BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Kalispell Lakers AA swamp Mariners
POLSON — Jake Halland homered, doubled twice and drove in five runs as the Kalispell Lakers AA went on the road and routed the Mission Valley Mariners 20-5 Wednesday night.
Halland doubled in a run in his first at bat, walked in the second inning, hit a three-run homer in the third and had another run-scoring double in the fourth before walking once more in the fifth. He finished officially 3 for 4 at the plate and wrapped up his night with a scoreless seventh inning on the mound, striking out a pair.
The Lakers led 3-2 after two innings before Halland’s home run keyed a six-run third that bloated Kalispell’s lead. The visitors tacked on seven more runs over the next two frames of a game that was shortened to seven innings by the 10-run rule.
The Lakers outhit the Mariners 17-8, getting three singles from ninth-place hitter Jayson Combs and two hits each from Patrick O’Connell, Spencer Pisk, Micah Benson and Jonas Nyman. Ten of the Lakers’ 17 hits went for extra bases, including a double and triple from Benson and two O’Connell two-baggers.
Starter Logan DeCock earned the win, going three innings and allowing one earned run.
Jacob Harrod led Mission Valley with three hits, including a double. Bransen Krebs drove in two runs in a losing effort.
Kalispell 216 342 2 — 20 17 3
M. Valley 110 111 0 — 5 8 5
Logan DeCock, Jonas Nyman (4), Micah Benson (5), Jake Halland (7) and Haydn Schlepp, Andrew Schleusner (3) (K). Bryant Hales, Brendan Blood (3), Preston Walbeck (5), Tyler Kelsch (7) and Warren Wood (MV). W — DeCock. L — Hales.
KALISPELL — Schlepp 0-0, Schleusner 1-5, Halland 3-4, Patrick O’Connell 2-3, Leif Ericksen 0-2, Joe Broughton 1-2, Spencer Pisk 2-4, Dawson Smith 1-5, Micah Benson 2-6, Jonas Nyman 2-5, Jayson Combs 3-5.
MISSION VALLEY — Kade Schutzmann 0-4, Jacob Harron 3-4, Walter Wood 1-4, Anthony Jones 0-2, Karsen Krebs 0-2, War. Wood 1-4, Nyqolas Gillingham 1-1, Marquise Askan 1-1, Tyson Petticrew 1-3, Micah McClure 0-3, Bransen Krebs 0-2.
2B — O’Connell 2, Halland 2, Broughton, Benson (K); Petticrew, Gillingham, Harrod, War. Wood (MV). 3B — Schleusner, Pisk, Benson (K). HR — Halland (K). RBIs — Halland 5, Schleusner 3, Pisk 3, O’Connell 2, Smith, Nyman, Combs (K); B. Krebs 2, Wal. Wood, Jones, Gillingham (MV).
Loggers swept in Bitterroot
HAMILTON — The Bitterroot Red Sox lit up the scoreboard on their way to a doubleheader sweep of the Libby Loggers, winning 12-1 and 15-5 in games each shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.
The Red Sox held the Loggers to one hit in the opener but it was a double for Tim Carvey, who would later come around to score.
In the second game, Bitterroot tallied 12 runs before the Loggers put up a four-spot in the third but it was not nearly enough. Erik Lauer, Braydan Thom and Anthony Johnson all had RBIs in the nightcap.
Libby 000 10 — 1 1 1
Bitterroot 423 3x — 12 13 0
Erik Lauer, Collin Johnson (4) (L). C. Conner (B). W — Conner. L — Lauer.
LIBBY — Tim Carvey 1-2, Johnson 0-2, Dylon Lane 0-2, Lauer 0-2, Braydan Thom 0-2, Tanner Schatz 0-2, Taylor Wisdom 0-1, Joe Reynolds 0-1, Giovanni Cano 0-1, Tanner Wood 0-0.
