Lakers AA finish 3rd at Sells tournament
HELENA — The Kalispell Lakers AA rode a powerful offense to an 8-4 victory over Butte to finish in third place at the Keith Sells Memorial American Legion baseball tournament on Sunday.
The Lakers scored four runs in the first inning and rode a strong pitching performance from Tiler Whiteaker to the victory, who allowed only four runs in six innings.
The Lakers continue their road trip this week, playing a doubleheader in Billings on Tuesday.
Butte 120 010 0 - 4 11 2
Kalispell 410 120 x - 8 7 1
Ryan Moodry, Braxton Henningsen (2) and Nate LeProwse. Tiler Whiteaker, Andrew Schleusner (7) and Schleusener, Brandon Maassen (7). WP - Schleusener. LP - Moodry.
2B - Jared Haran, Sammy Crompton. HR - Kilian O’Leary. RBI - Marcuz Madrazo, Haran, O’Leary, Moodry, Crompton 2, Walker Malmin, Patrick O’Connell, Andy Bemis, Levi Brenneman.