Legion Baseball: Barber's no-hitter leads Lakers A

by The Daily Inter Lake
| July 5, 2014 11:50 PM

SPOKANE — The Kalispell Lakers A shrugged off an 0-2 Friday at the Spokane Wood Bat Classic with an emphatic 14-0 victory over the East Valley Knights in their final game of the tournament.

Quinn Barber threw a no-hitter for the Lakers, who used an 11-run second inning to support their ace’s gem.

Barber struckout seven Knights without surrendering a hit. The Lakers lone error thrawted Barber’s attempt at a perfect outing, but his teammates would make up for it by recording 14 hits in the rout.

Lukas DeCock led the charge offensively. He had the game’s only doubles, hitting two extra-base hits while going 3 for 3 from the plate. He and teammate Tyson Sperber each drove in a game-high three runs in the contest. Sperber was 3 for 4.

Patrick O’Connell also had a multi-hit day for the Lakers, finishing 2 for 3.

Leif Ericksen, Logan DeCock, Robert McCarvel Brooks Krause and Tucker Cronk added RBIs for Kalispell.

The Lakers are back in action on Monday, facing the Mission Valley Mariners at Griffin Field at 7 p.m.

East Valley Knights 000 00 — 0 0 5

Kalispell Lakers A 2(11)0 1 x — 14 11 1

Quinn Barber and Brooks Krause. Woodbury, Witt (3) and Witt, Howrey(3) W — Barber L — Woodbury.

EAST VALLEY — Kempe 0-2, Sager 0-2, Witt 0-1, Jensen 0-2, Rogers 0-1, Howrey 0-2 Olsonberg 0-2, Townley 0-2, Woodbury 0-1.

KALISPELL — Leif Ericksen 1-2, Quinn Barber 1-1, Logan DeCock 0-2, Lukas DeCock 3-3, Robert McCarvel 1-1, Tyson Sperber 3-4, Patrick O’Connell 2-3, Brooks Krause 1-3, Toren Bowden 0-3, Tucker Cronk 1-3, Gunnar Marsh 0-2.

2B — Lu. DeCock 2, Sperber. RBIs — Ericksen, Lo. DeCock Lu. DeCock 3, McCarvel, Sperber 3, Krause, Cronk.

Fourth of July

Firecracker Tournament

Mission Valley A 5, Cranbrook Bandits 0

POLSON — Alex Killian threw six scoreless innings before Ryan Pablo closed out the seventh as the Mission Valley Mariners A shut out the Cranbrook Bandits in the Fourth of July Tournament night cap.

Killian struckout nine Bandits in his six innings of work and allowed just three hits.

Pablo finished 2 for 4 at the plate with a double and two RBIs.

Trevor Paro added a triple and an RBI for the Mariners.

Cranbrook Bandits 000 000 0 — 0 5 0

Mission Valley A 040 001 x — 5 9 1

Devan Marra, Andrew Schubert (6) and Brandon Ouillette. Alex Killian, Ryan Pablo (7) and Bradley Pichler. W — Killian. L — Pablo.

CRANBROOK — Kei Chlopan 0-3, Brenden Bird 1-3, Brandon Ouillette 1-3, Devan Marra 2-4, Tyler Thorn 0-2, Jake Bromley 0-3, Cedar Kemp 1-2, Rylan Detchevery 0-2, Noah Rennete 0-2, Andrew Schubert 0-1.

MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 2-4, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 1-2, Cole Snyder 0-2, T.J. Olson 0-3, Bradley Pichler 0-3, Derek Peel 1-3, Jacob Harrod 2-3, Bransen Krebs 2-3, Trevor Paro 1-3.

2B — Pablo, Harrod. 3B — Paro. RBIs — Pablo 2, Krebs, Paro.

Libby Loggers 11,

Dillon Cubs 8

POLSON — The Libby Loggers, down to their final at-bat, scored seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat the Dillon Cubs at the 4th of July Firecracker American Legion Baseball Tournament on Saturday morning.

Dillon starting pitcher Caleb Peets had a 6-4 lead and 14 strikeouts before giving up one run and leaving the game during the Loggers’ huge seventh inning.

Libby jumped on Cubs relief pitcher Nate Simkins, constructing their final rally to win the game 11-8.

Erik Lauer and Dylan Lane each had two hits and two RBIs for the Loggers.

Libby Loggers 102 010 7 — 11 10 4

Dillon Cubs 320 100 2 — 8 10 3

Luke Haggerty, Cameron Burkes (4), Erik Lauer (4), Trace Tamarro (7) and Oliver Grupenhoff. Caleb Peets, Nate Simkins (7), Corey Renfree (7) and R.J. Fitzgerald. W — Lauer. L — Peets.

