Lakers AA, A both 3-1 in Canadian Days Tournament baseball action

The Edmonton Cardinals scored five runs in the final four innings to claim an 8-5 victory over the Kalispell Lakers in the final game of the Canadian Days AA Tournament at Griffin Field on Sunday afternoon.

The loss was the first for the Lakers after three American Legion baseball tournament wins.

“We jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but Edmonton did what good teams do ... chip away at the lead,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said.

“We had some opportunities later in the game to score, but we were a little too passive deeper in the count.”

Cody Dopps doubled and homered (sixth inning) in three plate appearances for the Lakers and drove in three runs. He has four round-trippers for the season.

Markus Fergusson, also 3-for-3, doubled twice and homered to lead Edmonton. He had two RBIs.

In a late-night Saturday tournament game with Edmonton, the Lakers won that meeting 5-2 thanks to a standout pitching performance by Dillon Eaves. He went the distance, striking out nine and walking just two batters in seven innings. He gave up five singles and one double.

Kalispell also finished with a 3-1 mark in tournament play last year.

“Overall, we played pretty clean baseball,” Malmin said over the three days.

“We’ve had minimal errors. We made routine plays and executed defensive situations real well. I’m impressed with the progress of the kids.”

Kalispell (10-5) plays a single game at the Libby Loggers A on Wednesday, 6:05 p.m., followed by a trip to Billings for the three-day Memorial Day Tournament on Saturday.

Edmonton 111 220 1 — 8 13 2

Kalispell 400 010 0 — 5 7 1

Mitchell St. Laurant and Logan Wedgewood; Sid Schenck, Louis Freudenburg, (5), Cody Dopps (7) and Kendrick Lee. W — St. Laurant. L — Schenck.

EDMONTON — Wedgewood 2-4, Derek Shedden 1-4, A. Kotscherofski 1-4, Markus Fergusson 3-3, Ryley Ross 0-4, Russell Rockwell 2-3, Garrett Perlette 2-3, Brenden Wiun 0-3, Matthew Courneya 1-3, Carson Bokenfor 1-1.

KALISPELL — Dillon Matteson 0-3, Charlie Obermiller 0-2, Dopps 3-3, Dillon Eaves 1-3, Sean O’Connell 0-3, Adam Frandsen 0-2, Schenck 0-1, Lee 1-3, Nate Bengston 1-3, Jake Johnson 0-2, Louie Freudenburg 1-1.

2B—Perlette, Fergusson (2), Rockwell; Dopps. 3B—Shedden. HR—Fergusson; Dopps. RBIs—Wedgewood (3), Kotscherofski, Fergusson (2); Dopps (3), Bengston.

Kalispell Lakers A 7,

Edmonton A 3

Brendan Windauer hit a home run in the second inning and Justin Wallace tripled in a run in the third as the Kalispell Lakers defeated Edmonton to finish with a 3-1 record in the Canadian Days A Tournament at Archie Roe Field.

The Lakers are now 6-10 overall on the American Legion baseball season.

“The team played hard, showed a lot of resilience,” Lakers coach Tim Severson said.

“They are coming together real nice. Everyone is chipping in, doing their part. It was a good team victory.”

Edmonton    110    010    0    —     3    NA        NA

Kalispell A    013    300    x    —    7    13        NA

WP — Justin Wallace.

EDMONTON — NA

KALISPELL — Wallace 3-4, Tucker Rauthe 1-4, Dalton Meredith 1-3, Brendan Windauer 2-3, Jonathan Centner 0-1, Colton Wiley 2-2, Chris Sibley 0-1, Luke LaFontaine 1-3, Skylar Brown 0-2, Nathan Brown 1-3, Jake Barstow 2-3.

3B—Wallace; HR—Windauer; RBIs—Windauer (2), Wallace, Rauthe, Wiley (2), Meredith.

Sherwood Park 4,

Glacier 3

The Glacier Twins wrapped up three days of Canadian Days AA Tournament play at Griffin field with a loss to Sherwood Park. That gave the Twins a 2-2 mark in this annual event.

Sherwood Park scored two runs in the bottom half of the seventh inning to win it.

Glacier outhit Sherwood Park 10-6, led by Garrett Houston, 2-for-4, Robert Simmons, 2-for-3, and Logan Harwood, 2-3.

“We hit well this weekend,” Glacier coach Scott Murray said.

“Connor Donahue came back on short rest and pitched three really good innings. Two hits is all they got off of him.”

Donahue pitched the first three innings. He struck out four Sherwood Park hitters and walked three.

Glacier (5-13) plays at the Kootenai Valley Rangers on Wednesday, 5 p.m.

Glacier 002 100 0 — 3 10 0

Sherwood Park 000 020 2 — 4 6 2

Conner Donahue, Isaak Venezio (4), Cory Davis (7) and Robert Simmons: N. Werre, O. Renwick (7) and Clay Davis. W — Renwick. L — Davis.

GLACIER TWINS — Jeremy Nielsen 0-4, Shane Marcial 1-4, Carl Talsma 1-4, Garrett Houston 2-4, Jake Slaybaugh 0-3, Davis 1-3, Nathan Carr 0-2, Simmons 2-3, Logan Harwood 2-3, Bryce Wehrli 1-1.

