Personett, Dopps HR as Lakers rally past Loggers; Rangers beat Twins
LIBBY — Zach Personett hit two home runs and Cody Dopps added another as Kalispell Lakers AA pulled out a wild 13-5 victory in eight innings over the Libby Loggers on Wednesday in American Legion baseball play.
Kalispell scored once in the top half of the ninth to tie it, then eight times in the eighth to win it.
It was Dopps’ fifth home run of the season and his second in two games.
“We played really well until the end,” Libby coach Kelly Morford said.
“We didn’t execute a few bunts, made a few errors and it ended up costing us the game. We played pretty solid for eight innings, just didn’t finish off.”
He said Jared Winslow “had another solid game pitching.”
Winslow held Kalispell scoreless in his five innings on the mound. He finished with six strikeouts, one walk and allowed four hits.
Kalispell outhit Libby 16-11. Sean O’Connell was 4-for-6 with two RBIs for the Lakers. He also tripled.
Jake Johnson was 3-for-6 with a double.
Dillon Matteson had the Lakers other double.
Luke Haggerty was 3-for-4 for Libby. Micah Germany and Will Reichel had two hits each.
“We did pretty well at the plate,” Morford said, “but not at the end when it counted.”
Libby plays a Saturday doubleheader at Sandpoint, Idaho.
Up next for Kalispell (11-5) is a weekend trip to Billings for a Memorial Day Tournament.
Kalispell AA 000 002 201 8 — 13 16 2
Libby A 200 101 010 0 — 5 11 6
Hank McLeod, Adam Frandsen (7), Louis Freudenburg (9), Cody Dopps (9) and Dopps, Kendrick Lee (9); Jared Winslow, Tanner Tammaro (6), Will Reichel (8), Luke Haggerty (9), Creede Garcia (9), Oliver Grupenhoff (9) and Micah Germany. W — Freudenburg. L — Haggerty.
KALISPELL — Charlie Obermiller 1-7, Freudenburg 2-6, Lee 0-0, Dopps 1-4, Sean O’Connell 4-6, Frandsen 1-5, Zach Personett 2-5, Matt McLean 0-2, Dillon Matteson 1-3, McLeod 1-3, Dillon Eaves 0-1, Jake Johnson 3-6.
LIBBY — L. Haggerty 3-4, Winslow 1-4, Germany 2-4, Gruphenhoff 1-5, Garcia 1-5, Cameron Burkes 0-0, Andrew Haggerty 0-5, Nick Robertson 0-2, Josh Foote 1-2, Matt Willis 0-2, Tammaro 0-2, Reichel 2-5.
2B—Frandsen, Matteson, Johnson; 3B—O’Connell; HRs—Dopps; Personnett (2); RBIs—Freudenburg, Dopps (3), O’Connell (2), Frandsen, Personett (5), Johnson; L. Haggerty, Winslow (2), Gruphenhoff, Robertson.
Kootenai Valley 11, Glacier 7
EUREKA — Leadoff hitter Kade Davis doubled twice and belted a home run as the Kootenai Valley Rangers rallied for an American Legion baseball victory over Glacier Twins AA.
Davis, 4-for-5, finished with six RBIs.
“He was pretty big at the plate,” Eureka coach Brent Holder said.
Ryan Holder, Bryton Guckenberg, Reggie Glover and Nick Rackely all had two hits each as the Rangers totaled 13 for the nonconference game.
Guckenberg matched Davis in doubles with two. Holder and Glover had the other two doubles.
Glacier led 4-1 after two innings, but the Rangers put the game away with a five-run eighth inning.
“We came back from those first four,” coach Holder said.
“Five errors in the first two innings.”
He said Dalton Smith “settled down, pitched well. We kept hitting the ball. After the second inning, we played pretty well for the last seven.”
Kootenai Valley (11-5 overall) is back in action Wednesday at Libby.
The Glacier Twins AA (5-14) play in the Missoula Memorial Day Tournament, which begins Friday.
Glacier 31 0 000 111 — 7 8 2
Kootenai Valley 100 203 05x — 11 13 5
Connor Donohue, Peter Seymour (3), Isacc Venezio (5), Carl Talsma (7) and Garrett Houston. Ryan Holder, Dalton Smith (7), Bryton Guckenberg (9) and Kade Davis. W — Smith. L — Talsma
Glacier — Shane Marcial 1-3, Jake Slaybaugh 0-3, Talsma 1-3, Seymour 0-2, Houston 0-2, Cory Davis 1-5, Nathan Carr 2-5, Donohue 1-5, Robert Simmons 2-5, Venezio 0-1.
2B — Carr, Donohue. RBI — Talsma 2, Davis 1, Carr 1, Donohue 1
Kootenai Valley — Kade Davis 4-5, CJ Henrie 0-4, Holder 2-5, Guckenberg 2-4, Smith 1-4, Reggie Glover 2-5, Nick Rackley 2-4, Gallen Sullivan 0-4, Austin Perez 0-1, Mark Good 0-1.
2B — Davis (2), Holder, Guckenberg (2), Glover, HR — Davis. RBI — Davis (6), Guckenberg 1, Glover 1, Rackley 1.