Twins bounce back after 1st tourney loss

The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH — Tom Hellwig and Ryan Veneman had three hits in as many at-bats, Coby Clark-Dickenson drove in three runs and the Glacier Twins A bounced back from Friday night’s defeat with an 11-8 victory over the Butte Miners AA early Saturday afternoon and an 8-4 triumph over the Spokane Expos in a late evening game at the Sapa-Johnsrud Memorial Tournament.

Glacier raced to an early lead with six combined runs in the first two innings of the American Legion baseball contest with Butte.

The Miners took an 8-6 lead with a four-run fourth inning, but the Twins responded with three runs in the bottom half of the fourth and two runs in the fifth.

In addition to his three hits, Hellwig scored a game-high three runs and added two RBIs.

Greyson Bistodeau hit a two-run home run and scored another run after being hit by a pitch for the Twins, who scored 11 runs in two of their first three games at the tournament.

Clark-Dickenson allowed seven runs (five earned) on seven hits and three walks in 3 1/3 innings, but Jack Schwaiger provided 1 2/3 of one-run relief to close the game for Glacier, which has won 23 of its last 27 games.

Glacier scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to put the game out of reach versus Spokane.

Spokane scored once in the fifth and twice in the sixth to trail 4-3.

Clark-Dickenson was the key on offense again. He went 3 for 4 and drove in four runs. He tripled while Bistodeau, 2 for 3, and Veneman both doubled.

Glacier had eight hits.

Tyler Murphy picked up the victory with six strong innings. He allowed three hits, fanned four and walked three.

Matt Morrison pitched the seventh inning.

The Twins (3-1 in tournament play) will be involved in semifinal action at 11 a.m. today.

The championship contest follows at 4 p.m.

Butte 211 40x — 8 9 1

Glacier 240 32x — 11 13 2

WP — Jack Schwaiger LP — Cameron Johnson

BUTTE MINERS AA — Kash Kelly 1-3, Justin Summers 2-3, Bryson Henningsen 0-1, Ryan Moodry 3-3, Quin Summers 0-3, Austin Gerry 1-3, Monk Bugni 0-3, Liam Sommer 1-3, Ryan Wahl 1-3

GLACIER TWINS AA — Greyson Bistodeau 1-3, Tom Hellwig 3-3, Ryan Veneman 3-3, Coby Clark-Dickenson 2-3, Derick Kastella 1-3, Tyler Murphy 0-2, Dan Seymour 2-3, Terek Bistodeau 0-3, Skyler Warner 1-1, Jack Schwaiger 0-1

2B: Ryan Moodry, Liam Sommer. Coby Clark-Dickenson, Tom Hellwig 2, Dan Seymour. HR: Ryan Moodry. Greyson Bistodeau. RBI: Kash Kelly, Justin Summers, Ryan Moodry 5. Greyson Bistodeau 2, Tom Hellwig 2, Ryan Veneman, Coby Clark-Dickenson 3, Derick Kastella.

Spokane 000 012 1 — 4 3 5

Glacier 013 004 x — 8 8 2

WP—Murphy; LP—Clay.

SPOKANE — Mckenna 1-2, Bell 1-4, Clay 0-4, Rinaldi 0-2, Schwarz 1-2, Cordes 0-3, Galietti 0-3, Kvehl 0-3, Demand 0-1.

GLACIER — G. Bistodeau 2-3, Hellwig 1-4, Veneman 1-2, Quintin Schriver 0-1, Matt Morrison 0-0, Clark-Dickenson 3-4, Kastella 1-2, Murphy 0-3, Seymour 0-3, Gunner Marsh 0-0, schwaiger 0-1, Warner 0-2.

2B—G. Bistodeau, Veneman; 3B—Clark-Dickenson; RBIs—Rinaldi, Schwarz; Veneman, Morrison, Clark-Dickenson (4), Kastella, Murphy.