SHERWOOD PARK DUKES — D. Olson 1-4, J. Williams 1-2, D. Brown 2-3, R. Moskaluk 1-4, T. Oullet 0-2, Davis 0-2, C. Schneider 1-1, C. Viger 0-2, R. Lehman 0-1, C. Dickson 0-2, R. Thrasher 0-1, A. Penner 0-1.

3B—Simmons; Brown. RBI—Harwood (2); Brown (2), Moskaluk.

Kootenai Valley 4, Libby 0

EUREKA — Bryton Guckenberg and Austin Perez combined on a 2-hitter as the Kootenai Valley Rangers (10-5) defeated Libby.

Guckenberg had eight strikeouts in four innings on the mound, while Perez (3-1) fanned four in five inning. Both pitchers gave up one single.

“We pitched very well,” Eureka coach Brent Holder said. “Austin walked into a little trouble in the top of the ninth, then got himself out of it.”

Libby had runners on first and second with two outs, but the Rangers turned a double play to end the contest.

Guckenberg helped his cause by driving in one run. Kade Davis also had an RBI.

“Both teams were a little bit sloppy,” Holder said of the five errors each by both clubs.

“We left 11 runners on base today.”

Eureka had the bases loaded with no outs in the fifth inning, but Libby turned a double play and followed with a route infield play for the final out on a ground ball.

The Rangers host the Glacier Twins AA on Wednesday for one nine-inning game, 5 p.m.

Libby 000 000 000 — 0 2 5

Kootenai Valley 100 001 02x — 4 4 5

Micah Germany, Luke Haggerty (4), Nick Robertson (8) and Oliver Grupenhoff, Germany (4); Bryton Guckenberg, Austin Perez (5) and Kade Davis, Gallen Sullivan (8). W — Perez, 3-1. L — Germany.

LIBBY — Will Reichel 0-4, Jared Winslow 1-4, L. Haggerty 0-4, Germany 0-0, Grupenhoff 0-4, Robertson 0-3, Andrew Haggerty 0-3, Matt Willis 0-2, Cameron Burkes 0-2, I. Jones 0-1, C. Johnson 1-2.

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

2B—Guckenberg; RBIs—Davis, Guckenberg.

Mission Valley 3,

Missoula 2

Mission Valley 11, Missoula 1

POLSON — Mission Valley Mariners A opened conference play by sweeping a doubleheader with the Missoula Mavs.

Austin Von Tom (2-1) went the distance in the opener on the mound, striking out six Mavs, issuing just one walk and surrendering four singles.

Justin Evertz smacked his first home run of the season, a solo shot to left field to lead off the fourth inning.

Dalton Molzhon doubled in the winning run in the sixth inning with two outs.

In the second contest, the Mariners exploded for nine runs in the first inning as they sent 13 batters to the plate and clubbed seven hits.

Zeke Webster-Yaqui doubled twice and drove in three runs in that inning. Jacob Young also doubled in the first, while Dalton Molzhon singled in two.

Kellen Hoyt (3-1) pitched all seven innings for Mission Valley. He struck out six and walked five.

Mission Valley has won 10 straight after opening the season with a pair of losses to the Missoula Mavs AA squad.

The Mariners play a doubleheader at the Kalispell Lakers A on Friday, 6 p.m.

Game 1

Missoula Mavs A 200 000 0 — 2 4 2

Mission Valley A 100 101 x — 3 7 0

Anthony Hilliard and Kip Zetos; Austin Von Tom and Jack Humphreys. W — Von Tom, 2-1. L — Hilliard.

MISSOULA — Ryan Anderson 0-3, Jackson King 1-2, Jacob Jewett 0-2, Austin Bohnsack 1-1, Trevor Dickey 1-2, Tony Hilliard 0-1, Walker Kay 0-3, Ian Deschamps 0-1, Trevor Cunningham 1-2, Jacob Bierig 0-1.

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

2B—Molzhon; HR—Evertz; RBIs—Bierig; Evertz, Von Tom, Molzhon.

Game 2

Missoula Mavs A 010 000 0 — 1 4 1

Mission Valley A 910 010 x — 11 11 1

Zetos, Bohnsack (2) and Deschamps; Kellen Hoyt and Humphreys. W — Hoyt, 3-1. L — Zetos.

MISSOULA — Anderson 0-3, King 1-2, Jewett 0-2, Bohnsack 1-1, Dickey 1-2, Hilliard 0-1, Kay 0-3, Deschamps 0-1, Cunningham 1-2, Bierig 0-1.

MISSION VALLEY — Humphreys 2-4, Webster-Yaqui 3-3, Gauthier 1-3, Clary 0-2, Evertz 0-0, Von Tom 1-2, Young 2-3, Hoyt 0-2, Molzhom 2-3.

2B—Webster-Yaqui, Young; RBIs—Humphreys, Webster-Yaqui (3), Gauthier, Von Tom, Young (3), Molzhon (2).