Cranbrook Bandits take 2 from A Lakers
The bats fell silent for the Kalispell A Lakers Wednesday, and they were swept in a Western A Legion doubleheader by the Cranbrook Bandits at Griffin Field.
The Lakers (24-4 overall, 6-2 in the Western A) managed just seven hits while losing 10-3 and 6-4, though they had the go-ahead run at the plate in the final inning of the second game.
A leadoff walk to Bryce Quinnell, a one-out single by Trever Cockerill, an RBI groundout by Hunter Fann and another single by Braden Capser had the Lakers on the comeback trail, down 6-4. Bandits pitcher Blayke Butler was able to induce a groundout to end the rally..
In the first game the Lakers fanned 12 times against two Bandit pitchers. Cranbrook meanwhile struck out just once and banged out 14 hits, with Butler and Ryan White getting three each.
Luke Nikunen scored two of Kalispell’s runs in the opener.
The A Lakers are home again Sunday, for a doubleheader against the Bitterroot Bucs at 1 p.m. at Griffin.
First game
Bandits 230 131 0 - 10 14 0
Lakers A 010 110 0 - 3 4 1
Owen Relkoff, Leif Dubreuil (4) and Dallin Rodger. Jackson Heino, Cale Brink (4) and Bryce Quinnell, Ethan Kim (5).
CRANBROOK BANDITS — Ryan White 3-4, Vinny Fiorentino 2-3, Michael Clark 1-3, Blayke Butler 3-5, Josh Pighin 1-4, T Dupley 1-1, Dubreuil 0-4, Clark Reimer 1-3, Brantley Johnson 0-4, Rodger 2-2.
KALISPELL A LAKERS — Trever Cockerill 0-3, Hunter Fann 0-3, Braden Capser 0-2, Bryce Buckmaster 0-3, Luke Nikunen 1-2, Hunter Glidden 2-3, Easton Capser 0-1, Brink 0-1, Quinnell 0-2, Kim 0-1, Brecken Walcheck 1-3.
2B — Butler, Glidden. RBIs — Fiorentino 2, Clark 2, Reimer 2, Butler, Pighin, Dubreuil , B.Capser, Glidden, Quinnell.
Second game
Bandits 002 040 0 - 6 3 1
Lakers A 020 010 1 - 4 3 3
Barber, White (5), Reimer (5), Butler (7) and Pighin. Liam Benson, Brysen Herion (5), B.Capser (5) and Quinnell.
BANDITS — White 0-3, Fiorentino 0-2, Clark 2-4, Butler 0-4, Pighin 0-0, Dubreuil 1-3, Ty Dupley 0-3, Relkoff 0-2, Reimer 0-3.
A LAKERS — Cockerill 1-3, Fann 0-4, B.Capser 1-4, Buckmaster 0-3, Nikunen 1-3, Glidden 0-2, Heino 0-2, Quinnell 0-0, Brink 0-2.
RBIs — White, Fiorentino, Clark, Butler, Dubreuil , Reimer, Cockerill, Fann.