A Legion: Twins fall to Bandits in 10 innings
BELGRADE — The Glacier Twins had another late-inning rally Thursday, but couldn’t hold onto their own lead in a 9-5, 10-inning loss to Belgrade at the State A Legion baseball tournament.
The host Bandits (39-18) moved into Friday’s winner’s bracket semifinal against the Butte Miners. That game will be at 7 p.m. at Medina Field.
To get there Belgrade had to weather a comeback by the Twins (34-11), who next play the Havre Northstars in a loser out game at 4 p.m.
Hayden Meehan hit an RBI single in the sixth inning to put the Twins, who had trailed 4-1, up 5-4. Then the Bandits pushed across a tying run in the seventh thanks in part to a pair of Glacier errors.
In their half of the seventh, the Twins loaded the bases with nobody out but failed to score: Stevyn Andrachick’s grounder turned into a force out at home; Mikey Glass fanned and Meehan flew out to leave the score 5-5.
Glacier’s rally started in the fourth: Mason Peters doubled in a run and Andrachick tripled in Peters to cut the gap to 4-3. In the sixth Peters singled to lead off, moved to third on a couple wild pitches and scored on a sacrifice fly by Glass. Meehan’s single brought in Andrachick, who had walked, for the Twins’ first lead.
Aiden Kulbeck’s two-run single broke the deadlock in the 10th, and the Bandits tacked on two more runs.
Peters pitched into the seventh inning, allowing five hits, a walk and two earned runs. He struck out eight.
In Thursday’s morning action, Havre eliminated the Bitterroot Red Sox, 5-4.
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Dyson Kinnaman, Caleb Hoppe (5), Gavin Waters (7) and Kash Fike. Mason Peters, Maddox Muller (7) and AC Chilson.
BELGRADE BANDITS — Lane Neill 1-5, Fike 2-6, Aidan Kulbeck 3-5, Wyatt Russell 0-5, Gavin Waters 1-3, Diego Casas 0-2, Caleb Hoppe 1-2, Collin Delph 1-4, Kinnaman 1-2, Ryan Olson 0-0, Drew Dunning 0-5, Sawyer Olson 0-4.
GLACIER TWINS — Peters 3-4, Stevyn Andrachick 2-3, Mikey Glass 0-5, Hayden Meehan 2-4, Kellen Kroger 1-6, Jake McIntyre 1-6, Muller 0-5, Owen Shilling 2-2, Dayne Tu 0-0, Chilson 2-4.
2B — Peters. 3B — Andrachick. RBIs — Neill, Kulbeck, Waters, Peters, Andrachick, Glass, Meehan, Kroger.