Legion baseball: Mariners drop two to Bitterroot Bucs

by The Daily Inter Lake
| July 20, 2013 11:53 PM

FLORENCE — The Bitterroot Bucs swept a Western A District American Legion baseball doubleheader against the Mission Valley Mariners Saturday, winning by scores of 8-2 and 8-7.

The Mariners outhit the Bucs in both games, but left a combined 19 men on base in the two seven-inning contests.

Bitterroot scored six runs in the first inning of its 8-2 win and cruised to a victory behind the pitching of Patrick Pape, who allowed two earned runs seven innings.

Tyler Thorson batted 2 for 3 with a home run and Kadin Beller went 3 for 3 with a double and a triple. Jared Young batted 2 for 3 to lead the Mariners.

The Mariners led 7-4 after six and a half innings of the other game, but the Bucs rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh for a walk-off win. Sage Hansen scored the winning run on a single by Austin Nogle. Hansen homered in the fourth and finished 3 for 3 with six RBIs. Thorson and Dylan Reed each batted 3 for 4 for the Bucs.

Alex Killian went 4 for 5 to lead the Mariners. Brennan Andrews was 3 for 3 and Ryan Pablo batted 3 for 5.

Mission Valley 010 010 0 — 2 8 2

Bitterroot 620 000 x — 8 6 1

Zeke Webster-Yaqui, Chris Drebes (5) and Alex Killian. Patrick Pape and Kadin Beller. W - Pape. L - Webste-Yaqui.

MISSION VALLEY - Ryan Pablo 1-4, Webster-Yaqui 1-3, Killian 0-2, Jeremiah Crawford 0-3, Brad Pichler 1-3, Bransen Krebs 1-3, TJ OIson 1-3, Jared Young 2-3, Brennan Andrews 1-3.

BITTERROOT - Dylan Reed 0-3, Tyler Thorson 2-3, Beller 2-3, Sage Hansen 1-4, Austin Nogle 0-2, Logan Lueck 0-0, Noah Baney 0-0, Tommy Shepard 0-2, Pape 1-3, Cody Rolshoven 0-3.

2B - Krebs, Pablo; Pape, Beller. 3B - Beller. HR - Thorson. RBIs - Pablo, Olson; Beller 2, Pape 2, Thorson, Shepard, Rolshoven.

Mission Valley 012 010 3 — 7 16 5

Bitterroot 100 201 4 — 8 11 1

Bradley Pichler, Chris Drebes (7) and Alex Killian. Tommy Shepard, Chance Sage (7) and Kadin Beller. W - Sage. L - Pichler.

MISSION VALLEY - Ryan Pablo 3-5, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 0-1, Killian 4-5, Jeremiah Crawford 1-4, Quinn Harlan 1-4, Bransen Krebs 1-5, TJ Olson 2-4, Keith Woodward 1-4, Brennan Andrews 3-3.

BITTERROOT - Dylan Reed 3-4, Tyler Thorson 3-4, Beller 1-4, Sage Hansen 3-3, Austin Nogle 1-2, Logan Lueck 0-3, Noah Baney 0-3, Jade Chimo 0-3, Cody Rolshoven 0-3.

2B - Killian 2, Andrews; Hansen. HR - Krebs; Hansen. RBIs - Pablo 2, Webster-Yaqui, Killian, Harlan, Krebs, Woodward; Hansen 6, Thorson, Nogle.

Missoula 6, Kootenai Valley 5

Missoula 10, Kootenai Valley 0

MISSOULA — The Mavericks’ A squad took control late in the first game of a doubleheader against Kootenai Valley, and rode that momentum to a con ference sweep.

With the Rangers leading 5-0, Missoula scored six runs in the final two innings of the opening game to win in a walk-off. That big push translated to five runs in the first inning of the nightcap, all the Mavericks would need in a five-inning shutout.

Galen Sullivan led the Rangers at the plate in the first game, going 3 for 4 with a pair of RBIs. The Rangers had just four hits in the follow up, one each from Sullivan, Colin Henrie, RJ Glover and Joe Schlarman.

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Missoula 000 005 1 — 6 6 2

Colin Henrie, Sam Hannay (7), Brandon Conard (7) and Galen Sullivan. Jakob Bierig, Aiden Collins (6) and Ian Descamps. W- Collins. L- Hannay.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — C. Henrie 0-3, Dawson Henrie 0-2, Jamie Soderling 0-1, Nick Rackley 0-3, RJ Glover 1-3, Dalton Smith 1-4, Sullivan 3-4, Steven Eash 1-3, Joe Schlarman 0-0, Christian Langston 1-3, Conard 0-1.

MISSOULA — Tyler Jewett 0-2, Jackson King 0-1, Connor McKillop 0-1, Trevor Dickey 0-2, Nick Yovetich 2-3, Ben Tabaracci 1-2, Zanon Fulbright 1-1, Austin Bohnsack 0-1, Josh Harrington 2-3, Austin Kominek 0-1, Josh Tabor 0-0, Descamps 0-3.

2B — Glover. RBI — Sullivan 2, Langston 1. Fulbright 1, Bohnsack 1, Harrington 1.

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Missoula 502 03 — 10 9 3

RJ Glover and Galen Sullivan. Trevor Dickey and Aiden Collins. W- Dickey. L- Glover.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Colin Henrie 1-2, Sullivan 1-3, Nick Rackley 0-3, Glover 1-3, Dalton Smith 0-3, Austin Perez 0-2, James Dunn 0-1, Dawson Henrie 0-1, Joe Schlarman 1-2, Branden Conard 0-2.

MISSOULA — Jackson King 1-2, Jakob Bierig 1-3, Josh Tabor 0-2, Zannon Fulbright 0-2, Walker Kay 1-3, Travis Zander 1-2, Aiden Collins 2-2, Kaaden Wilson 2-2, Trevor Cunningham 1-3.

2B — Aiden Collins 2, Kaaden Wilson. RBI — Bierig 2, Kay 2, Zander 1, Collins 1, Wilson 2, Cunningham 1.