State Legion Baseball: Twins top Lewiston, reach semifinals

by The Daily Inter Lake
| July 30, 2014 11:29 PM

LEWISTOWN — The Glacier Twins moved a step closer to capturing the Montana/Alberta American Legion State A baseball championship Wednesday evening with a 6-1 tournament victory over Lewistown in quarterfinal play at Ryan Sparks Field.

Glacier (34-20-1) tallied four runs in the third inning to take a 5-1 lead and never looked back.

Vincent Smith, 3 for 4, and Colten Parker, 2 for 4, had two RBIs each.

Colten Gove, 3 for 5, scored two runs, along with Smith.

Jayce Fagerland, 2 for 4, Tyler Murphy, Gove and Smith had doubles.

Murphy relieved starting pitcher Jesse Walburn after four innings. He struck out five, walked two and allowed three hits in four innings on the mound.

Parker pitched the ninth inning.

Glacier will face Laurel today at 4 p.m. in semifinal play.

Glacier 104 000 010 — 6 13 2

Lewistown 010 000 000 — 1 7 1

Jesse Walburn, Tyler Murphy (5), Colten Parker (9) and NA; Tyler Lee and NA. W — Walburn; L — Lee.

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

LEWISTOWN — Andrew Lalum 0-4, Eric Knox 1-4, Tre Bradley 0-5, Tyler Lee 1-4, Cordelle Gallagher 0-3, Collin Hartford 0-2, Jace Davis 3-4, Thomas Ayers 0-4, Luke Westbrook 2-4.

2B—Fagerland, Murphy, Gove, Smith; RBIs—Parker (2), Smith (2), Walburn.

Laurel 4,

Mission Valley 3

LEWISTOWN — Mission Valley managed to push two runs across the plate in the top of ninth inning, but the rally fell one run short in a losing effort to Laurel.

Daniel Stamper, 2 for 3, doubled for Laurel and drove in two runs.

Dawson Cortese, 2 for 2, doubled twice for the Dodgers.

Ryan Pablo and Nyqolas Gillingham both went 2 for 5 for Mission Valley. TJ Olson and Alex Killian had one double each for the Mariners.

Derek Peel went the distance on the mound for Mission Valley. He gave up 12 hits, struck out two and walked one batter.

Mission Valley stranded 12 runners to Laurel’s 10.

Mission Valley plays in loser-out action today.

Laurel moves on to the semifinals of the double-elimination tournament to play Glacier today at 4 p.m.

Mission Valley 000 001 002 — 3 9 3

Laurel 010 100 02x — 4 12 3

Derek Peel and Alex Killian; Anthony Panella, Mitch Kaufman (9) and NA. W — Panella; L — Peel.

MISSION VALLEY — Ryan Pablo 2-5, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 1-5, Killian 1-5, TJ Olson 1-3, Bradley Pichler 1-3, Nyqolas Gillingham 2-5, Jacob Harrod 1-3, Jared Young 0-2, Brenen Abromeit 0-2, Trevor Paro 0-3.

LAUREL — Kameron Fisher 2-5, Trevor Meier 1-4, Mason O’Donnell 2-4, Jacob Anderson 0-4, Dawson Cortese 2-4, Karson Kukes 3-4, Daniel Stamper 2-3, Carson Hoke 0-4, Kade Osborne 0-4.

2B—Olson, Killian; Stamper, Cortese (2); RBIs—Webster-Yaqui, Pichler, Gillingham; Stamper (2), Hoke.

Wednesday

Loser-out games

Bandits 15, Knights 5

Medicine Hat 000 200 3 — 5 11 4

Belgrade 101 415 3 — 15 16 4

Jordan Raynar, Jaret Loran (5), Nate Stark (7) and NA; Connor Clay and NA. W—Rayner; L — Clay.

MEDICINE HAT — Evan Welford 1-3, Cam Geiger 3-4, Connor McCurdy 2-4, Ethan Ropcean 1-4, Nathan Schlachter 2-4, Loran 1-3, Nate Stark 0-1, Colby Futrell 1-4, Riley McDonnell 0-3, Matt Stark 0-3.

BELGRADE — Koby Ruff 4-5, Trevor Mahn 3-5, Christian Schreckengost 2-3, Joshua Gier 1-4, Joshua Browning 2-4, Matthew Molzahn 1-4, Clay 1-1, PJ Stump 1-2, Trey Mounts 1-4.

2B—Mahn, Ruff, Browning (2); RBIs—Ropcean, Schlachter, Loran; Ruff, Mahn, Schreckengost (2), Gier, Browning (3), Stump (5).

Outlaws 15, Spurs 4

Gallatin Valley 100 416 30 — 15 13 1

Vauxhall 000 201 1x — 4 7 3

Brock Bitterman, Jake Lohrenz (6) and NA; Jalen Lane, Dylan Wolosuk (6) and NA. W—Bitterman; L—Lane.

GALLATIN VALLEY — Dante Filippini 3-5, Kyler Elliott 2-5, John Holmes 2-3, Billy Mourer 1-5, Bitterman 2-5, Jake Willard 1-3, Bryce Murphy 0-1, Ian White 1-3, Lohrenz 0-0, Connor Van Dyken 1-3.