BITTERROOT — A. Ray 1-3, J. Ringer 1-3, T. Nixon 2-3, J. Johnson 2-3, J. Horvath 1-2, K. Norman 0-2, C. Chavez 0-1, M. Brown 2-3, L. Grenfell 1-2, T. Goligoski 1-1, C. Rothie 2-2.
2B — Carvey (L); Rothie (B). HR — Horvath (B). RBIs — Lane (L); Horvath 4, Rothie 2, Ringer, Nixon, Goligoski (B).
Libby 004 10 — 5 5 2
Bitterroot 752 1x — 15 14 1
Tim Carvey and Braydan Thom (2) (L). L. Grenfell, K. Hudgins (3), J. Ringer (4) (B). W — Grenfell. L — Carvey.
LIBBY — Carvey 0-2, Collin Johnson 1-2, Dylon Lane 1-2, Erik Lauer 1-2, Thom 0-1, Taylor Wisdom 1-2, Anthony Johnson 1-3, Giovanni Cano 0-2, Tanner Schatz 0-1, Tanner Wood 0-2.
BITTERROOT — A. Ray 0-3, C. Chavez 0-1, C. Rothie 2-3, T. Nixon 2-3, Ringer 3-4, J. Johnson 2-3, J. Horvath 0-1, C. Conner 2-2, T. Goligoski 2-4, K. Crossman 1-1.
2B — Ringer, Johnson, Goligoski (B). RBIs — Lauer, Thom, A. Johnson (L); Goligoski 3, Conner 2, Johnson 2, Nixon, Ringer, Horvath (B).
Rangers, Twins B split pair
WHITEFISH — Terek Bistodeau went 3 for 3 and Caleb Meehan drove in three runs as the Glacier Twins B bounced back from a game one loss to pound the Kootenai Valley Rangers 12-0 in the finale of a doubleheader late Tuesday night at Memorial Park.
The Rangers scored three times in their last at bat to win game one, 5-3.
K. Valley 100 100 3 — 5 5 2
Glacier 001 200 0 — 3 3 2
Sam Hannay, Connor Harmon (4) and James Dunn (KV). Trey Gates, Skylar Warner (5) and Quinten Schriver (G). W — Harmon. L — Warner.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — Dawson Henrie 1-3, Harmon 0-1, Hannay 1-4, J. Dunn 1-3, Mo Henderson 0-4, Quade Anderson 1-3, Donovan Fornall 0-1, Chet McCully 0-0, Colton Cooper 0-1, Hank Dunn 1-1, Tayler Sherwood 0-2, Daymond Baney 0-1.
GLACIER — Brandon Thomas 1-3, Tom Hellwig 0-4, Terek Bistodeau 0-3, Jared Reynolds 0-2, Matt Morrison 0-2, Gates 0-3, Schriver 0-2, Caleb Meehan 1-2, Nathan Hader 1-1, Warner 0-1.
2B — Henrie (KV). RBIs — Henrie, Anderson (KV); Hellwig, Schriver, Hader (G).
K. Valley 000 00 — 0 2 5
Glacier 090 3x — 12 9 0
Dawson Henrie, James Dunn (2) and Quade Anderson (KV). Matt Morrison and Nathan Hader (G). W — Morrison. L — Henrie.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — Henrie 2-3, Hank Dunn 0-3, Sam Hannay 0-2, J. Dunn 0-0, Mo Henderson 0-1, Connor Harmon 0-2, Anderson 0-2, Donovan Fornall 0-1, Tayler Sherwood 0-1, Colton Cooper 0-1.
GLACIER — Brandon Thomas 0-3, Tom Hellwig 1-4, Terek Bistodeau 3-3, Tatum Hanks 0-0, Jared Reynolds 1-3, Morrison 0-2, Trey Gates 0-2, Hader 2-3, Caleb Meehan 1-2, Eli Taylor 1-3.
2B — Meehan, Bistodeau (G). RBIs — Meehan 3, Reynolds 2, Hellwig, Bistodeau, Taylor (G).