach Personett 1-1, Jake Johnson 2-2.
2B — Frandsen; RBI — Obermiller 2, Johnson 2, Personett 1, Frandsen 1.
SPOKANE — N/A
Dodgers 16,
Twins AA 2
WHITEFISH — The Glacier Twins struggled to get out of the gates in their opener at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament, losing to the Club Spokane Dodgers in five innings.
The Dodgers scored 15 runs in the first two innings to bury Glacier early. The Twins weren’t able to get going until the fourth inning, scoring twice in the frame, but were too far behind to make a comeback.
“We kinda got our head knocked tonight,” Glacier coach Scott Murray said. “Spokane is a pretty good ball club. We came out flat. By the time we started to play a little baseball it was too late.”
Glacier had just one hit, a single off the bat of Conner Donahue that scored the first run for the Twins in the fourth inning.
“We just didn’t get it done,” Murray said. “We’ve been playing some good ball recently. We have to get back to that tomorrow.”
Glacier plays twice today, opening against the Spokane Cannons at 1:45 p.m. and playing the late game against the Chino (Calif.) Reds at 7:30.
Club Spokane 960 10 — 16 14 2
Glacier 000 20 — 2 1 2
B. Ripien, C. Cantin (5) and M. Hammon. Cory Davis, Peter Seymour (3) and Bryce Wehrli. W — Ripien. L — Davis.
CLUB SPOKANE — G. Burland 2-4, J. Blatner 0-2, E. Douglas 4-4, Ripien 1-2, D. Rassmussen 1-2, K. Thomas 2-4, Cantin 2-3, Hammon 1-4, B Simmelik 1-4.
2B — Douglas 1; HR — Burland 1; RBI — Burland 4, Hammon 3, Ripien 2, Rassmussen 2, Douglas, Thomas, Cantin, Simmelik.
GLACIER — Jake Slaybaugh 0-2, Wehrli 0-2, Davis 0-0, Garrett Houston 0-0, Nick LaGrandeur 0-2, Conner Donahue 1-3, Isaac Venezio 0-1, Robert Simmons 0-2, Shane Marcial 0-2, Seymour 0-2, Jeremy Nielsen 0-0.
RBI — Slaybaugh 1, Donahue 1.
Late Wednesday
Lakers AA 11,
Twins AA 10
WHITEFISH — The Kalispell Lakers held off a late rally that saw Glacier score three runs and load the bases in the bottom of the ninth inning to hold on for a conference win.
The Twins led early in the game, taking a 4-0 lead after the second inning, but needed to score late to have a chance in the game. Trailing 11-7 after the Lakers put up two runs in the top of the ninth, Glacier took three straight walks to load the bases. Peter Seymour and Bryce Wehrli each singled in the next two at-bats to score three runs for the Twins and after a walk by Isaac Venezio the Twins again had the bases loaded with just one out.
But, Lakers pitcher Justin Wallace was able to work his way out of the jam, striking out the final two batters to seal the win for Kalispell. Wallace and starter Matt McLean combined for 15 strikeouts, but got in trouble with 17 walks.
Cody Dopps went 2-for- 5 with a home run at the plate for the Lakers.
Cory Davis went 2-for-4 for the Twins with a double and two RBIs.
Kalispell 005 111 012 — 11 12 2
Glacier 221 011 003 — 10 7 2
Matt McLean, Justin Wallace (5) and Kendrick Lee. Conner Donahue, Carl Talsma (3), Isaac Venezio (8) and Jeremy Nielsen. W — McLean. L — Donahue.
KALISPELL — Dillon Matteson 2-4, Charlie Obermiller 1-3, Sean O’Connell 2-3, Dillon Eaves 1-4, Adam Frandsen 1-4, Cody Dopps 2-5, Lee 3-4, Nate Bengston 0-1, J Johnson 0-3, Wallace 0-1, Zach Personett 0-2.
2B — Matteson 1, Frandsen 1; HR — Dopps 1. RBI — Dopps 2, O’Connell 2, Matteson 1, Frandsen 1, Lee 1.
GLACIER — Nielsen 1-3, Talsma 0-2, Cory Davis 2-4, Peter Seymour 1-5, Bryce Wehrli 1-3, Venezio 1-4, Garrett Houston 0-4, Nathan Carr 0-2, Jake Slaybaugh 1-3, Robert Simmons 0-3, Nick LaGrandeur 0-1.
2B — Davis 1; RBI — Davis 2, Seymour 2, Nielsen 1, Wehrli 1, Venezio 1.
Firecracker
Tournament
POLSON — Dalton Molzhon tossed a 1-hitter and Zeke Webster-Yaqui and Robbie Gauthier both went 2-for-3 as the Mission Valley Mariners A opened their Firecracker Tournament Thursday with a 10-1 victory over the Dillon Cubs.
Molzhon struck out four batters in the five-inning American Legion baseball game and walked six.
Wester-Yaqui and Cole McArthur both doubled for Mission Valley.
In other tournament play, Libby’s Loggers (17-16 overall) earned a split.
