Lakers AA hang on to trip Mavs AA
Kalispell Lakers AA starting pitcher Sam Elliott works in the first inning against the Missoula Mavericks at Griffin Field on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Kalispell Lakers AA's Eric Seaman slides in to second base ahead of the throw on a delayed steal in the bottom of the fourth against the Missoula Mavericks at Griffin Field on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Dawson Smith, 3 for 4, drove in two runs, Logan Siblerud, 1 for 2, had two RBIs and Sam Elliott went six innings on the mound to get the win as the Kalispell Lakers AA held on to beat the Missoula Mavs AA 6-5 on Tuesday evening at Griffin Field in American Legion baseball play.
Kalispell (34-13 overall, 12-6 league) led 4-0 after three inning and 6-0 after four.
Missoula pushed two runs across the plate in the top of the fifth and scored three times in the seventh to fall a run short.
Taylor Morton, 2 for 4, scored once for Kalispell.
The Lakers have four league games left in the regular season — a doubleheader on Thursday at the Billings Scarlets AA and a home doubleheader on Sunday versus the Butte Miners AA.
Kalispell hosts the AA state tournament, which begins July 28th.
Missoula Mavs AA 000 020 3 — 5 6 3
Kalispell Lakers AA 103 200 x — 6 10 1
WP—Sam Elliott; LP—Dylan Chalmers.
MISSOULA MAVS AA — James Martin 2-4, Brendan Buchanan 1-4, Dane Fraser 0-3, Kaden Heidrick 0-2, Sam Bucy 1-3, Tradd Richandson 0-3, Brandon Hill 1-3, Beau King 1-2, Clayton Franke 0-3.
KALISPELL LAKERS AA — Randy Stultz 1-3, Taylor Morton 2-4, Eric Seaman 1-3, Dawson Smith 3-4, AJ Jones 0-4, Ryan Symmes 1-3, Jonathan Craver 0-3, Logan Siblerud 1-2, Brandon Jones 1-2.
RBIs—Martin, Richandson, Hill, Franke; Smith (2), Craver, Siblerud (2).
Twins A 15, Mavs A 12
Twins A 9, Mavs A 4
The Glacier Twins A used 18 hits to tally 15 runs in a wild 15-12 victory over the Missoula Mavs A in the opening game of a doubleheader on Tuesday.
Jack Schwaiger had a monster game with a double, home run (third inning) and four RBIs for the Twins.
Tom Hellwig, 4-5, was just as impressive. He also doubled (seventh inning) and homered (third) and drove in two runs.
Matt Morrison, 3 for 5, had three RBIs and Ryan Veneman, 3 for 4, drove in two runs for the victors.
Glacier scored 10 runs in the third inning.
The Twins stayed on the offensive in Game 2, ripping 16 hits in a 9-4 victory.
Schwaiger, 3 for 4, Hellwig, 3 for 4, and Veneman, 3 for 4, had another field day at the plate.
Hellwig and Coby Clark-Dickenson had two RBIs each. They also had the team’s two extra base hits — Hellwig doubled and Clark-Dickenson tripled.
The Twins host the Bitterroot Red Sox A on Thursday for a doubleheader, starting at 1 p.m.
Glacier Twins A 21(10) 110 0 — 15 18 5
Missoula Mavs A 064 010 1 — 12 12 4
WP—Trenton Tyree; LP—Brent DeMinck.
GLACIER TWINS A — Caleb Meehan 2-4, Ryan Veneman 3-4, Coby Clark-Dickenson 0-3, Terek Bistodeau 2-5, Jack Schwaiger 2-5, Matt Morrison 3-5, Tom Hellwig 4-5, Dan Seymour 2-4, Quintin Schriver 0-2, Nathan Hader 0-0.
MISSOULA MAVS A — Bridger Johnson 3-4, Deiondre Davis 0-3, Clayton Long 0-1, Drew Stensrud 2-2, Jake Lintner 2-5, Brent DeMinck 1-5, Cayden Jordan 0-1, Alex Certel 1-3, Jackson Make 0-3, Andrew Claussen 2-4, Dayton Bay 1-2.
2B—Schwaiger, Hellwig, Morrison; Stensrud, Claussen; HR—Schwaiger, Hellwig; RBIs—Meehan, Veneman (2), Bistodeau, Schwaiger (4),Morrison (3), Hellwig (2); Johnson (2), Davis, Stensrud (3), Lintner (2).
Glacier Twins A 110 130 3 — 9 16 0
Missoula Mavs A 001 201 0 — 4 11 4
WP—Veneman; LP—Zach Hangas.
GLACIER TWINS A — Meehan 1-4, Veneman 3-4, Tyree 0-0, Clark-Dickenson 2-3, Bistodeau 1-2, Schwaiger 3-4, Morrison 1-4, Hellwig 3-4, Forrest Kobelt 1-3, Nathan Hader 1-3, Seymour 0-1.
MISSOULA MAVS A — Johnson 3-3, Brent DeMinck 2-3, Stensrud 0-2, Lintner 2-4, Jordan 0-4, Clayton Long 1-3, Turner McCullough 0-2, Hangas 0-0, Claussen 1-3, Bay 2-2.
2B—Hellwig;3B—Clark-Dickenson; RBIs—Veneman, Clark-Dickenson (2), Bistodeau, Schwaiger, Morrison, Hellwig (2), Kobelt; Johnson (2), Stensrud (2).
Mariners sweep Loggers
POLSON — The Mission Valley Mariners A rolled by the Libby Loggers A for a doubleheader sweep on Monday, winning by 10-0 and 13-3 scores.
Both games were shortened by the run rule.
Libby 000 000 — 0 5 6
Mission Valley 015 103 — 10 12 1
WP—X. Fischer; LP—Moxley Roesler-Bagalke.
LIBBY — Tim Carvey 0-2, Jeff Offenbecher 1-3, Quade Anderson 0-2, Garrett Gollahon 2-3, Shayne Walker 0-3, Roesler-Bagalke 0-0, C. Williams 1-3, A. Williams 1-3, Trey Thompson 0-2, Ethan Borden 0-0, Austin McCully 0-1.
MISSION VALLEY — J. Bennett 1-4, T. Petticrew 2-3, D. Wisniewski 2-3, C. Davis 1-3, I. Gillingham 1-4, K. Dakby 3-4, B. Hales 1-2, E. Dolence 1-2, G. Mergenthaler 0-1.
2B—Gillingham, Wisnbiewski, Dakby, Bennett; RBIs—Wisniewski (3), Davis (2), Gillingham, Dakby (3), Dolence.
Libby 000 21 — 3 6 5
Mission Valley 113 62 — 13 14 0
WP—Dolence; LP—Carvey.
LIBBY — Carvey 0-3, Offenbecher 1-3, Walker 2-3, Anderson 1-3, Gollahon 0-2, Roesler-Bagalke 0-1, C. Williams 1-2, Thompson 1-2, Chris Auge 0-1.
MISSION VALLEY — Bennett 2-3, Dolence 0-0, Petticrew 1-3, Wisniewski 2-3, Davis 3-4, Gillingham 1-4, Dakby 2-3, B. Hales 1-2, Mergenthaler 1-3, Fischer 1-3.
2B—Walker; Gillingham, Wisniewski, Davis; 3B—Dakby; RBIs—Walker, Thompson; Wisniewski (2), Davis (3), Gillingham (2), Dakby, Hales, Fischer.