Legion baseball: Lakers AA gain split; Twins B post 2 tourney wins

by The Daily Inter Lake
| April 25, 2016 12:22 AM

HAMILTON — The Kalispell Lakers AA split an American Legion baseball doubleheader with the Bitterroot Red Sox A on Sunday.

Kalispell scored six runs in the top of the fifth to break open a scoreless battle for a 9-3 victory in the opener.

Joe Broughton, 2 for 4, had five RBIs for the Lakers. Leif Erickson, 2 for 3, doubled twice and drove in two runs.

Kalispell could muster just three hits in dropping the second game, 10-0.

Kalispell (7-2 overall) hosts Helena for a doubleheader on Sunday at 1 p.m.

First Game

Kalispell 000 062 1 — 9 8 1

Red Sox 000 021 0 — 3 3 2

Micah Benson, Joe Broughton and Andrew Schleusner. Jonathan Ringer, Hunter Omlid (5), Chase Conner (5), Ladd Grenfell (6), Kade Hudgins (7) and Justin Horvath. W - Benson. L - Omlid.

KALISPELL - Hayden Schlepp 0-2, Benson 0-5, Broughton 2-4, Patrick O’Connell 1-3, Leif Erickson 2-3, Schleusner 0-3, Jason Combs 1-4, Jonas Nyman 1-2, Eric Seaman 1-3.

BITTERROOT - Joe Johnson 0-4, Nate Loranger 0-3, Tylor Nixon 2-4, Ringer 0-2, Horvath 1-3, Omlid 0-2, Cameron Rothie 0-0, Kyle Norman 0-2, Justin Catanach 0-1, Matt Brown 0-1, Tanner Goligoski 0-2.

2B - Erickson 2, Broughton, O’Connell, Nixon, Horvath. RBIs - Broughton 5, Ericson 2, Schleusner, Seaman; Nixon 2, Brown.

Second Game

Kalispell 000 000 — 0 3 1

Red Sox 005 005 — 10 11 1

Clay Presser, Sam Elliot (4) and Schlepp. Norman, Nixon (6) and Austin Ray. W - Norman. L - Presser.

KALISPELL - Schlepp 0-3, Benson 1-3, Broughton 0-1, O’Connell 0-2, Erickson 1-3, Schleusner 0-2, Combs 0-2, Nyman 0-2, Dawson Smith 1-2.

BITTERROOT - Johnson 0-0, Goligoski 0-2, Loranger 2-2, Nixon 2-4, Horvath 1-4, Ringer 0-1, Omlid 1-3, Ray 2-3, Conner 1-3, Brown 1-2, Rothie 1-1.

2B - Ray 2. RBIs - Loranger, Nixon 2, Horvath 2, Omlid, Ray 3.

Glacier B 18,

Mission Valley B 10

Glacier B 9, Missoula B 1

EUREKA — The Glacier Twins B wrapped up play at the Eureka Round-Robin Tournament with two more victories.

Jared Reynolds went 3 for 5 and drove in four runs for Glacier in the win over Mission Valley. Terek Bistodeau went 3 for 5 and totaled three RBIs.

Nathan Hader reached base four times and scored four runs. He also drove in a run.

Against Missoula B, Tom Hellwig had four hits in four trips to the plate, drove in two runs and scored three times.

Reynolds and Bistodeau also had two RBIs each.

Glacier went 2-1 in tournament play. The Twins are 4-1 overall and have outscored the opposition 51-9 in their last four games.

Glacier Twins B 181 08 — 18 16 2

Mission Valley B 000 10 — 1 1 5

WP—Brandon Thomas. LP—Palbey.

GLACIER TWINS B — Nathan Hader 2-3, Eli Taylor 1-3, Tucker Blaze 1-2, Terek Bistodeau 3-5, Jared Reynolds 3-5, Caleb Meehan 0-3, Matthew Morrison 2-4, Cody Campbell 2-4, Brandon Thomas 0-2, Quintin Schriver 0-0, Tatum Hanks 1-2, Trey Gates 1-1.

MISSION VALLEY MARINERS B — Gillingham 0-0, Evertz 1-2, Walbeck 0-3, Donohue 0-2, Lake 0-2, Wisniewska 0-3, Hoyt 0-1, Dolgence 0-1, Palbey 0-0.

2B—Reynolds, Blake, Tistodeau, Hader; RBIs—Hader, Blake, Bistodeau (3), Reynolds (4), Morrison (2), Campbell (3), Thomas, Schriver, Hanks, Gates.

Missoula Mavs B 100 000 0 — 1 3 3

Glacier Twins B 410 103 x — 9 11 5

WP—Skyler Warner. LP—Hunter Jiminez.

MISSOULA MAVERICKS B — Carter Baughman 1-4, Thomas Reuchenberg 0-3, Gage Haran 0-3, Tony Lenamann 1-3, Ceuton Oliver 0-2, Ethan Pyron 0-2, Cody Weaver 1-3, Jiminez 0-3, Jacob Johns 0-3.

GLACIER TWINS B — Warner 2-3, Trey Gates 0-1, Tom Hellwig 4-4, Quintin Schriver 0-2, Jared Reynolds 1-3, Warner 0-2, Terek Bistodeau 1-2, Mason Laliberty 0-2, Nathan Hader 0-2, Luke Seymour 0-2, Caleb Meehan 2-3, Matthew Morrison 1-3.

2B—Hellwig; RBIs—Hellwig (2), Schriver, Reynolds (2), Warner, Bistodeau (2), Meehan.