BASEBALL ROUNDUP: Lakers AA, A each win twice

Leif Ericksen tossed a three-hit shutout in game two and the Kalispell Lakers AA team scored 22 times in just nine offensive innings in a one-sided doubleheader sweep of the Mission Valley Mariners A at Griffin Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Lakers (11-2) won game one 12-2 and took the finale 10-0. Both games were shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.

Ericksen cruised through his five frames in just 64 pitches, striking out three. He also collected two of the Lakers’ nine hits in the nightcap, a game the hosts put away by scoring seven times in the first inning.

Kalispell was more balanced in the first game of the day, scoring in each of its five at bats and ending the game with one out in the fifth when Eric Seaman singled in their 12th run.

Jonas Nyman had two hits in the first game and went 3 for 5 on the day to lead the Lakers offensively.

Mission 100 10 — 2 7 4

Kalispell 231 42 — 12 10 1

Julian Jones, Tyson Petticrew (4) and Warren Wood (MV). Logan DeCock and Andrew Schleusner (K). W — DeCock. L — Jones.

MISSION VALLEY — Kade Scautzmam 1-3, Jacob Harron 1-3, Walter Wood 0-2, War. Wood 2-2, Jones 1-2, Petticrew 0-1, Tyler Kelsch 1-2, Brandon Blood 0-2, Karsen Krebs 1-2.

KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 1-4, Micah Benson 1-3, Clay Prosser 0-1, Joe Broughton 1-2, Patrick O’Connell 1-3, Leif Ericksen 1-3, Schleusner 1-1, Eric Seaman 1-3, Dawson Smith 1-1, Jonas Nyman 2-3.

2B — Smith, Benson (K). RBIs — War. Wood, Kelsch (MV); Broughton 2, Ericksen 2, Seaman 2, O’Connell, Smith, Nyman (K).

Mission 000 00 — 0 3 9

Kalispell 710 2x — 10 9 1

Jacob Harron, Marquise Askan (2) and Warren Wood (MV). Leif Ericksen and Andrew Schleusner, Haydn Schlepp (3) (K). W — Ericksen. L — Harron.

MISSION VALLEY — Kade Scautzmam 0-3, Harron 2-2, Walter Wood 0-1, War. Wood 1-1, Connor Donohue 0-1, Julian Jones 0-1, Bryant Hales 0-1, Tyson Petticrew 0-2, Tyler Kelsch 0-2, Brandon Blood 0-1, Askan 0-1, Karsen Krebs 0-1, Ryan Burland 0-1.

KALISPELL — Schlepp 0-3, Micah Benson 1-4, Joe Broughton 1-2, Eric Seaman 0-1, Patrick O’Connell 1-2, Ericksen 2-3, Schleusner 1-3, Dawson Smith 1-2, Jonas Nyman 1-2, Clay Prosser 1-2.

3B — Harron (MV). RBIs — Benson, Prosser (K).

Kalispell Lakers A 7, Missoula Mavericks A 6 (1) | Kalispell Lakers A 11, Missoula Mavericks A 1 (2)

Drew Scherrer singled home Brady Peiffer with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the Kalispell Lakers a walk-off win against the Missoula Mavericks in the first game of a doubleheader sweep at Archie Roe Field.

The Lakers (3-3) won the second game 11-1 in a contest shortened to five innings by the 10-run rule.

In the opener, the Lakers and Mavericks went to the seventh and final inning tied at four before the visitors scored twice to surge in front.

Jaycob Serrano singled to lead off the Lakers rally in the seventh before the next two batters were retired. Jayron Venturini singled home Serrano for the first run of the inning and he would score later on an error to tie the score. Peiffer was hit by a pitch and, after pinch-hitter Clayton Jaques singled to move Peiffer to second, Scherrer delivered the winning hit.

The second game was all Kalispell, with the Lakers scoring the last 11 runs unanswered, beginning with a four-run second. Nathan Vanderbeek stroked a three-run triple in that inning and Sam Elliott bashed a three-run double in the fourth.

“The bats finally came alive and that was exciting to see,” Lakers coach Jesse McFarland. “The kids are getting better every day.”

Peiffer was the beneficiary of the offense, allowing just one hit and striking out eight in the five-inning compete game victory.

Missoula 101 020 2 — 6 9 1

Kalispell 100 021 3 — 7 9 4

Parker Stevens and Beau King (M). Clayton Jaques, Sam Elliott (7) and Randy Stultz. W — Elliott. L — Stevens.

MISSOULA — King 0-1, Sam Bucy 2-2, Will Larson 4-4, Dare Fraser 0-1, Drew Leonard 2-4, Kyle Taylor 0-3, Kellen Johnson 0-3, Brendan Buchanon 0-3, Asher Zimmerman 1-2.

KALISPELL — Ryan Symmes 1-2, Jaycob Serrano 1-3, Stultz 1-4, Elliott 0-3, Jaryon Venturini 1-4, Brady Peiffer 1-3, Nathan Vanderbeek 0-1, Adam Joy 0-1, Jaques 1-1, Drew Scherrer 1-4, Tyler Kitch 2-3.

2B — Serrano (K). 3B — Stultz (K). RBIs — Larson 3, Fraser 2 (M); Stultz 2, Serrano, Scherrer, Kitch (K).

Missoula 100 00 — 1 1 0

Kalispell 043 31 — 11 12 0

Asher Zimmerman and Cory Taylor (M). Brady Peiffer and Clayton Jaques (K). W — Peiffer. L — Zimmerman

MISSOULA — Jayce Denman 1-1, Matthew Claussen 0-2, Parker Stevens 0-2, Connor Daniels 0-2, Brendan Buchanan 0-2, Jaeran Graham 0-2, Tyler Allen 0-2, Taylor 0-1, Reilly Vetos 0-2.

KALISPELL — Tyler Kitch 0-2, Randy Stultz 2-2, Jayron Venturini 1-3, Jaycob Serrano 2-2, Sam Elliott 1-2, Adam Joy 1-3, Jaques 2-2, Nathan Vanderbeek 2-3, Drew Scherrer 1-2.

2B — Stultz, Serrano, Elliott, Jaques (K). 3B — Denman (M); Vanderbeek (K). RBIs — Stevens (M); Elliott 3, Vanderbeek 3, Jaques 2, Scherrer 2, Serrano (K).

Bitterroot Red Sox 8, Glacier Twins A 3

HAMILTON — The Red Sox kept the Twins off the scoreboard after a three-run second inning and pulled away for a nine-inning Class A win.

Colten Parker had three hits and Derek Kastella doubled twice to lead the Twins, who will rematch with the Red Sox today at 1 p.m.

Twins 030 000 000 — 3 10 1

Red Sox 300 013 10x — 8 10 3

AJ Wetsch, Ryan Veneman (5), Vinnie Smith (9) and Tyler Murphy (G). Jonathan Ringer, Hunter Omlid (5) and Austin Ray (B). W - Omlid. L - Wetsch.