Pioneer League: Range Riders drill Voyagers 14-0
GREAT FALLS — New additions Livingston Morris and Vinny Bologna hit homers Wednesday, part of a 20-hit attack that carried the Glacier Range Riders over Great Falls 14-0 in Pioneer League baseball.
Ryan Cash had five hits and Morris had four, and both players scored twice and drove in two as the Range Riders (6-7) snapped a six-game losing streak. Cash stole two bases.
Jared Fry had two hits and scored twice, as did Ben McConnell out of his leadoff spot.
Brock Knoten threw six shutout innings to pick up his first win. He allowed four hits and four walks and struck out one while Glacier played perfect defense behind him.
Andrew Tri threw the last three innings, allowing two hits and one walk. He struck out three and earned his first save.
Derek Kolbush had two hits for Great Falls (10-4).
Glacier scored five times in the second inning, helped along by a Voyagers error; McConnell doubled to score one run and Brody Wofford added an RBI single.
Cash hit RBI singles in the third and ninth innings. In between, Bologna hit a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 9-0 and Morris hit a solo shot in the ninth.
The teams continue a six-game set Thursday at 7 p.m., at Centene Stadium.
Range Riders 051 200 312 - 14 20 0
Voyagers 000 000 000 - 0 6 2
Brock Knoten, Andrew Tri (7) and Jared Fry. Alexander Castro, Tyler Naumann (3), Carter Linton (7), Zane Zurbrugg (9) and Nick Emanuel. W — Knoten (1-0). LP — Castro (1-1). S — Try (1).
GLACIER RANGE RIDERS — Ben McConnell 2-7, Gabe Howell 1-3, Dean Miller 0-1, Brody Wofford 2-5, Livingston Morris 4-6, Vinny Bolonga 1-6, Fry 2-4, Michael Knell 2-4, Ryan Cash 5-6, Brandt Broussard 1-6.
GREAT FALLS VOYAGERS — Breydon Daniel 1-3, Jake Malec 0-4, Andy Atwood 1-4, Michael Deeb 0-2, Tavis Brunson 0-1, Riley Jepson 1-03, Derek Kolbush 2-3, Brad Demco 0-1, Eddie McCabe 1-4, Nick Emanuel 0-3, Adam Oviedo 0-1.
2B — McConnell 2, Howell, Wofford, Knell. HR — Morris (1), Bologna (1). RBIs— Cash 2, Bologna 2, Morris 2, Wofford 2, McConnell, Miller, Fry, Knell, Broussard. SB — Cash 2. SF — Wofford.