Legion baseball roundup: Glacier Twins upend Kalispell Lakers, 7-4

WHITEFISH — AJ Wetsch doubled and drove in a run and Austin Robins pitched the final five innings as the Glacier Twins A defeated the Kalispell Lakers A 7-4  in American Legion conference baseball action Thursday evening at Memorial Field.

Glacier held a 4-3 lead after four innings, but tallied three runs in the fifth to pull away.

Wetsch finished with two hits.

Robins walked just two batters and fanned seven. He allowed three hits.

Leif Ericksen and Tiler Whiteaker both had two hits each for Kalispell. Whiteaker had the team’s lone extra-base hit with a double.

The Twins (27-18-1) host the Havre Northstars in doubleheader action today beginning at 5:30 p.m.

The Lakers close out regular-season play on Saturday hosting the Twins for a single game beginning at 7 p.m.

The District Tournament follows in Kalispell July 23-26.

Kalispell A 000 301 000 — 4 6 2

Glacier A 002 230 00x — 7 12 4

WP— Austin Robins; LP— Logan DeCock.

KALISPELL — Micah Benson 1-4, Brooks Krause 0-5, Leif Ericksen 2-3, Tiler Whiteaker 2-4, Jayson Combs 0-2, Pat O’Connell 0-3, Lukas DeCock 0-5, Quin Barber 0-4, Logan DeCock 1-1, McCarvel 0-4.

GLACIER — Colton Gove 0-3, Jayce Fagerland 1-4, Tristin Steinwand 1-4, Kyler Howke 1-5, Jesse Walburn 1-2, AJ Wetsch 2-4, Austin Robins 1-1, Tyler Murphy 2-4, Colten Parker 1-4, Vincent Smith 2-5.

2B—Whiteaker; Wetsch; RBIs—Logan DeCock, McCarvel; Fagerland (2), Wetsch, Robins, Murphy, Smith.

Missoula AA 9, Kalispell AA 2

MISSOULA — Missoula broke a 2-all tie with four runs in the bottom half of the fifth inning and added three more in the eighth to claim the AA conference victory.

Levi Brenneman had three of Kalispell’s 11 hits in the contest. Charlie Obermiller and Walker Malmin had two each.

Brenneman and Colten Wiley had doubles for the Lakers.

Kalispell entertains Missoula on Saturday for a single game beginning at 3 p.m.

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Missoula 002 040 03x — 9 11 2

Sam Crompton, Walker Malmin (4) and Adam Frandsen. Austin Bohnsack, Travis Zander (8) and Slade Heggen. W - Bohnsack. L - Crompton.

KALISPELL — Brandon Maasen 0-4, Justin Rich 0-1, Levi Brenneman 3-5, Charlie Obermiller 2-4, Adam Frandsen 1-3, Andy Bemis 1-4, Walker Malmin 2-4, Brett Thomas 1-4, Colten Wiley 1-4, Justin Wallace 0-4.

MISSOULA — Slade Heggen 0-4, Jesson Preston 0-2, Shane Olson 0-4, Travis Zander 1-1, Josh Meader 1-4, Matt McHugh 3-4, Anthony Hilliard 1-4, Tanner Rheinschmidt 2-4, Jackson King 1-3, Jakob Bierig 2-4.

2B - Wiley, Frandsen, Bierig.