Twins AA rally for first win; Lakers AA sweep Belgrade

WHITEFISH — The Glacier Twins AA snapped an 11-game losing streak Sunday afternoon at Memorial Park by rallying for a 9-8 victory over the Calgary Redbirds in the second game of a nonconference American Legion baseball doubleheader.

Jeremy Nielsen scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning. He reached on a double, moved to third on a sac bunt by Garrett Houston and then scored on a throwing error to first.

Glacier trailed 8-3 after three innings, but scored four times in the bottom of the fourth and once in the fifth to tie it up.

“We needed the win,” Glacier Twins coach Scott Murray said. “It’s starting to come together. I’m pretty proud of them for never giving up.”

Glacier almost rallied for a win in the opener, scoring twice in the bottom of the sixth and adding one more run in the seven before falling 7-6.

“(Hugh) Ramlow pitched fabulous (in Game 2),” Murray said.

“(Cory) Davis closed both games on short reps.”

Ramlow fanned three, walked two, allowed five hits and just one run in 5 1/3 innings on the mound.

Glacier also outhit Calgary in both contests, 9-7 and 12-8, respectively.

Nielsen was 3-for-3 in the first game. Houston and Davis both had two hits.

Nielsen went 3-for-5 in the finale while Nathan Carr was 3-for-4. Bryce Wehrli was 2-for-3.

Glacier (1-11) hosts the Kootenai Valley Rangers A on Tuesday for one nine-inning game starting at 5 p.m.

Game 1

Calgary Redbirds 014 200 0 — 7 7 1

Glacier Twins AA 200 102 1 — 6 9 4

G. Armitage and M. Zanutto; Conner Donahue, Bryce Wehrli (3), Cory Davis (7) and Robert Simmons. W — Armitage. L — Wehrli.

CALGARY — K. Kostiuk 0-5, T. Grant 1-4, M. Bellevue 1-2, N. Bumstead 0-1, W. Johnston 2-3, A. Bishop 0-3, Zanutto 2-4, J. McPhee 0-2, T. Higa 1-4.

GLACIER — Shane Marcial 0-3, Jake Slaybaugh 0-4, Jeremy Nielsen 3-3, Garrett Houston 2-4, Wehrli 0-2, Davis 2-3, Nathan Carr 1-2, Donahue 0-3, Simmons 0-2, Nick LaGrandeur 1-1.

RBIs—Bumstead, Zanutto (2), Higa; Nielsen, Houston.

Game 2

Calgary Redbirds 431 000 00 — 8 8 3

Glacier Twins AA 201 410 01 — 9 12 0

Bumstead, Grant (7) and Zanutto; Lucas Lee, Hugh Ramlow (2), Davis (8) and Simmons, Houston (4). W — Davis. L — Grant.

CALGARY — Kostiuk 2-4, Grant 1-3, Bellevue 1-3, Bumstead 1-3, Johnston 2-4, Armitage 0-3, Zanutto 1-4, Bishop 0-3, S. McNish 0-4.

GLACIER — Marcial 1-3, Slaybaugh 1-3, Nielsen 3-5, Houston 1-4, Wehrli 2-3, Davis 0-4, Carr 3-4, Donahue 1-4, Simmons 0-1, Ramlow 0-2, LaGrandeur 0-1.

2B—Kostiuk; Nielsen; RBIs—Bellevue (2), Bumstead (2), Johnston, Zanutto, Bishop; Marcial, Slaybaugh (2), Wehrli.

Lakers 13,

Belgrade 12 (13)

Lakers 10, Belgrade 0

Dillon Eaves scored from third in the bottom of the 13th inning when Kendrick Lee beat out a ground ball that Belgrade was trying to turn a double play on, giving the Kalispell Lakers AA a wild victory in the first game of a nonconference doubleheader.

Kalispell stranded 20 base runners in that contest and failed to score the winning run from third base in both the 10th and 11th innings.

Hank McLeod threw a no-hitter in the second game that went three innings to give the Lakers (7-4) the sweep.

“I’m pleased with our mentality,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said.

