Twins oust Lethbridge, play Bandits Saturday
LAUREL — As bounce-backs go, the Glacier Twins did it proper.
Down 4-0 early, the Twins scored eight times in the fourth inning, five times in the sixth and ousted Lethbridge from the State A Legion baseball tournament Friday, 13-4.
Jake McIntyre homered and Tristan Butts went 4-for-4 with a triple for the Twins (30-10), who shook off a 5-1 Thursday loss to the Billings Blue Jays. They are now in the final four of the tournament and play Saturday against the Belgrade Bandits at 7 p.m.
Ty Mabin’s three-run home run in the first inning put Lethbridge up early, and Mabin added a sacrifice fly in the third that had the Miners (40-11) ahead 4-0.
After that it was all Twins: They sent 13 men to the plate in the fourth, with Butts hitting two singles, knocking in one run and scoring once.
Dayne Tu’s two-run single started the rally and Sam Hall, Josiah Ruther and Mikey Glass also added RBI singles, while Maddox Muller drove in a run with a fielder’s choice.
In the sixth inning Butts hit a two-run triple and scored when McIntyre followed with his homer to left.
Tu capped the scoring with a Little League homer: He reached on an error by the pitcher and came around on misplays by the first baseman, right fielder and third baseman.
Glass, meanwhile, was throwing a complete game three-hitter. He hit two batters — they both scored — and walked one while striking out five. He threw 87 pitches.
Friday
Miners 301 000 0 - 4 3 7
Twins 000 805 x - 13 13 0
Bowen Weaver, Kade Pallett (6) and Willis Takahashi. Mikey Glass and AC Chilson.
LETHBRIDGE MINERS — Alexander Westlund 0-2, Fawkes Bruinsma 1-2, Midnite Toker 0-3, Ty Mabin 1-2, Tristan Oriold-Climenhaga 1-3, Jarret McNeill 0-3, Takahashi 0-3, Kieran Inaba 0-2, Lowen Kitagawa 0-3.
GLACIER TWINS — Maddox Miller 1-4, Glass 1-3, Kellen Kroger 2-3, Tristan Butts 4-4, Jake McIntyre 1-4, Talon Murphy 0-1, Danye Tu 1-3, Sam Hall 1-4, Josiah Ruther 1-3, Chilson 1-3.
3B — Butts. HR — Mabin, McIntyre. RBIs — Mabin 4, Butts 3, McIntyre 2, Tu 2, Hall, Ruther, Muller, Glass.
State A Tournament
July 26-30, Laurel
Wednesday
Game 1: Glacier Twins 1, Butte Miners 0
Game 2: Belgrade Bandits 7, Mission Valley Mariners 3
Game 3: Billings Blue Jays 10, Havre Northstars 9
Game 4: Laurel Dodgers 9, Lethbridge Miners 6
Thursday
Game 5: Butte Miners 14, Havre Northstars 1. loser out
Game 6: Lethbridge Miners 8, Mission Valley Mariners 2, lo
Game 7: Billings Blue Jays 5, Glacier Twins 1
Game 8: Belgrade Bandits 3, Laurel Dodgers 2
Friday
Game 9: Glacier Twins 13, Lethbridge Miners 4, lo
Game 10: Laurel Dodgers 7, Butte Miners 5, lo
Game 11: Belgrade Bandits 10, Billings Blue Jays 4, semifinal
Saturday
Game 12: Laurel Dodgers (54-9) vs. Billings Blue Jays (50-10), 4 p.m.
Game 13: Glacier Twins (30-10) vs. Belgrade Bandits (31-9), 7 p.m.
Sunday
Game 14/15: Belgrade Bandits vs. TBA, Championship, Noon
NOTES: Game 15 is 45 minutes after Game 14 (if necessary)
If three teams remain after Game 13, the winner of Game 11 draws a bye through Game 14.