Jared Winslow went the distance — seven innings — in Libby’s 5-2 triumph over the Hamilton Red Sox. He gave up eight hits, but fanned nine and did not issue a walk.
“Jared threw a really good game for us,” Libby coach Kelly Morford said.
“He gave up a few hits, but we shut them down.”
The Missoula Pioneers rode the strong pitching of Kyle Booi for a 6-0 win over Libby. Booi allowed three hits, struck out eight and walked one.
“Booi shut us down,” Morford said. “We couldn’t get anything going.”
Libby has the day off from tournament play today, but returns to face Mission Valley Mariners B on Saturday at 4 p.m.
The Mariners B had one outing on Thursday, losing to the Missoula Pioneers 17-1.
In Thursday’s other outing, Walla Walla, Wash., dropped the Mission Rockies 9-1.
Dillon Cubs 100 00 — 1 1 4
Mission Valley A 800 2x — 10 9 0
Logan Wilson, Dustin Cross (1) and NA: Dalton Molzhon and NA. W — Molzhon. L — Wilson.
DILLON — Eathyn Peterson 0-1, MJ Simkins 0-2, Dilan Starkel 0-0, Dillon Womack 1-2, Cole Miotke 0-1, Gunnar Lafrentz 0-2, Logan Wilson 0-0, Jamey Richardson 0-1, Nathan Simkins 0-2, Joel Canfield 0-0 Dustin Cross 0-1.
MISSION VALLEY — Justin Evertz 1-2, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 2-3, Robbie Gauthier 2-3, Chris Clary 0-1, Nick Crawford 1-2, Michael Bournstein 0-2, Bradley Pichler 1-2, Cole McArthur 1-2, Molzhon 1-2.
2B—Webster-Yaqui, McArthur; RBIs—Womach; Webster-Yaqui (3), Gauthier, Crawford (2), Bournstein, McArthur.
Libby 012 110 0 — 5 7 0
Hamilton Red Sox 100 001 0 — 2 8 1
Jared Winslow and NA; Tuff Price, David McCoy (4) and Micah Germany. W — Winslow. L — Price.
LIBBY — Luke Haggerty 1-4, Will Reichel 1-3, Winslow 2-4, Germany 1-2, Andrew Haggerty 1-3, Matt Willis 0-1, Nic Robertson 0-3, Joshua Foote 1-2, Cameron Burkes 0-2, Isaak Jones 0-2.
HAMILTON — Kyle Crossman 1-3, Tanner Lehr 0-3, Chris Combs 3-3, Jake Capko 2-3, Trevor Zeiler 0-3, Price 0-1, Clark Lund 1-3, Nathan Loranger 1-3, Nick Sweitzer 0-2, Jackson Olson 0-1, David McCoy 0-2, Tucker Lehr 0-1.
2B—Combs; 3B—Combs; RBIs—L. Haggerty, Winslow, Willis, Robertson, Foote; Combs; Zeiler.
Libby 000 000 0 — 0 3 5
Missoula Pioneers 000 051 x — 6 10 3
Reichel, Germany (5) and Oliver Gruphenhoff; Kyle Booi and NA. W — Booi. L — Reichel.
LIBBY — L. Haggerty 0-4, Reichel 0-3, Winslow 0-2, Germany 1-3, Gruphenhoff 0-2, A. Haggerty 1-3, Robertson 1-3, Foote 0-3, Burkes 0-3.
MISSOULA — Ben Metz 4-4, Booi 1-3, Cody Oliver 2-4, TJ Porter 0-3, Luke Bewley 1-3, Ryan Krstulich 0-1, Brandon DeYoung 1-3, Curtis Meiers 0-2, Austin McGill 1-1, Bryden Koke 0-1, Evan Colyer 0-1, Lane Colyer 0-1.
2B—Germany; Metz (2), Oliver, Bewley, DeYoung; RBIs—Oliver (3), Bewley (2), DeYoung.
Missoula Pioneers 038 33 — 17 18 1
Mission Valley B 000 10 — 1 4 2
L. Colyer and NA; Jared Young, Quinn Harlan and NA; W —? L. Colyer. L — Young.
MISSOULA — L. Colyer 4-5, Booi 3-5, Oliver 2-4, Porter 1-2, Bewley 2-4, E. Colyer 2-3, DeYoung 1-1, Koke 1-2, Austin McGill 1-4, Krstulich 1-1.
MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 0-1, Brennen Andrews 0-2, Alex Killian 0-3, David Cleveland 2-3, Harlan 0-1, Jacob Harrod 0-2, Bradley Cannon 0-0, Young 0-1, JT Probst 0-2, Mike Bournstein 1-1, Aaron Rasmussen 1-1.
2B—Bewley, E. Colyer, DeYoung; HR—Oliver, Porter; RBIs—Oliver (4), Porter (2), Bewley (3), DeYoung, Koke, McGill (2), Krstulich.
Mission Rockies 100 000 — 1 0 1
Walla Walla 410 202 — 9 6 4
WP: Zack Zehner. LP—James Rulison.