Twins end Gallo tourney on upswing
WHITEFISH — The first of Kellen Kroger’s four runs batted in gave the Glacier Twins all the runs they needed, and they went on to down the Clarkfork Riverdogs 13-3 in the Ed Gallo Wood Bat Tournament Sunday.
Kroger’s RBI groundout scored Josiah Ruther with the Twins’ fourth run in the first inning; Glacier (19-5) then withstood the Riverdogs’ three-run first — Eli Ratliff hit a two-run single — and went on to end the game early under the mercy rule at Memorial Field.
Kroger added an RBI single in the second inning, making it 7-3; his two-run single in the fourth made it 10-3.
Hayden Meehan drove in three runs and Mikey Glass knocked in two for the Twins. Maddox Muller had the game’s lone extra-base hit, a double.
Jake McIntyre threw all five innings, allowing two hits, two walks and one earned run. He fanned three. The Twins are 2-2 at the tournament, with the Spokane Dodgers Seals won with a 10-4 victory over Gonzaga Prep Navy.
Twins 422 23 - 13 10 2
Riverdogs 300 00 - 3 2 6
Jake McIntyre and AC Chilson. Nate Zigler, Kody Carter (4) and Jack Taylor.
GLACIER TWINS — Stevyn Andrachick 2-4, Mason Peters 1-4, Jake McIntyre 0-1, Hayden Meehan 1-3, Josiah Ruther 0-2, Owen Shilling 0-0, Mikey Glass 2-3, Kellen Kroger 2-4, Maddox Muller 2-3, Chilson 0-1, Dayne Tu 0-0.
CLARKFORK RIVERDOGS — Carter 0-2, Taylor 0-3, Zigler 1-2, Alessi Rolando 0-1, Bean Plakke 0-1, Bryson McCormick 0-1, Eli Ratliff 1-2, Garth Parker 0-2, Trenis McDonald 0-2, Tanner Dayu.
2B — Muller. RBIs — Kroger 4, Meehan 3, Glass 2, Peters, Ratliff 2, Zigler.
Late Saturday
Gonzaga Navy 6, Twins 3
Cavan McKeirnan’s two-run double in the seventh inning gave Gonzaga Prep Navy a 4-3 lead, and two more runs came in via error and a dropped third strike as the Twins fell.
Mason Peters walked and scored on an error, Jake McIntyre walked and scored on a dropped third strike and AC Chilson hit an RBI single as the Twins built leads of 2-0 and 3-2.
Kroger threw three innings, but he, Meehan and Glass allowed just two earned runs. The Twins had six errors in the field and got little going after Grant Yost took over for Gonzaga in the fifth inning.
GPNavy 002 000 4 - 6 10 3
Twins 111 000 0 - 3 5 6
Bo Strahl, Grant Yost (4) and Brady Strahl. Kroger, Meehgan (4), Glass (7) and Chilson.
GONZAGA PREP AA1 NAVY — Elias De Leon 0-4, Bo Strah 1-3, Cavan McKeirnan 3-4, Yost 1-4, Quinn Malone 1-4, Briggs Beaudoin 0-0, Jack Beaudoin 2-4, Gavin Consiglio 0-2, Mikey Funaro 0-1, Landon Bunn 1-3, Brady Strahl 1-3.
TWINS — Andrachick 0-4, Tu 0-0, Peters 0-2, Meehan 1-3, McIntyre 1-2, Kroger 1-2, Ruther 0-2, Schilling 0-1, Muller 0-2, Glass 1-3, Chilson 1-3.
2B — McKeirnan, Glass, McIntyre. RBIs — McKeirnan 2, Funaro, Ruther, Chilson.