Baseball roundup: Lakers start league play 1-1

The Kalispell AA Lakers baseball team opened American Legion league play Sunday afternoon at Griffin Field by splitting with the Helena Senators.

Dillon Eaves struck out nine, issued no walks and scattered nine hits as the Lakers pulled out a 5-4 victory in nine innings.

He went the distance on the mound.

Helena was on the offensive in the other outing, clubbing 12 hits en route to a 11-2 victory in seven innings.

Kalispell (7-5 overall, 1-1 league) forced extra innings in its victory by pushing two runs across the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie it at 4-all.

Both teams left six runners on base in that outing.

Dillon Matteson had two of the Lakers’ seven hits and he drove in two runs.

Eaves tripled and had one RBI.

Eaves, Charlie Obermiller and Sean O’Connell each had a hit in the loss. Obermiller doubled in that game.

Up next for the Lakers is its Canadian Days Tournament. Play begins Friday and runs through Sunday.

Helena Senators 000 004 000 — 4 9 5

Kalispell Lakers 200 000 201 — 5 7 3

Ryan Estep and NA; Dillon Eaves and NA. W — Eaves. L — Estep.

HELENA — Tristan Shea 2-5, Troy Arnston 0-4, Brad Tiefenthaler 1-4, Dan Hansen 0-3, Joe Spradlin 2-4, Marcus Lindgren 2-4, Ryan Estep 1-4, Erik Emanuel 1-4, Coltin Volesky 0-4.

KALISPELL — Chris Combs 1-4, Dillon Matteson 2-4, Dillon Eaves 1-4, Adam Frandsen 1-4, Sean O’Connell 1-4, Charlie Obermiller 1-4, Jake Barstow 0-4, Hank McLeod 0-4, Luke LaFontaine 0-2, Justin Wallace 0-2.

2B—Shea, Lindgren; 3B—Eaves; RBIs—Hansen, Spradlin, Lindgren; Combs, Matteson (2), Eaves, Frandsen.

Helena Senators 113 120 3 — 11 12 1

Kalispell Lakers 000 000 2 — 2 3 7

Spradlin and NA; Wallace, McLeod (5), Colten Wiley (7) and NA. W — Spradlin. L — Wallace.

HELENA — Shea 1-4, Arnston 2-4, Tiefenthaler 1-5, Hansen 3-4, Spradlin 1-5, Lindgren 1-5, Estep 1-4, Tanner Rook 0-1, Volesky 2-4.

KALISPELL — Combs 0-3, Matteson 0-3, Eaves 1-2, Frandsen 0-3, O’Connell 1-3, Obermiller 1-3, Barstow 0-2, Lukas Leigh 0-3, LaFontaine 0-2.

2B—Tiefenthaler; Obermiller; 3B—Hansen; RBIs—Tiefenthaler, Hansen (3), Lindgren, Volesky (2); Obermiller, Barstow.

Calgary 10, Libby 0

LIBBY — Joel Campbell tossed a 1-hitter and Brad Prichbeck drove in three runs as the Calgary Redbirds blanked Libby in the championship game of the Loggertown Wood Bat Classic.

Libby’s Will Reichel singled with two outs in the bottom of the third inning to spoil Campbell’s no-hitter.

Campbell did not walk a batter in the five-inning contest and struck out four.

Libby finished the tournament with a 2-1 record. The Loggers are now 3-4 on the season.

The Redbirds and Loggers have played four times this season with the teams splitting those games.

The Loggers face the Glacier Twins B in nonconference play on Wednesday in Whitefish.

Calgary Redbirds 022 15 — 10 7 1

Libby Loggers 000 00 — 0 1 3

Joel Campbell and Tanner Dalman; Andrew Haggerty, Luke Haggerty (3), Collin Johnson (5) and Oliver Grupenhoff. W — Campbell. L — A. Haggerty.

CALGARY — Brody Stairs 2-3, Reid Paulhus 0-0, Nelson Lipsik 0-1, Tyler Bentley 0-1, Ty Scott 0-0, Michael Soroka 0-2, Jake Derwent 0-3, Luke Loomer 1-2, Sam Wilson 1-3, Patrick Shattery 0-0, Dalman 0-2, Adrien Malana 2-2, Brad Prichbeck 1-2.

LIBBY — Will Reichel 1-2, Jared Winslow 0-2, Micah Germany 0-2, Grupenhoff 0-2, L. Haggerty 0-2, A. Haggerty 0-2, Johnson 0-1, Austin Marshall 0-1, Dylon Lane 0-1, Cameron Burkes 0-1.

RBIs—Stairs, Loomer, Wilson (3), Malana (2), Prichbeck (3).

Missoula 11,

Kootenai Valley 5

LIBBY — A five-run third inning pulled Kootenai Valley within a run, trailing 6-5, but the Missoula Pioneers followed with a three-run fourth and pulled away from their for the victory at the Loggertown Wood Bat Classic.

Austin Perez had two hits for Kootenai Valley and Steven Eash had two RBIs.

Missoula Pioneers 024 311 — 11 10 3

Kootenai Valley 005 001 — 6 6 5

Troy Wolff and Brandon Deyoung; Austin Perez, Sam Hannay (3) and Gallen Sullivan. W — Wolff. L — Perez.

MISSOULA — Greg Pfister 2-4, Garrett Paakkonen 1-2, Aaron Gregg 0-5, Rand Pritzkau 0-4, Ryan Kristilich 2-4, Greg Maes 2-3, Deyoung 0-3, Easton Packard 2-4, Thomas Richenberg 0-0, Doug Womack 1-3, Brayden Krohlich 0-0.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — CJ Henrie 1-3, James Dunn 0-2, Owen Davis 0-1, Nick Rackley 0-3, Steven Eash 0-3, RJ Glover 1-3, Sullivan 1-3, Perez 2-2, Dawson Henrie 0-1, Hannay 0-1, Jamie Soderling 0-1, Brandon Con ard 1-2.

RBIs—Pfister, Paakkonen, Kristilich (2), Packard (2); Rackley, Eash (2), Perez, Conrad.