“We were down to our last out four different innings and managed to tie the ball game. That’s much improved from last week.”

Adam Frandsen went 3-for-6 in the opener and drove in four runs for the Lakers. Nate Bengston was also 3-for-6 with one RBI.

Dillon Matteson tripled for Kalispell.

McLeod fanned three and issued two walks.

Kalispell’s next action is its Canadian Days Tournament, which begins Friday.

Game 1

Belgrade 420 400 010 010 0 — 12 13 9

Kalispell 360 001 010 010 1 — 13 13 3

Ruff, Grier (3), Switzer (6) and Switzer, NA; Sid Schenck, Louie Freudenburg (4), Cody Dopps (11) and Kendrick Lee. W — Dopps. L — Switzer.

BELGRADE — Franklin 1-4, Mitchell 3-5, Mahn 3-6, Switzer 2-5, Gilbreath 1-6, Shrekengust 1-6, Hinkle 0-6, Grier 2-6, Ruff 0-4.

KALISPELL — Dillon Matteson 1-5, Charlie Obermiller 1-5, Dopps 0-4, Dillon Eaves 2-5, Sean O’Connell 1-4, Adam Frandsen 3-6, Lee 1-4, Zach Personett 0-1, Jake Johnson 1-4, Nate Bengston 3-6.

2B—Switzer, Mahn; Frandsen, Lee, O’Connell; 3B—Franklin; Matteson; RBIs—Mitchell, Mahn (2), Switzer (4), Gilbreath, Shrekengust (2); Matteson, Eaves, O’Connell (2), Frandsen (4), Lee (2), Johnson, Bengston.

Game 2

Belgrade 000 — 0 0 6

Kalispell Lakers AA 208 — 10 6 0

Shrekengust and Penko; Hank McLeod and Frandsen. W — McLeod. L — Shrekengust.

BELGRADE — Franklin 0-0, Orcutt 0-2, Gilbreath 0-2, Hinkle 0-1, Grier 0-1, Shrekengust 0-0, Penkel 0-1, Colvin 0-1, Ruff 0-1.

KALISPELL — Obermiller 1-2, Dopps 1-1, Eaves 0-3, O’Connell 1-2, Frandsen 0-2, Schenck 1-3, Bengston 1-2, Matt McLean 0-1, Personett 1-2.

2B—Bengston, O’Connell; RBIs—Obermiller, O’Connell (4), Frandsen (2), Schenck, McLean.

Mariners A 10,

Twins A 0

POLSON — Justin Evertz threw a no-hitter and Robbie Gauthier tripled and homered as the Mission Valley Mariners whipped the Glacier Twins in Class A American Legion play.

Evertz had 10 strikeouts and issued one walk in the fourth inning.

Gauthier’s home run came in the first inning. It was his second of the season.

He tripled in the second and finished with three RBIs.

Zeke Webster-Yaqui went 3-for-3 for the Mariners. Evertz and Dalton Molzhon were both 2-for-3.

The Mariners had 14 hits.

“Overall a great day,” Mariners coach Jami Hanson said.

“It was Mother’s Day, all the mothers on both teams got carnations. A great crowd, kids played well.”

The Mariners (8-2) host the Missoula Mavs A for a 1 p.m. doubleheader on Sunday.

Glacier Twins A 000 000 — 0 0 8

Mission Valley 420 103 — 10 14 1

James Ratzliff and Kyler Hawke; Justin Evertz and Jack Humphreys. W — Evertz, 2-0. L — Ratzliff.

GLACIER — Jay Fagerland 0-3, Nakia Alexender 0-3, Trevor Houston 0-3, Zac Darling 0-1, Ratzliff 0-2, Hawke 0-2, Colton Wild 0-2, Treven Turgeon 0-2, Chris Joy 0-2.

MISSION VALLEY — Humphreys 0-4, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 3-3, Robbie Gauthier 2-3, Chris Clary 1-3, Evertz 2-3, Austin Von Tom 1-3, Jacob Young 2-4, Bradley Pichler 1-3, Dalton Molzhon 2-3.

