Lakers A, Bitterroot Bucs split Wednesday twinbill

The Kalispell A Lakers made three hits stand up for an 8-6 Legion baseball win over the Bitterroot Bucs Wednesday, salvaging a doubleheader split at Griffin Field.

The Bucs won the first game 11-7.

In the nightcap the Lakers capitalized on three walks, two hit batters and an error to seize a 3-1 lead, and the Bucs never led.

Nic Gustafson’s bunt single started another 3-run burst in the fourth inning: The Bucs helped things along with two more errors, another hit batter and a wild pitch. The Lakers led 6-3

Oscar Callis threw five strong innings for the Lakers, giving up six hits and two walks. He fanned four.

In the first game, however, Kalispell pitching surrendered five walks along with 13 hits.

In the fifth Jackson Nelson’s RBI single let the Lakers knot the score at 6-6, and a second error in the inning by the Bucs let them load the bases with one out, but no more runs came across.

Bitterroot’s Daniel Bartels untied in the top of the sixth with a 3-run homer, scoring Brandon Schneiter, who’d singled, and Andrew Scully, who doubled. Bartels had four hits and four RBIs.

Colby Kohlman hit a solo homer as part of the Bucs’ 2-run seventh; in their half the Lakers got a run.

First game

Bucs 501 003 2 - 11 13 4

Lakers A 111 210 1 - 7 4 3

Troy Larson, Brodie Hinsdale and Brendan Schneiter. Fletcher Postlewait, Asher Baines (4), Haiden Bunyea (6), Nic Gustafson (7), Odin Erickson (7) and Gustafson.

BITTERROOT BUCS — Jesse Sage 0-3, Hinsdale 1-4, Colby Kohlman 2-5, Schneiter 2-3, Andrew Scully 2-4, Daniel Bartels 4-5, Chance Schmitt 1-3, Gabe Philbrick 1-1, Joey Cartwright 0-2, Kellen Bradt 0-5.

KALISPELL LAKERS A — Henry Smith 1-2, Aidan Wilcox 0-3, Bunyea 0-4, Kane Morisaki 1-4, Postlewait 0-1, Baines 0-0, Erickson 0-1, Jackson Nelson 2-3, Ostyn Brennan 0-4, Oscar Kallis 0-3, Gustafson 0-3.

2B — Bartels 2, Scully 2, Schneiter. 3B — Kohlman. HR — Bartels, Kohlman.

RBI — Bartels 4, Kohlman 2, Schneiter, Scully, Schmitt, Philbrick, Cartwright, Nelson, Gustafson, Wilcox, Bunyea.

Second game

Bucs 111 020 1 - 6 7 7

Lakers A 300 302 x - 8 3 3

Z Christopherson, Bradt (4), Sage (5) and Schneiter. Kallis, Brennan (6) and Gustafson.

BITTERROOT BUCS — Sage 1-4, Larsen 0-3, Kohlman 2-4, Schneiter 2-3, Bartels 0-4, Scully 1-3, Hinsdale 0-4, Philbrick 0-1, Bradt 0-1, Cartwright 1-3.

KALISPELL LAKERS A — Smith 0-2, Wilcox 1-4, Morisak 0-3, Bunyea 0-2, Postelwait 0-2, Erickson 0-0, Kallis 0-0, Nelson 1-4, Brennan 0-4, Gustafson 1-2, J Thatcher 0-3.

2B — Kohlman, Sage, Schneiter. RBI — Schneiter 3, Larsen, Cartwright, Bunyea, Postlewait, Nelson.

Loggers, Red Sox

split pair Tuesday

LIBBY — Caden Williams threw five shutout innings and drove in two runs to lead the Libby Loggers past the Bitterroot Red Sox 10-0 Tuesday, in the first game of what became a doubleheader split.

The Red Sox edged Libby 7-4 in the late game.

The opener was all Loggers: Aiden Rose and Rusty Gillespie hit RBI singles to cap a 4-run sixth inning that ended the game under the 10-run rule.

Williams allowed all three hits and struck out five; he and Zane Brown, who pitched the sixth, combined to walk three.

Tucker Masters went 2-for-2 and scored four runs for the Loggers’ offense.

In the second game Tripp Zhang doubled and scored three times but Libby (6-12) couldn’t find the big inning. The Red Sox did, combining five walks with two singles to score four runs in the fourth and take a 5-2 lead.

Libby’s pitching trio of Zhang, Masters and Zane Brown combined to fan 12 Bitterroot hitters but also walked six.

First game

Red Sox 000 000 - 0 3 3

Libby 102 304 - 10 9 1

Pierce Esten, Conner Erin (5) and Paul Brenneman. Caden Williams, Zane Brown (6) and Rusty Gillespie.

BITTERROOT RED SOX — Tristan Lewis 0-3, Aaron Springer 1-3, Mitch Spinette 0-3, Brennaman 0-2, Bridger Huxtable 1-3, Jacob Westberry 0-2, Mac Usbright 0-1, Zach Pintok 0-2, Tyler Jones 1-2, Tim Hickey 0-1.

LIBBY LOGGERS — Tripp Zhang 1-2, Tucker Masters 2-2, CaWilliams 1-3, Aydan Williamson 1-3, Landon Haddock 0-3, Gillespie 1-4, Hunter Hoover, Cy Williams 0-3, Aiden Rose 1-1, Kiye Jenkins 1-3.

2B — Springer, Masters, Williamson, Zhang. RBI — CaWilliams 2, Gillespie 2, Zhang, Masters, Williamson, Haddock, Rose.

Second game

Red Sox 001 410 1 - 7 5 2

Libby 101 001 1 - 4 6 2

Lewis, Huxtable (7) and Brenneman. Zhang, Masters (4), Brown (4) and Gillespie.

BITTERROOT RED SOX — Usbright 0-1, Jones 1-3, Pierce 2-4, Spinetta 0-3, Brennaman 0-3, Springer 1-4, Huxtable 0-3, Pintok 1-3, Jackson Hundley 0-1, Erin 0-2.

LIBBY LOGGERS — Zhang 1-3, Masters 1-3, CaWilliams 1-3, Williamson 1-2, Rose 0-2, Haddock 0-2, Brown 0-0, Gillespie 0-4, Hoover 1-3, CyWilliams 0-2, Jenkins 1-3.

2B — Zhang. RBI — Jones 2, Pierce, Spinetta, Brennamen, Erin, CaWilliams, Williamson, Hoover.