Chargers jump to early lead, down Twins
HELENA — The Great Falls Charges scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back as they downed the Glacier Twins, 12-6, Sunday at the Keith Sell Tournament in Helena.
The Chargers led 9-4 after two innings.
The Twins outhit Great Falls, 12-10, but couldn’t come back. Zach Veneman had a stellar game at the plate, batting 3-for-3 with a triple, a double and two RBI. Danny Dunn was 2-for-2 with an RBI and Jacob Polumbus was 2-for-3 with an RBI.
The Twins are 2-2 at the tournament, which is scheduled through Monday.
Great Falls 12 Glacier 6
Glacier 311 10x — 6 12 3
Great Falls 630 03x — 12 10 1
W: Josh Banderob. L: George Robbins
Glacier —Mason Peters 2-4, Stevyn Andrachick 1-3, Zach Veneman 3-3, Mikey Glass 0-2, Jacob Polumbus 2-3, Danny Dunn 2-2, George Robbins 0-1, Orion Barta 0-2, Hayden Meehan 0-2, Taylor Bryan 1-3. 2B — Veneman. 3B — Veneman. RBI — Polumbus, Dunn, Veneman 2, Taylor Bryan.
Great Falls — Nate Fowler 2-4, Kael Richards 0-4, Trigg Mapes 2-3, Cam McNamee 2-3, Kallan Lawhon 1-1, Keeton Clark 1-2, Ryan Hartum 0-3, Kyler Kralich 2-3, Hunter Houck 0-1, Fox Weymouth 0-0. 3B — Clark. RBI — Clark 3, Hartum, Kralich 2, McNamee, Fowler 2, Houck, Mapes.
Glacier 10, Billings 5
Stevyn Andrachick was 3-for-4 with a triple, two doubles and an RBI as the Glacier Twins downed the Billings Scarlets 10-5 on Sunday morning at the Keith Sell Tournament.
Mikey Glass was 2-for-3 with two RBI and Zach Veneman had a double and an RBI to lead the Twins offensively.
The Scarlets blasted out of the gate with four runs in the first inning, but the Twins chipped away at that lead, scoring one run in the first and second innings, then taking the lead with four runs in the bottom of the third.
Glacier 10, Billings 5
Billings 400 001 x — 5 9 2
Glacier 114 013 x — 10 10 3
W — Zach Veneman.
Glacier — Mason Peters 1-4, Stevyn Andrachick 3-4, Zach Veneman 1-2, Mikey Glass 2-3, Jacob Polumbus 0-4, Danny Dunn 1-2, George Robbins 0-2, Hayden Meehan 1-3, Taylor Bryan 1-3, Orion Barta 0-0. 2B — Andrachick 2, Veneman. 3B — Andrachick. RBI — Andrachick, Dunn 2, Glass 2, Polumbus, Robbins, Veneman.
Billings — Nate McDonald 0-3, Luke Tallman 2-3, Michael Fenalio 2-3, Spencer Berger 1-4, Max Murphy 0-4, Rocco Gioioso 2-3, Kyler Northrop 2-3, Jaiden Turner 0-3, Jaxon Brandt 0-2. 2B — Fenalio, Tallman. RBI — Gioioso, Berger 2, Fenalio, Northrop.
Late Saturday
HELENA — Stevyn Andrachick hit two doubles and had two RBI and Zach Veneman added a double and an RBI, but the Twins fell 7-6 to the host Helena Senators on Saturday.
The Senators won on a walk-off error in the bottom of the sixth inning.
Helena 7, Glacier 6
Glacier 002 400 x — 6 8 5
Helena 230 101 x — 7 6 3
Glacier — Mason Peters 2-3, Stevyn Andrachick 2-3, Zach Veneman 2-3, Jacob Polumbus 0-3, Mikey Glass 1-3, George Robbins 0-3, Danny Dunn 1-3, Jake McIntyre 0-1, Taylor Bryan 0-1, Hayden Meehan 0-2, Orion Barta 0-0. 2B — Andrachick 2, Veneman. RBI — Andrachick 2, Polumbus, Veneman 3.
Billings —Matt Burton 1-2, Michael Hurlbert 2-4, Ethan Keintz 0-3, Tyler Tenney 2-3, Trysten Mooney 0-2, Forest Suero 0-2, Cy Miller 0-2, Caden Sell 0-2, Gavin Thennis 0-1, Quinn Belcher 1-2, Hunter Bratcher 1-2. 3B — Tenney. RBI — Hurlbert, Tenney 3.