2B—Evertz; 3B—Gauthier; HR—Gauthier; RBIs—Gauthier (3), Young.

Libby 12, Rangers 8

Rangers 10, Rockies 0

LIBBY — Libby wrapped up play in its Loggertown Wood Bat Classic with a victory over the Kootenai Valley Rangers.

The Loggers finished the tourney with a 2-2 mark. Kootenai Valley defeated the Mission Valley Rockies for a 1-3 tournament record.

Bryton Guckenberg threw a no-hitter for the Rangers. He fanned 10 Rockies and allowed five walks.

Guckenberg was also a force at the plate with two hits in three at-bats and one RBI. He also scored twice.

Micah Germany held Kootenai Valley to four hits in the Loggers victory. He struck out 10 and walked four.

Germany was one of three Loggers to get two hits in that contest. Jared Winslow and Oliver Gruphenhoff also had two hits apiece.

The Calgary Redbirds finished the tournament 4-0 thanks to a 5-0 victory over the Missoula Pioneers (2-2). Mission Valley Rockiers were 1-3 in the tournament.

Kootenai Valley 000 800 0 — 8 4 6

Libby Loggers 404 013 x — 12 9 2

R.J. Glover, Austin Perez (3) and Caleb Curtiss; Micah Germany and Oliver Gruphenhoff. W — Germany. L — Perez.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Kade Davis 1-4, CJ Henrie 1-2, Ryan Holder 0-3, Bryton Guckenberg 0-3, Dalton Smith 1-3, Nick Rackley 0-3, Caleb Curtiss 0-3, Gallen Sullivan 0-1, Austin Perez 1-2, RJ Glover 0-3.

LIBBY — Will Reichel 1-4, Jared Winslow 2-3, Germany 2-4, Luke Haggerty 0-2, Gruphenhoff 2-4, Andrew Haggerty 0-2, Nick Robertson 1-3, Matt Willis 1-3, Josh Foote 0-1, Cameron Burkes 0-1, Creede Garcia 0-0.

RBIs—Davis (3), Smith (2), Perez (2); Germany (2), Gruphenhoff, A. Haggerty, Robertson, Willis.

Kootenai Valley 403 12 — 10 11 1

Mission Valley Rockies 000 00 — 0 0 2

Bryton Guckenberg and Dalton Smith; Jeremiah Crawford, Eric Milner (2) and Warren Wood, James Rulison. W — Guckenberg. L — Crawford.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Kade Davis 1-3, CJ Henrie 2-2, Ryan Holder 1-3, Guckenberg 2-3, Smith 2-4, Nick Rackley 1-3, RJ Glover 2-2, Austin Perez 0-3, Gallen Sullivan 0-3.

MISSION VALLEY — Nick Grogan 0-1, Ryan Turner 0-2, Warren Wood 0-1, James Rulison 0-2, Milner 0-3, Crawford 0-1, Davin Sorrell 0-0, Chris Geiber 0-1, Ryan Anderson 0-1, Keith Woodward 0-2, Damian Mathis 0-2, Branson Krebs 0-0.

RBIs—Henrie, Holder, Guckenberg (2), Smith (2), Glover (2).

Bucs 5, Lakers A 4

Bucs 10, Lakers A 0

FLORENCE — The Bitterroot Bucs (13-4) swept a Class A doubleheader from the Kalispell Lakers.

Kalispell’s next action is Friday at its Canadian Days Tournament.

Game 1

Kalispell 200 011 0 — 4 6 4

Bucs 120 020 x — 5 6 4

Justin Wallace and Tucker Rauthe. Riley Phillips and Kadin Beller. W – Phillips (3-1). L – Wallace.

Game 2

Kalispell 000 00 — 0 2 3

Bucs 600 4x — 10 6 1

Luke LaFontaine, Dylan Torgerson (2), Skyler Brown (4), Daniel Satterfield (4) and Brenden Windauer. Jared Schultz, Justin Beierle (5) and Kyle Anderson. W – Schultz (2-0). L – LaFontaine.