LIBBY — Cameron Burkes 1-5, Luke Haggerty 0-3, Will Reichel 3-3, Oliver Grupenhoff 1-3, Dylan Lane 2-3, Trace Tamarro 1-4, Erik Lauer 2-4, Austin Marshall 0-4, Collin Johnson 0-3, Braydon Thom 0-0.

DILLON — Eathyn Peterson 1-4, Nate Simkins 3-4, M.J. Simkins 0-2, Corey Renfree 0-1, Ethan Tatarka 0-3, R.J. Fitzgerald 2-4, Mark Waldrop 1-4, Chris Olson 2-4, Colby Minert 1-3.

2B — Grupenhoff. RBIs — Burkes, Haggerty, Reichel, Grupenhoff 1-3, Lane 2, Tamarro, Lauer 2, N. Simkins, Renfree, Tatarka 2, Fitzgerald 2, Olson, Minert.

Kootenai Valley 17,

Livingston Braves 3

POLSON — After falling behind 3-1 in the first inning, the Kootenai Valley Rangers scored 16 unanswered runs to take down the Livingston Braves in 4th of July Tournament play.

Austin Perez had 4 RBIs for the Rangers and pitched a complete game, striking out seven Braves.

Colton Henrie belted a home run for Kootenai Valley. He finished with 4 RBIs and a double.

Dalton Smith and James Dunn each had 2 RBIs for the Rangers.

Kootenai Valley 135 44 — 17 9 1

Livingston Braves 300 00 — 3 4 7

Austin Perez and Garret McNeil. Sterling Lay, Buck Spallone (5) and Sheldon Smith. W — Perez. L — Lay.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Colton Henrie 2-4, Nick Rackley 1-3, Dalton Smith 2-3, Austin Perez 1-3, Garret McNeil 0-2, Galen Sullivan 1-4, Dawson Henrie 0-2, Joe Schlarman 1-2m James Dunn 1-2.

LIVINGSTON — Kalvin Kunda 0-3, Sterling Lay 1-2, Buck Spallone 1-2, Mitch King 1-3, John Becker 0-3, Tristen Jenkins 1-1, Brock Peterson 0-2, Joey Peacher 0-2, Sheldon Smith 0-1.

2B — D. Smith, Sullivan, Dunn, Spallone. HR — C. Henrie. RBIs — C. Henrie 4, Rackley, D. Smith 2, Perez 4, D. Henrie, Dunn 2, King, Jenkins.

Helena Reps 10,

Mission Valley B 0

POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners B couldn’t overcome a six-run inning by the Helena Reps, dropping the 4th of July tournament game on Saturday.

Helena’s Henry Bowers struck out nine batters in his complete-game shut out.

Walter Wood, Jonah Burke, Justin Young and Russel Matt had hits for the Mariners.

Helena Reps 600 000 4 — 10 11 0

Mission Valley 000 000 0 — 0 4 7

Henry Bowers and Carter Pappas. Micah McClure, Raymond Matt (3) and Warren Wood. W — Bowers. L — McClure.

HELENA — Ryan Arnston 1-4, Kienan Stief 0-4, Payton Pappas 3-4, Carter Pappas 1-4, Ray Moore 0-1, Tanner McMahon 0-2, Tyer Simonson 0-3, Tristan Siegers 0-2, Ryan Dorvall 2-4, Eamonn 3-4, Caleb Jackson 1-3, Talon Buchard 0-1.

MISSION VALLEY — Raymond Matt 0-3, Brenen Abromeit 0-3, Walter Wood 1-3, Nyqolas Gillingham 0-2, Morgan Hoyt 0-1, Jonah Burke 1-2, Timothy Marshall 0-1, Justin Young 1-2, Noah McDonald 0-1, Russel Matt 1-3, Levi Trotter 0-0, Israel Umphrey 0-1, Warren Wood 0-2.

RBIs — Arntson, P. Pappas, Moore, Simonson, Dorvall, Byrne, Jackson.

Other Saturday Scores

Missoula Pioneers 4, Deerlodge Wranglers 1

Today’s Games

8:30 a.m. — Missoula Pioneers vs. Butte Muckers

11 a.m. — Cranbrook Bandits vs. Glacier Twins B

1:30 p.m. — Deer Lodge Wranglers vs. Libby Loggers

4 p.m. — Consolation Championship

6:30 p.m. — Championship Game