Legion Baseball Lakers A top Bandits, Redbirds in tourney play

by The Daily Inter Lake
| May 20, 2017 1:40 AM

The Kalispell Lakers A bounced back from a Friday night loss by beating the Calgary Redbirds A 11-4 and the Cranbrook Bandits 5-3 on Saturday at Archie Roe Field in the Canadian Days American Legion baseball tournament.

The 2-1 record puts the Lakers in the championship game today at 1 p.m. at Griffin Field versus Cranbrook. Logan Siblerud will pitch for the Lakers. This will be his first appearance in the Canadian Days.

Kalispell, 6-4 overall on the season, had three big innings against the Redbirds in an afternoon contest, scoring three times in the first and sixth innings and pushing four runs across the plate in the third.

Jonathan Craver went 2 for 4 and drove in three runs to power the Lakers.

Evan Todd, 2 for 3, also drove in three runs.

Cole Crosby, 2 for 2, had an RBI and scored three times.

Taylor Morton drove in two runs.

Craver, Crosby and Todd all doubled once.

Clayton Jaques pitched the final five innings. He allowed three hits, three runs, struck out three and did not walk a batter.

In a morning outing versus Cranbrook, Tyler Kitch went 3 for 5 to lead the Lakers hit parade from his leadoff spot.

Kalispell had 13 hits.

Crosby, Jaques and Nate Vanderbeek had two hits each.

Doubling were Ryan McDonald, Crosby and Morton.

Kalispell took a 2-1 lead in the second inning and added a run in the fifth and two more in the seventh.

Todd pitched six innings to get the win. He allowed six hits, three runs, walked three batters and struck out three.

Calgary Redbirds A 102 010 — 4 6 6

Kalispell Lakers A 304 013 — 11 9 1

WP—Clayton Jaques; LP—Jose Rojas.

CALGARY — Dale Bratz 1-2, Rojas 1-3, Anthony Kelley 1-3, Ben Tatterson 1-3, Hankins 1-3, Bret Knibbs 1-3, Wallin 0-3, Zach Tanton 0-2, Matt Donn 0-2.

KALISPELL — Brandon Jordan 0-0, Grant Marsh 1-4, Logan Siblerud 0-4, Ryan McDonald 1-4, Cole Crosby 2-2, Jonathan Craver 2-4, Taylor Morton 1-4, Evan Todd 2-3, Brian Olson 0-3, Nate Kelly 0-2.

2B—Craver, Crosby, Todd; RBIs—Rojas (2), Tatterson, Knibbs; Crosby, Craver (3), Morton (2), Todd (3).

Kalispell Lakers A 020 010 2 — 5 13 3

Cranbrook Bandits 100 011 0 — 3 7 3

WP—Evan Todd; LP—Thoru.

KALISPELL — Tyler Kitch 3-5, Adam Joy 0-3, Cole Crosby 2-3, Ryan McDonald 1-4, Clayton Jaques 2-3, Nate Vanderbeek 2-3, Taylor Morton 1-4, Brian Olson 1-4, Grant Marsh 1-4.

CRANBROOK — Kemp 0-2, Ishihara 1-4, Thoru 3-4, Bird 0-3, Maggison 1-4, Detcheverry 2-3, Rennette 0-1, Maggison 0-3, Farquar 0-3.

2B—McDonald, Crosby, Morton; Thoru; 3B —Maggison; RBIs—Vanderbeek, Marsh (3); Thoru, Detcheverry.

Cougars 5, Lakers A 2

Kalispell outhit the Camrose Cougars 9-2, but came up short on the scoreboard at Archie Roe Field on Friday night.

Crosby went 3 for 4 for Kalispell. He doubled along with Olson and Joy, who finished with two hits and had the lone RBI.

Todd, Nate Kelly and McDonald shared mound duties for the Lakers to combine on a 2-hitter.

McDonald, who pitched the final two innings, gave up one hit, struck out four and walked one batter.

Camrose Cougars 001 301 0 — 5 2 1

Kalispell Lakers A 001 001 0 — 2 9 3

WP—John Robbins; LP—Nate Kelly.

CAMROSE — Kyler Kupka 0-3, Brady Ryan 0-2, Jacob Kendall 0-3, John Robbins 0-2, Ryan Burton 1-2, Zach Willms 1-3, Brock Sheets 0-2, Brendan Frick 0-2, Chase Parsons 0-2.

KALISPELL — Brandon Jordan 0-1, Clayton Jaques 0-1, Tyler Kitch 0-3, Cole Crosby 3-4, Logan Siblerud 0-2, Nate Vanderbeek 1-3, Taylor Morton 1-3, Jonathan Craver 1-3, Brian Olson 1-3, Adam Joy 2-3.

2B—Olson, Crosby, Joy; RBIs—Burton, Willms, Sheets; Joy.

Bitterroot Bucs A 101 000 0 — 2 5 5

Glacier Twins A 020 411 x — 8 8 2

WP — Coby Clark-Dickenson; LP—Colby Kohlman.

BITTERROOT — Jake Foley 1-3, Braxton McCullough 0-3, Kohlman 2-4, Zeler 1-4, Jake Scully 0-3, Marchon 0-1, Bailey 1-2, B. Schniter 0-3, Wells 0-3, Hisdale 0-2, Kay 0-1.

GLACIER — Greyson Bistodeau 1-3, James Sampson-Keck 0-4, Ryan Veneman 0-4, Derick Kastella 0-4, Tom Hellwig 1-3, Terek Bistodeau 2-2, Clark-Dickenson 2-3, Dan Seymour 1-1, Nathan Hader 0-1, Quintin Schriver 1-2.

2B—Zeler; G. Bistodeau (2), T.Bistodeau, Clark-Dickenson, Seymour; 3B—Kohlman; RBIs—Zeler. G. Bistodeau (2), T. Bistodeau, Clark-Dickenson, Sampson-Keck, Schriver, Seymour.