Legion baseball: Mariners comeback at Firecracker

by Joseph Terry Daily Inter Lake
| July 3, 2015 11:50 PM

POLSON — Mission Valley A scored four runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a tie with Deer Lodge and leading a 6-3 victory at the Polson Firecracker tournament on Friday.

Justin Young was 1 for 2 with a double and an RBI to help the Mariners, who took advantage of five Deer Lodge errors to take the lead. Mission Valley had just four hits in the game.

Deer Lodge used its own late push to beat Libby earlier in the night, scoring nine runs in the final two innings, including a six-run fifth to beat the Loggers 12-10.

Libby led Deer Lodge 8-3 entering the bottom of the fourth inning but struggled to close out the Wranglers.

The Loggers had a comeback victory in their other contest on Friday, scoring seven runs in the seventh inning to beat Dillon 13-8. Jared Winslow went 3 for 3 from the plate with a double and three RBIs and Libby saw four batters hit for extra base hits and multiple RBIs in the contest.

Kootenai Valley took a lead in its contest with Livingston on a three-run burst in the fifth inning, but fell 6-5 after the Braves scored two runs in the top of the sixth to take the lead for good. Dawson Henrie went 2 for 4 from the plate to lead the Rangers. Livingston’s Buck Spallone was 2 for 4 with a double, a triple and two RBIs.

Mariners A 6, Wranglers 3

Deer Lodge 000 200 1 — 3 6 5

Mission Vly. 200 040 x — 6 4 2

W—Tyson Petticrew. L—Taylor Stone. S—Noah McDonald.

DEER LODGE—Logan Danforth 1-3, Kaehl Lowry 1-4, Dakota Crowe 1-4, Taylor Stone 1-3, Sheldon Danforth 0-3, Derek Walker 1-3, Michael Heisdorf 0-2, Chase Steyh 0-2, Porter Struble 0-1, Ethan Perrault 1-1.

MISSION VALLEY A—Derek Peel 1-3, Jacob Harrod 1-4, Bransen Krebs 0-1, Micah McClure 0-1, Jonah Burke 1-2, AJ Jones 0-2, Nyqolas Gillingham 0-3, Justin Young 1-2, Kade Schutzmann 0-2, Karsen Krebs 0-0.

2B—Walker, Young. HR—Crowe. RBIs—Lowry, Crowe. Burke, Jones, Gillingham, Young.

Loggers 13, Cubs 8

Libby 300 021 7 — 13 10 3

Dillon 200 051 0 — 8 11 3

W—Oliver Grupenhoff. L—Ben Jones.

LIBBY—Collin Johnson 2-3, Luke Haggerty 1-3, Jared Winslow 3-3, Oliver Grupenhoff 1-2, Trace Tamarro 1-2, Erik Lauer 1-4, Braydan Thom 1-4, Taylor Wisdom 0-5, Mason Chapel 0-4.

DILLON—Nate Simkins 1-4, James Richardson 0-5, RJ Fitzgerald 1-5, Logan Wilson 2-3, Gabe Hupp 4-4, Kohltin Starkel 1-3, Nick Huber 0-4, Mark Waldrup 2-4, Jade Morast 0-2, Ben Jones 0-1, Chris Carson 0-0, Colby Minert 0-0.

2B—Grupenhoff, Winslow, Tamarro, Haggerty. Simkins, Wilson, Waldrup. RBIs—Winslow 3, Grupenhoff 2, Tamarro 3, Lauer 2, Thom, Chapel. Simkins 2, Hupp 2, Starkel, Huber.

Wranglers 12, Loggers 10

Libby 070 102 — 10 11 2

Deer Lodge 012 36x — 12 9 4

W—Lowry. L—Thom.

LIBBY—Collin Johnson 0-2, Luke Haggerty 1-4, Jared Winslow 3-4, Oliver Grupenhoff 1-3, Trace Tamarro 1-2, Erik Lauer 3-4, Braydan Thom 1-4, Taylor Wisdom 0-1, Quincy Grupenhoff 0-2, Mason Chapel 1-2.

DEER LODGE—Logan Danforth 2-4, Kaehl Lowry 1-3, Dakota Crowe 2-3, Taylor Stone 1-3, Sheldon Danforth 2-4, Derek Walker 0-2, Michael Hiesdorf 0-1, Chase Steyh 0-1, Porter Struble 1-3.

2B—Haggerty, Winslow, O. Grupenhoff, Tamarro. L. Danforth, S. Danforth, Struble. 3B—Crowe. HR—Stone. RBIs—Winslow, O. Grupenhoff, Tamarro, Lauer 2, Thom, Wisdom, Chapel. L. Danforth, Lowry, Crowe 3, Stone 2, S. Danforth 2, Struble 2.

Braves 6, Rangers 5

Livingston 102 102 0 — 6 11 2

Kootenai Vly. 011 030 0 — 5 7 1

W—Sterrling Lay. L—Moe Henderson.

LIVINGSTON—Sterrling Lay 2-5, Zander Petrich 2-3, Buck Spallone 2-4, Nolan Darr 1-2, Jordan Darr 2-3, Mitch King 0-4, Brock Peterson 0-3, Tristan Jenkins 1-3, John Becker 0-2, Sheldon Smith 1-2.

KOOTENAI VALLEY—Dawson Henrie 2-4, Connor Harmon 1-4, CJ Henrie 1-3, Garrett McNeil 0-3, Timmy Carvey 1-4, James Dunn 1-2, Sam Hanna 1-3, Brad Stein 0-1, Jacob Nowakowski 0-1, Quade Anderson 0-2, Moe Henderson 0-1.

2B—Spallone, Smith, Carvey. 3B—Spallone. RBIs—Petrich, Spallone 2, N. Darr 2, J. Darr. McNeil, Carvey 2, Dunn, Hanna.

Reps 8, Cubs 6

Dillon 103 020 0 — 6 7 1

Helena 011 141 x — 8 10 3

W—Andrew Rosston. L—RJ Fitzgerald.

DILLON—Nate Simkins 1-4, Kohltin Starkel 1-2, RJ Fitzgerald 0-3, Logan Wilson 1-3, Gabe Hupp 2-4, James Richardson 1-2, Nick Huber 0-4, Mark Waldrup 1-3, Chris Carson 0-2.

HELENA—Eamonn Byrne 3-4, Talon Burchard 1-1, Colin Sassano 0-3, Ray Moore Jr. 0-2, Robert McCarvel 1-3, Ryan Arnston 0-2, Kellan Elder 0-1, Tanner McMahon 2-2, Austin Whitehouse 1-4, Carter Wald 2-4.

2B—Wilson, Waldrup, McMahon. RBIs—Wilson 2, Hupp, Richardson, Huber. Byrne 2, McCarvel, Whitehouse 2, Wald 3.