Legion baseball: Glacier Twins fall, Libby Loggers roll in tourney play
WHITEFISH — The Great Falls Chargers handed the Glacier Twins their first loss in the Sapa-Johnson Memorial American Legion baseball tournament late Friday evening.
Great Falls held the Twins to just three hits in a 6-1 victory.
The Twins topped the Meridian Rangers earlier in the day 8-4.
On Thursday in a late game, the Twins took a wild 11-10 contest from Lethbridge.
Against the Meridian Rangers, Austin Robins went 2 for 4 and drove in four runs for the Twins. Robins had the team’s lone extra-base hit — a double.
Jayce Fagerland and Peter Seymor also had two hits in that contest.
On Thursday, a Zac Darling RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning scored Austin Robins and gave the Twins the victory.
Lethbridge scored five times in the top of the seventh to take a 10-9 lead.
The tournament ends Sunday with the consolation final at 10 a.m. and the championship game at 1 p.m.
Friday
Great Falls 112 020 0 — 6 11 3
Glacier 100 000 0 — 1 3 3
C. Philp, J. McLean (5) and NA; Jayce Fagerland, Peter Seymor (4), James Ratzlaff (6) and Zac Darling. W — Philp. L — Fagerland.
GREAT FALLS — A. Bonilla 1-3, E. Willis 3-4, J. McLean 1-3, T. Pfennings 1-4, L. Poitra 0-3, K. Sykut 2-3, G. Cornwell 1-3, R. O’Connell 1-4, E. Collins 1-4.
GLACIER — Fagerland 0-3, Shane Marcial 0-2, Jake Slaybaugh 0-3, Seymor 1-3, Ratzlaff 1-3, Zac Darling 0-3, Robert Simmons 1-3, Austin Robins 0-2, Jason Newbury 0-2.
2B—Willis, Sykut; Seymor; RBIs—Willis, Poitra, Sykut, Cornwell;
Meridian 200 202 0 — 4 6 5
Glacier 111 401 x — 8 8 2
Carr, Pena (4) and NA; Hugh Ramlow, Austin Robins (7) and NA. W — Ramlow. L — Carr.
MERIDIAN — Kreft 1-4, Staggs 1-2, Toney 1-3, Cooper 1-4, Lainhart 1-3, Redford 0-2, Harris 0-3, Winkler 1-3, Kidd 0-3.
Jayce Fagerland 2-3, Shane Marcial 0-3, Austin Robins 2-4, Peter Seymor 2-4, Colton Gove 0-3, Kyler Howke 0-3, Zac Darling 1-2, Brandon Maassen 1-2, Ramlow 0-1.
2B—Cooper; Robins; RBIs—Staggs, Toney, Cooper, Lainhart; Fagerland, Marcial, Robins (4), Seymor, Maassen.
Thursday
Lethbridge 201 200 5 — 10 10 5
Glacier 210 402 2 — 11 13 6
Pearce and NA; Brandon Maassen, Peter Seymor (4), Austin Robins (7) and NA. W — Seymor. L — Pearce.
LETHBRIDGE — Johnston 0-4, Houghton 3-5, McDonald 1-4, Visser 0-5, Sakatch 1-4, Tetzlaff 3-4, Strate 0-3, Thiessen 1-3, Kiczula 1-4.
GLACIER — Jayce Fagerland 1-5, Shane Marcial 2-4, Jake Slaybaugh 1-4, Seymor 1-3, Colton Gove 1-3, Kyler Howke 1-4, Zac Darling 2-4, Robert Simmons 2-2, Maassen 0-0, Hugh Ramlow 1-3, Robins 1-1, James Ratzlaff 0-0.
2B—Houghton, Tetzlaff; Robins; HR—McDonald; RBIs—Houghton (2), McDonald (3), Sakatch, Tetzlaff (2); Marcial, Seymor, Gove, Darling, Simmons, Robins.
Lewiston Tournament
Libby 7, Lewis-Clark 0
Lewiston, Idaho — Micah Germany hit two doubles and a single and drove in five runs to power the Libby Loggers to a victory over the Lewis-Clark Cubs during second-day action at the Lewiston Tournament.
Oliver Grupenhoff and Andrew Haggerty both had two RBIs for the Loggers; and Will Reichel and Haggerty both had two hits.
Libby put the game away with a four-run fifth inning.
Libby is 2-0 in tournament play.
Libby 012 040 0 — 7 11 1
Lewis-Clark 000 000 0 — 0 5 3
Will Reichel and Oliver Grupenhoff; Max Schaffer and Cole Grijalva. W — Reichel. L — Schaffer.
LIBBY — Reichel 2-4, Luke Haggerty 0-3, Jared Winslow 1-3, Micah Germany 3-4, Grupenhoff 1-4, Andrew Haggerty 2-3, Collin Johnson 1-3, Josh Foote 1-2, Dylan Berget 0-1, Cameron Burkes 0-2, Austin Marshall 0-1.
Lewis-Clark — Darren Romero 2-3, Luke White 0-4, Jacob Ralstin 0-3, Saxton Wallace 1-4, Casey Callahan 0-4, Tyler Gay 0-2, Logan Chase 0-1, Joe Brintley 1-1, Tug Jones 1-3, Grijalva 0-2.
2B—Germany (2), Grupenhoff; RBIs—Winslow, Germany (5), Grupenhoff (2), A. Haggerty (2), Johnson, Foote.