Lakers AA, A teams rained out at Canadian Days baseball tournament
The Kalispell Lakers annual Canadian Days American Legion baseball tournament is off to a wet start.
The Lakers AA and A teams both had their games washed out Friday evening versus the Calgary Cardinals and Calgary Redbirds A, respectively.
The Mission Valley Mariners and Calgary Redirds AA opened the three-day tournament with a 5 p.m. contest at Griffin Field, but that was halted after two-and-a-half innings by wet conditions with Mission Valley on top 6-3.
Calgary scored three runs in the first inning and Mission Valley followed with six in the bottom of the second.
Mission Valley did not bat in the bottom half of the third.
Tyson Petticrew, Julian Jones and Walter Wood all doubled once for Mission Valley. Jacob Harrod had two RBIs.
Lakers AA coach Ryan Malmin said the fields were in tough shape after Friday’s rain.
Weather permitting, tournament action starts today at 9 a.m. at Griffin Field.
Friday’s games will not be reworked into the schedule. See the calendar on page B3 for today’s Canadian Days schedule.
Twins A 26, Rangers A 0
Twins A 8, Rangers A 0
WHITEFISH — Ryan Veneman, 3 for 4, drove in five runs and Jesse Walburn, 2 for 5, had four RBIs as the Glacier Twins crushed the Kootenai Valley Rangers in the first game of a conference doubleheader.
Ten different Twins players had hits.
Tyler Murphy pitched 3 1/2 innings. He allowed one single, struck out five and walked five.
Glacier (6-3 overall, 4-0 league) blanked Kootenai Valley again in the second game as AJ Wetsch and Walburn combined on a 2-hitter.
Wetsch went five innings, allowing one hit, striking out 10 and walking one batter.
Walburn pitched the final two. He also gave up a single, struck out three and walked one batter.
First Game
Kootenai Valley 000 00 — 0 1 8
Glacier Twins 4(11)6 5x — 26 16 0
WP—Tyler Murphy; LP—Sam Hannay.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 0-1, Hank Dunn 1-3, Dawson Henrie 0-2, James Dunn 0-2, Hannay 0-1, Mo Henderson 0-1, Colton Cooper 0-1, Quade Anderson 0-2, Daymond Baney 0-1, Tayler Sherwood 0-0.
GLACIER — Colten Parker 2-2, Terek Bistodeau 1-1, Tristin Steinwand 0-1, Tom Hellwig 0-3, James Sampson-Keck 2-3, Vinny Smith 1-1, Jared Reynolds 0-1, Jesse Walburn 2-5, Derek Kastella 1-3, Nathan Hader 1-2, Ryan Veneman 3-4, Murphy 2-3, Greyson Bistodeau 0-0, AJ Wetsch 1-2, Skyler Warner 0-2.
2B—Veneman; RBIs—T. Bistodeau, Steinwand, Sampson-Keck (3), Smith (3), Reynolds, Walburn (4), Kastella, Hader, Veneman (5), Murphy, G. Bistodeau, Warner.
Second Game
Kootenai Valley 000 000 0 — 0 2 1
Glacier Twins 040 031 x — 8 11 0
WP—AJ Wetsch; LP — Mo Henderson.
KOOTENAI VALLEY — Connor Harmon 0-3, Hank Dunn 0-3, Sam Hannay 1-3, James Dunn 0-3, Donovan Farnall 0-3, Quade Anderson 0-2, Henderson 0-3, Taylor Sherwood 0-1, Colton Cooper 1-2.
GLACIER— Colten Parker 1-3, Tristin Steinwand 2-3, James Sampson-Keck 2-4, Vinny Smith 0-4, Jesse Walburn 1-3, Derek Kastella 0-3, Max Smyley 3-3, Tyler Murphy 1-3, Wetsch 1-2.
2B—Steinwand, Parker, Smyley; RBIs—Steinwand (2), Sampson-Keck, Walburn, Smyley (2), Murphy.