BASEBALL: Kalispell Lakers paddle Belgrade; Twins B team rolls, too
The Kalispell Lakers AA had just three hits in the second game of their American Legion doubleheader with the Belgrade Bandits.
Fortunately for the Lakers, all three were triples, and the trio of three-baggers were enough to help Kalispell sweep Belgrade, winning 9-2 and 5-2 on Saturday at Griffin Field.
Jayson Combs, Micah Benson and Patrick O’Connell notched the three-base hits in the second game. The Lakers scored four times in the first three innings, taking advantage of three errors, and never trailed. Leif Ericksen earned the win, going five innings and allowing just one earned run.
The Lakers faced an early 2-0 deficit in the first game but recovered to score four times in the third and five more times in the fourth to pull away. Kalispell collected 10 hits, two apiece for Andrew Schleusner and Jonas Nyman. Schleusner drove in three of the Lakers’ nine runs.
Dawson Smith was excellent on the mound in opener, going six innings and allowing only two unearned runs. Smith struck out four.
Belgrade 101 000 0 — 2 6 0
Kalispell 004 500 x — 9 10 3
Jared Jacks, Aiden White (4) and P.J. Stump (B). Dawson Smith, Jonas Nyman (7) and Andrew Schleusner. W — Smith. L — Jacks.
BELGRADE — Easton Page 0-3, Trey Mounts 0-3, Connor Clay 0-3, Stump 2-3, Ryan Cigler 2-3, Jacks 1-3, Justin Rickenbury 0-2, White 1-2, Colton Charuholm 0-3.
KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 1-3, Micah Benson 1-4, Joe Broughton 1-4, Patrick O’Connell 1-4, Leif Ericksen 1-1, Schleusner 2-3, Jayson Combs 0-3, Eric Seaman 1-2, Nyman 2-3.
2B — Stump 2 (B); O’Connell, Schleusner (K). RBIs — Stump 2 (B); Schleusner 3, Benson 2, O’Connell 2, Broughton, Ericksen.
Belgrade 010 001 0 — 2 6 3
Kalispell 112 010 x — 5 3 2
Ryan Cigler, Justin Rickenbury (6) and Tanner Stephenson. Leif Ericksen, Jonas Nyman (6), Andrew Schleusner (6) and Schleusner, Haydn Schlepp (6). W — Ericksen. L — Cigler.
BELGRADE — Easton Page 1-3, Trey Mounts 3-4, Connor Clay 0-2, Cigler 1-1, Jared Jacks 1-2, Kola Parsons 0-3, Rickenbury 0-3, Stephenson 0-1, Colton Charuholm 0-2.
KALISPELL — Schlepp 0-2, Micah Benson 1-3, Joe Broughton 0-2, Patrick O’Connell 1-3, Ericksen 0-1, Schleusner 0-3, Jayson Combs 1-3, Nyman 0-3, Clay Prosser 0-2, Eric Seaman 0-1.
2B — Mounts (B). 3B — Combs, O’Connell, Benson (K). RBIs — Broughton, O’Connell (K).
Glacier B 10, Belgrade B 0 | Glacier B 14, Belgrade B 7
WHITEFISH — The Twins flexed their offensive muscle, scoring 24 runs on 20 hits in a pair of one-sided wins against Belgrade.
Glacier (2-1) opened both games with big first innings, scoring four times in the opener and putting eight first-inning runs on the board in the nightcap. The Twins never trailed and ended the first game with two outs in the sixth inning by virtue of the 10-run rule.
Amidst all the scoring, Twins hurlers Terek Bistodeau and Skyler Warner combined on a two-hit shutout in the first contest. Bistodeau struck out six in four innings to earn the win.
Caleb Meehan went 2 for 4 in the opener, doubling twice and driving in four runs. Bistodeau and Jared Reynolds had three RBIs apiece in the second game.
Belgrade 000 000 — 0 2 5
Glacier 401 131 — 10 8 0
Jake Klasinke, Gunney Parsons (5) and Jeremiah Gray (B). Terek Bistodeau, Skyler Warner (5) and Quintin Schriver (G). W — Bistodeau. L — Klasinke.
BELGRADE — Klasinke 0-2, Cole Thomas 0-2, Gray 0-2, Machall Ryman 1-2, Jay Ferguran 0-1, Marces Verdeja 0-2, Parsons 0-2, Griffin Vaughn 0-2, Isiah Brandharst 1-1.
