Legion baseball: Mariners finish third at Cloninger Classic
HELENA — Mission Valley finished in third place at the Cloninger Classic with an emphatic 15-6 victory in the consolational final on Sunday.
After giving up four runs in the first inning, the Mariners scored 10 in the next two, including a seven-run second inning that gave them full control of the contest.
Ryan Pablo was 1 for 3 with a pair of RBIs and Cole Snyder picked up the win on the hill for Mission Valley.
Laurel won the tournament championship, topping Helena 10-2 in the championship. The Dodgers, who shut out the Mariners on Saturday, let up two runs in the first inning and shut down the Reps after that, scoring all 10 runs in the final three innings.
The Mariners host a pair of games in the next few days, a nine-inning contest against Libby on Tuesday and a doubleheader against Glacier on Wednesday.
Cloninger Classic
Sunday’s Results
Helena
Consolation
Mission Valley Mariners 15,
Vauxhall Spurs 6 (5 inn.)
Vauxhall 401 10 — 6 2 7
Mission Valley 373 2x — 15 5 4
WP - Cole Snyder, LP - Hunter Johnson
VAUXHALL - Nick Bolt 1-2, Kaden Fujita 0-3, Nolan Gilbertson 0-2, Adam Kress 0-2, Ryan Marshall 0-1, Reed Odland 0-2, Matt Perin 1-3, Jaydon Wandler 0-2, Jason Wong 0-1.
MSNV - Ryan Pablo 1-3, Cole Snyder 1-1, Zeke Webster-Yaqui 0-0, Brene Abromoit 0-1, Alex Killian 1-3, TJ Olson 0-3, Bradley Pichler 0-3, Warren Wood 0-2, Jacob Harrod 1-1, Tevor Pero 0-1, Brennan Andrews 0-0.
2B - Killian; RBIs - Pablo 2, Perin 2, Webster-Yaqui, Killian, Pichler, Harrod, Paro, Andrews, Marshall.
Championship
Laurel Dodgers 10, Helena Reps (5 inn.)
Helena 200 00 — 2 5 6
Laurel 003 34 — 10 11 1
Tristan Siegers, Jacob Hatzenbuehler (4), Caleb Jackson (5); John Preller. W - Preller, L - Siegers.
HELENA (21-9) - Ryan Dorvall 1-3, Reilly Leary 1-2, Payton Pappas 1-3, Carter Pappas 0-2, Henry Bowers 0-2, Ryan Arntson 1-2, Keinan Stief 0-2, Tyler Simonson 1-2, Jackson Maynard 0-2.
LAUREL - Jacob Anderson 3-4, Kameron Fisher 0-2, Mitch Kaufman 1-3, Karson Kukes 0-3, Bryson McGann 2-3, Trevor Meier 0-3, Mason O’Donnell 2-2, Kade Osborne 2-3, Daniel Stamper 1-3.
2B - O’Donnell, Simonson; RBIs - Anderson 3, Arntson 2, Fisher, O’Donnell.