LEGION ROUNDUP: Twins outlast Lakers A in first of back-to-back series

WHITEFISH — A double from Tyler Murphy and bases-loaded walk from Vinny Smith in the eighth inning lifted the Glacier Twins A over cross-Valley rival Kalispell Lakers A 4-2 in an American Legion baseball game on Tuesday night at Memorial Park.

Murphy’s extra-base hit scored Skylar Warner and looked to be insurance runs in the nine-inning contest, giving the Twins a 4-1 lead.

Kalispell got one back with no outs in the top of the ninth on a double from Eric Seaman and had the tying run on base when the final three batters went down in order.

Glacier opened the scoring in the second inning, Murphy scoring Greyson Bistodeau on a single through the left side of the infield. The Lakers tied the game on an error in the fourth inning only for the Twins to retake the lead on an error in the eighth.

Murphy’s second hit of the game proved to be the game winner in the first game of a back-to-back with the Kalispell A squad. The teams will meet again today in Kalispell.

Murphy was 2 for 4 and he and Smith each had a pair of RBIs in the win. Warner had three hits for the Twins.

Ryan Symmes led the Lakers, going 2 for 4 from the plate and Seaman was 1 for 4 with a double and an RBI.

Today’s game is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at Griffin Field.

Kalispell 000 100 001 — 2 6 2

Glacier 010 000 12x — 4 14 3

Drew Scherrer, Brady Peiffer (8) and Clayton Jaques. Johnny Sapa, Vinny Smith (8) and Tyler Murphy.

KALISPELL — Ryan Symmes 2-4, Randy Stultz 1-4, Eric Seaman 1-4, Adam Joy 0-0, Jaycob Serrano 0-4, Keaden Morisaki 0-4, Sam Elliott 1-4, Jaques 0-4, Peiffer 1-3, Tyler Kirch 0-3, Scherrer 0-1.

GLACIER — Colten Parker 2-3, Tristin Steinwand 3-5, James Sampson-Keck 1-4, Smith 0-3, Max Smyley 1-3, AJ Wetsch 0-4, Greyson Bistodeau 2-4, Skylar Warner 3-4, Murphy 2-4.

2B—Seaman. Murphy. RBIs—Seaman. Murphy 2, Smith 2.

Late Monday

Livingston 7, Mission Valley 4 (11 inn.)

POLSON — Buck Spallone hit a bases-clearing triple in the 11th inning to lift the Livingston Braves to a 7-4 victory over the Mission Valley Mariners on Monday night.

Spallone was 3 for 6 in the game, including a home run to start the scoring in the first inning.

Mission Valley tied the game at 4-4 in the sixth on a passed ball and nearly walked off a win in the ninth before a runner was thrown out on third base.

Livingston’s first three batters reached in the 11th on a single and a pair of errors, getting one batter out on the infield fly rule before Spallone’s extra base hit.

Brendan Blood was 2 for 5 with a double and Kade Schutzmann, Nyqolas Gillingham and Micah McClure each had a hit and an RBI for the Mariners in the loss.

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M. Valley 000 301 000 00 — 4 8 11

John Becker, Jordan Darr (9) and Zander Petrich. Tyson Petticrew, Micah McClure (9) and Warren Wood.

LIVINGSTON — Petrich 0-5, Brock Peterson 0-5, Buck Spallone 3-6, Darr 3-6, Ethan Bullock 1-5, Tristen Jenkins 0-4, Bryce Dorvall 0-4, Becker 1-5, Clayton Busby 2-5.

MISSION VALLEY — Jacob Harrod 0-6, Anthony Jones 2-2, Karsen Krebs 0-4, Bransen Krebs 1-5, Walter Wood 1-5, Warren Wood 0-4, Kade Schutzmann 1-3, Nyqolas Gillingham 0-4, Micah McClure 1-3, Brendan Blood 2-5, Bryant Hales 0-0.

2B—Darr, Blood. 3B—Spallone. HR—Spallone. RBIs—Peterson, Spallone 4. Schutzmann, Gillingham, McClure.