Legion baseball: Lakers AA blank Eastside, 13-0

HELENA — It took the Kalispell Lakers AA just six innings to dispose of the Eastside (Washington) Baseball Club at the Keith Sells American Legion baseball tournament of Friday.

Walker Malmin earned the win on the mound, combining with Leif Ericksen for a one-hitter in the Lakers’ 13-0 victory.

Patrick O’Connell was 3 for 4 with a double and four RBIs at the plate for Kalispell.

Quinn Barber also went 3 for 4, slapping a double of his own.

Andrew Schleusner was 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs.

Kalispell     063     400     —     13     14

Eastside     000     00x     —     0     1

WP — Walker Malmin, LP — Jordan Simao.

KALISPELL — Tiler Whiteaker 0-1, Andrew Schluesner 2-3, Patrick O’Connell 3-4, Andy Bemis 1-3, Sam Crompton 2-4, Levi Brenneman 0-4, Quinn Barber 3-4, Keatin Mohl 2-4, Jason Combs 1-2.

EASTSIDE — Austin Skaarup 0-3, Justin Hedge 0-3, Edwin Stanberry 0-1, Max Gross 1-1, Coles Weber 0-2, Chris Damitio 0-2, Austin Rogers 0-2, Joe Damitio 0-2, Taishi Math 0-2.

2B - Barber, O’Connell, Schluesner, Mohl; RBIs - O’Connell 4, Schluesner 3, Crompton 2, Mohl, Combs.

Big Bucks

Tournament

LIBBY — The Libby Loggers defeated the Tri-County Cardinals, 6-1 on Friday night for their second win at the Big Bucks American Legion baseball tournament.

The Mission Valley Mariners won their first game, 12-2 over the Cranbrook Bandits before falling to the Strathmore Reds 9-5.

Big Bucks Tournament

Libby

June25-28, 2015

Scores

Thursday

Libby Loggers 7, Moscow Blue Devils 0

Friday

Moscow Blue Devils 13, Spanaway Lake Monsters 2

Mission Valley Mariners 12, Cranbrook Bandits 2

Coeur d’Alene Loggers 10, Cranbrook Bandits 1

Strathmore Reds 9, Mission Valley 5

Libby Loggers 6, Tri-County Cardinals 1

Saturday

8 a.m. — Strathmore vs Coeur d’Alene

10:45 a.m. —Coeur d’Alene vs. Mission Valley

12:30 p.m. — Cranbrook vs. Strathmore

3 p.m. — Tri-County vs Moscow

5 p.m. — Spanaway vs Tri-County

7 p.m. — Libby vs Spanaway