Legion baseball: Twins split Day 2 at Prairie Cardinal

by The Daily Inter Lake
| June 13, 2015 11:25 PM

POST FALLS, Idaho — The Glacier Twins split American Legion baseball play at the Prairie Cardinal Tournament on Saturday.

The Twins (16-9 overall) whipped the East Valley Knights 14-2 in a morning outing at Kroc Field in Coeur d’Alene.

Jesse Walburn and Austin Robins combined on a 5-hitter for Glacier.

Walburn went the first three innings, allowing five hits and striking out four. He issued no walks.

Robins finished up the final two innings. He had three strikeouts and walked two.

Offensively, Robins went 2 for 3 while Walburn and James Sampson-Keck had two RBI each.

In the second outing, the Spokane Dodgers scored 10 runs in the final two innings for an 11-3 victory at Post Falls High School.

A.J. Wetsch had a perfect game at the plate for Glacier, going 3 for 3. He singled twice and doubled in his other at-bat.

The Twins had won seven straight heading into the contest with Spokane.

Glacier beat Gonzaga Prep Bullpups 8-0 on Friday in its tournament opener.

Tournament play winds up today.

East Valley Knights 000 20 — 2 5 4

Glacier Twins 731 3x — 14 10 1

WP—Jesse Walburn; LP—Townley.

EAST VALLEY — Sines 1-2, Rogers 1-2, Witt 1-3, Moore 1-3, Woodbury 1-2, Gellhaus 0-2, Howrey 0-2, Olsonberg 0-2, Hainline 0-2.

GLACIER — Colten Parker 1-3, Jayce Fagerland 1-2, Kyler Howke 1-1, Kaleb Veneman 0-2, Vinny Smith 1-2, A.J. Wetsch 1-2, Jesse Walburn 1-3, Austin Robins 2-3, James Sampson-Keck 0-3, Greyson Bistodeau 1-1, Tyler Murpy 1-2, Johnny Sapa 0-1.

2B—Woodbury; RBI—Woodbury (2); Smith, Wetsch, Walburn (2), Robins, Sampson-Keck (2), Bistodeau, Murphy.

Spokane Dodgers 010 064 — 11 14 1

Glacier Twins 000 300 — 3 8 4

WP—Tyler Chipman; LP—Parker.

SPOKANE — Jadan Vandervert 2-4, Koby Blunt 2-4, Ben Albrecht 3-4, Mason Wells 2-3, Des Parisolto 1-2, Jackson Sumner 2-3, Quin Bennet 1-3, Zach Steele 1-4, Jake Wells 0-2, Nate Buer 0-1.

GLACIER TWINS — Parker 0-3, Fagerland 1-3, Howke 0-3, Smith 1-3, Walburn 1-2, Tristin Steinwand 1-3, Wetsch 3-3, Sampson-Keck 0-2, Murphy 1-2.

2B—Smith, Wetsch; RBI—Wells, Parisolto, Sumner (3), Bennet, Steele; Walburn, Wetsch.

Cloninger Tournament

Laurel 9,

Mission Valley 1

HELENA — Laurel scored in every inning but the second to roll past Mission Valley’s Mariners during second-day action.

Mission Valley avoided the shutout with a run in the bottom of the fourth inning.

John Preller held Mission Valley to four singles. He fanned six Mariners and walked two in his five innings on the mound.

Tournament action winds up today.

Mission Valley won its tournament opener on Friday, 10-3 over Lethbridge, Alberta.

Laurel 103 23 — 9 13 1

Mission 000 10 — 1 4 2

WP—John Preller, LP—McLure.

LAUREL — Carson Hoke 2-4, Trevor Meier 1-2, Mason O’Donnell 2-3, Dawson Cortese 3-3, Kade Osborne 1-3, Bryson McGann 2-3, Chase Feller 1-3, Bridger Haffey 1-3, Daniel Stamper 0-2.

MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schutzmann 0-3, Tyson Pettigrew 1-2, Warren Wood 1-3, Bransen Krebs 0-2, Micah McClure 1-3, Jonah Burke 1-2, Anthony Jones 0-1, Noah McDonald 0-2, Karsen Krebs 0-2.

2B - Hoke, Meier; RBIs - Meier 2, McGann 2, Hoke, O’Donnell, Cortese, Haffe.

Summer Palouse

Tournament

PULLMAN, Wash. — The Kalispell Lakers AA wrapped up play by splitting their final two games.

Kalispell lost to the Seattle Stars 5-4 in nine innings in a morning contest. The Lakers then closed out action with a 9-5 victory over the Marysville Baseball Academy.

Had Kalispell beaten Seattle, the Lakers would have been in a three-way tie for second place in pool play with a shot at advancing to today’s championship round.

Kalispell went 1-3 at the tournament.

“We struggled from the dish,” Lakers manager Ryan Malmin said.

“We weren’t patient.”

Kalispell returns to conference play on Tuesday with a doubleheader at Lethbridge, Alberta.