GLACIER — Tom Hellwig 0-3, Bistodeau 1-3, Warner 1-1, Caleb Meehan 2-4, Jared Reynolds 0-2, Tucker Blake 0-1, Matthew Morrison 0-3, Trey Gates 1-2, Brandon Thomas 0-0, Eli Taylor 1-4, Schriver 0-2, Nathan Hader 2-3.
2B — Meehan 2 (G). RBIs — Meehan 4, Taylor, Hader (G).
Belgrade 120 040 0 — 7 5 4
Glacier 802 301 x — 14 12 4
Cole Thomas and Jeremiah Gray (B). Matthew Morrison, Quintin Schriver (4), Eli Taylor (5) and Skyler Warner (G). W — Morrison. L — Thomas.
BELGRADE — Jake Klasinke 0-2, Thomas 1-2, Gray 0-4, Nate Marcelin 1-3, Weston Garcia 2-3, Griffin Vaughn 0-2, Jason Coltrin 0-2, Gunney Parsons 1-4, Zane Smith 0-2.
GLACIER — Warner 1-3, Terek Bistodeau 3-3, Nathan Hader 1-2, Jared Reynolds 1-4, Morrison 0-2, Tatum Hanks 0-1, Tom Hellwig 0-1, Schriver 0-1, Taylor 1-1, Brandon Thomas 3-3, Cody Campbell 0-0, Tucker Blake 0-4, Mason Laliberty 1-3, Luke Seymour 1-4.
2B — Bistodeau 2, Warner (G). RBIs — Klasinke, Garcia, Vaughn, Parsons, Smith (B); Bistodeau 3, Reynolds 3, Seymour 2, Hader, Thomas, Laliberty (G).
Mission Valley 13, Cranbrook 2 | Missoula Pioneers 4, Mission Valley 1
POLSON — Mission Valley poured it on late and routed Cranbrook, but was limited to just two hits by Missoula and had to settle for a 1-1 day.
The Mariners jumped in front of the Bandits with a three-run second inning and put the game on ice with six runs in the sixth. Mission Valley scored 13 times despite collecting only seven hits. Walter Wood went 2 for 4 with a triple and Tyson Petticrew was 2 for 2.
Against the Pioneers, Jacob Harrod went 2 for 3 but the rest of the Mission Valley lineup was hitless. Julian Jones had the lone Mariners RBI in the bottom of the first inning.
Cranbrook 001 001 0 — 2 3 4
M Valley 031 126 x — 13 7 4
Tyler Thorn, Jake Bromley (6), Brandon Thorn (6) and Carson Meggison, Sho Kanzaki (4) (CB). Jacob Harrod, Tyson Petticrew (3) and Walter Wood (MV). W — Petticrew. L — T. Thorn.
CRANBROOK — C. Meggison 0-3, Dan Mercandelli 0-1, Jordan Lydel 1-3, Bromley 0-2, Linden Meggison 1-1, Tanner McLain 0-1, T. Thorn 0-2, Kanzaki 1-1, Zach Pighan 0-1, B. Thorn 0-2, Nevada Joseph 0-3.
MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schutzmann 0-4, Harrod 0-4, Julian Jones 0-2, Wal. Wood 2-4, Warren Wood 1-3, Anthony Jones 1-3, Petticrew 2-2, Tyler Kelsch 0-2, Brendan Blood 0-2, Marquise Askan 1-2, Bryant Hales 0-0.
2B — War. Wood (MV). 3B — Wal. Wood (MV). RBIs — Joseph (CB); War. Wood 2, Askan 2, J. Jones, Wal. Wood, A. Jones.
Missoula 102 100 0 — 4 4 1
M Valley 100 000 0 — 1 2 0
Gage Haran, Thomas Reichenburg (6) and Hunter Jiminez (M). Julian Jones, Walter Wood (3), Kade Schutzmann (4) and Warren Wood (MV). W — Haran. L — J. Jones.
MISSOULA — Carter Baughman 2-3, Reichenburg 0-2, Haran 0-4, Tony Lennamann 0-1, Ceaton Oliver 1-2, Eathan Pyron 0-2, Ty Hoppie 0-3, Cody Weaver 0-2, Jiminez 1-3.
MISSION VALLEY — Schutzmann 0-3, Jacob Harrod 2-3, J. Jones 0-3, Wal. Wood 0-2, War. Wood 0-2, A. Jones 0-1, Tyson Petticrew 0-3, Tyler Kelsch 0-1, Karsen Krebs 0-2.
3B — Oliver (M). RBIs — Oliver 2, Jiminez (M); J. Jones (MV).