VAUXHALL — Matt Melnychuk 0-3, Ryan Meier 0-1, Jaydon Wandler 1-3, Jason Wong 1-2, Vance Fode 1-3, Adam Kress 1-4, Matt Perin 1-3, Nolan Gilbertson 2-3, Kaden Fujita 0-2, Nick Bolt 0-3.

2B—Filippini, Bitterman, Holmes (2); HR—Perin; RBIs—Filippini (2), Elliott, Holmes, Mourer (2), Bitterman (2), Willard, White (3), Van Dyken; Kress, Perin (2), Fujita.

Alberta/Montana State AA Tournament

Wednesday

At Lethbridge Alberta

Bucks 9, Senators 2, lo

Bozeman 201 002 013 — 9 19 2

Helena 110 000 000 — 2 6 1

T. Gill and C. Mackay. J. Shevalier, K. Griffin (8), K. Wilson (9) and E. Emanuel. WP—Gill. LP—Shevalier.

Bozeman — J. Thayer 4-4 (rbi), B. Hostetler 3-5, C. Linebarger 1-5 (rbi), C. Mackay 3-6 (3 rbi), J. Kearns 2-5 (rbi), J. Ekstrom 1-6 (rbi), N. Lamberty 2-5, M. Gunther 0-4, N. Winn 3-5 (rbi).

Helena — T. Arnston 2-5 (rbi), D. Burton 0-3 (rbi), T. Shea 1-4, N. Wrigg 0-4, B. Tiefenthaler 0-4, C. Volesky 1-4, E. Emanuel 1-3, J. Spradlin 0-2, Z. Marzlak 1-1, C. Rook 0-2, K. Wilson 0-2.

2B—Hostetler, Kearns, Arntson.

3B—Thayer, Winn.

Mavericks 14, Chargers 8, lo

Great Falls 221 010 002 — 8 11 2

Missoula 104 001 35x — 14 18 1

Erick Bailey, Gabe Kuntz (4), Jake Lowery (8), Anthony Bonilla (8) and Justin Pfennigs. Austin Bohnsack, Josh Harrington (9) and Slade Heggen. WP—Bohnsack. LP—Kuntz.

Great Falls — Anthony Bonilla 2-4, Justin Pfennigs 0-5 (rbi), Jayse McLean 1-4, Erik Willis 3-4 (3 rbi), Erick Bailey 3-5 (rbi), Gabe Kuntz 1-3, Lucas Poitra 0-3 (rbi), Brandon Mountan 0-4, Matt Garcia 1-3, Quade Hamrell 0-0.

Missoula — Slade Heggen 1-4, Tanner Rheinschmidt 4-6 (3 rbi), Shane Olson 6-6 (5 rbi), Matt McHugh 0-5, Josh Meader 1-4, Zanon Fulbright 1-4 (rbi), Jackson King 2-4 (rbi), Jacob Bierig 0-2.

2B—Willis, Rheinschmidt, Olson.

3B—Garcia, Olson, Heggen.

HR—Olson.

Royals 14, Scarlets 2, qf

Scarlets 010 001 0 — 2 11 4

Royals 176 000 x — 14 15 0

G. Sveinson, C. Golden (2), R. Queen (3), J. McGovern (3) and S. Zorn. B. Thomas, W. Summers (7) and T. Leenknecht. WP—Thomas. LP—Sveinson.

Billings — C. Jones 1-4, J. Tallman 1-4, J. Garcia 1-4, C. Maier 0-4, S. Zorn 3-3, G. Sveinson 2-3, J. Leinwand 0-3, C. Golden 0-1 (rbi), R. Queen 0-0, J. McGovern 1-2 (rbi), J. Cobb 2-3.

Billings — J. Zimmer 1-2 (rbi), M. Dillion 2-3, K. Wiechman 1-4 (rbi), T. Leenknecht 3-4 (2 rbi), K. Angland 2-4 (4 rbi), R. Walla 3-5 (3 rbi), B. Slevira 1-4, D. Atkelson 1-4, B. Mitchell 1-4.

2B—Sveinson, Angland, Walla.

Elks 7, Chargers 6, qf

Great Falls 002 004 000 — 6 10 1

Lethbridge 000 302 02x — 7 11 2

Quade Hamrell, Erik Willis (7) and Justin Pfennigs. L. Bourassa, Nick Tetzlaff (7) and C. Witbeck. WP—Tetzlaff. LP—Willis.

GREAT FALLS — Anthony Bonilla 2-5 (2 rbi), Justin Pfennigs 1-5, Jayse McLean 2-4, Erik Willis 2-5 (rbi), Tyler Pfennigs 1-4 (rbi), Quest Fellows 0-0, Erick Bailey 2-4 (rbi), Gabe Kuntz 0-3, Mark Judice 0-1, Matt Garcia 0-1, Lucas Poitra 0-3.

LETHBRIDGE — D. Johnston 1-5, E. Davies 0-4, N. Ankermann 0-4, J. McDonald 2-3. J. Sturm 1-2, C. Witbeck 3-4 (3 rbi), S. Grandmont 2-4 (rbi), T. Shirakawa 0-3, A. Huculak 2-4 (rbi).

2B—Willis, McDonald.

3B—Bailey.