American Legion A Baseball Red Sox trip Lakers twice
Kalispell Lakers A starting pitcher Wesley Palmer delivers to a Bitterroot Red Sox batter in the first inning at Griffin Field on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Bitterroot Red Sox left fielder Tucker Jones hangs on to a flyball for an out while colliding with shortstop Tanner Goligoski against the Kalispell Lakers A at Griffin Field on Tuesday. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Bitterroot Red Sox second baseman Cam Rothie throws to first on a double play attempt in the bottom of the sixth inning against Kalispell Lakers A. Forced out at second is Kalispell's Ben Corriveau. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
It was a rough night on the diamond for the Kalispell Lakers A American Legion baseball team Tuesday at Griffin Field.
The Bitterroot Red Sox A used a strong pitching performance by two hurlers to win the opener 7-0 and followed with a 14-2 triumph in Game 2.
The Lakers were held to three hits, all singles, in Game 1.
Kalispell managed to get eight hits in the nightcap, but only scored twice — both runs crossing the plate in the fourth inning.
Connor Drish went 2 for 2 in the second game for the Lakers and Payton Davisson was 2 for 3. Drish and Luke Halland had one RBI each.
That game ended on the 10-run rule when Bitterroot tallied eight runs in the top of the fifth.
The Lakers A continue with conference play, hosting Cranbrook, British Columbia, A on Friday for a doubleheader starting at 5 p.m. at Griffin Field.
Bitterroot Red Sox 301 003 0 — 7 4 0
Kalispell Lakers A 000 000 0 — 0 3 4
WP—NA; LP— Wes Palmer.
BITTERROOT RED SOX — Rothie 1-4, Goligoski 1-2, Brown 0-3, Omlid 1-4, Hunt 0-2, Richardson 0-3, Jones 1-4, Spinneta 0-2, Swift 0-4.
KALISPELL LAKERS A — Ben Corriveau 1-2, Nate Kelly 1-3, Ryan McDonald 0-3, Payton Davisson 0-3, Jaydon Dillon 0-3, Thomas O’Connell 0-3, Connor Drish 1-2, Grant Marsh 0-2, Luke Halland 0-2.
2B—Jones, Omlid, Rothie; 3B—Goligoski; RBIs—Rothie, Omlid, Richardson, Jones.
Bitterroot Red Sox 240 08 — 14 13 0
Kalispell Lakers A 000 20 — 2 8 2
WP—Drapper; LP—McDonald.
BITTERROOT RED SOX — Rothie 1-3, Goligoski 2-3, Brown 0-3, Omlid 3-4, Hunt 0-3, Richardson 2-4, Jones 2-2, Bowman 3-4, Swift 0-3.
KALISPELL LAKERS A — Corriveau 0-1, Kelly 1-3, Davisson 2-3, Dillon 0-2, Marsh 0-1, Palmer 1-3, JD Van Kempen 0-1, O’Connell 1-2, Drish 2-2, Halland 1-2.
2B—Jones, Omlid, Bowman; RBIs—Rothie, Goligoski 1, Omlid (4), Richardson, Bowman (2); Drish, Halland.