AA Lakers 3-0 at Palouse tourney
PULLMAN, Wash. — Carter Schlegel drove in two runs and Max Holden was almost unhittable as the Kalispell AA Lakers beat Northwest Premier 6-2 at the Palouse Summer Series tournament on Saturday.
The win, coupled with a 2-1 victory over the Columbia Bason River Dogs on Friday, gave the Lakers (26-10) a 3-0 record at the tournament. They played Elevate Northwest late Saturday for a spot in the semifinals of the 20-team tournament, but lost 3-1. The tournament concludes Sunday.
Holden allowed one hit, one walk and two unearned runs in five innings of work. He struck out four.
The Lakers trailed 2-1, but drew even on Schlegel’s squeeze bunt in the fourth inning. Two more runs came in when Timmy Glanville’s grounder ate up the third baseman for an error.
Up 4-2, Kalispell tacked on two runs in the fifth on bases-loaded walks issued to Schlegel and Kane Morisaki. Holden tripled to lead off the inning and scored. Oscar Kallis doubled and scored twice for the Lakers.
Former Glacier Twin Jacob Polumbus started for NW Premier, and gave up four hits, two walks and two earned runs in four innings. He struck out three.
NW Premier 020 0 - 2 1 3
Lakers AA 100 32 - 6 5 2
J Polumbus, J Zimmery (5) and D Kakoda. Max Holden and Nate Skonard.
NORTHWEST PREMIER — Zimmery 0-2, Lehman 0-2, Kakoda 0-2, Ensmeber 1-2, McClen 0-2, Polumbus 0-1, Lehman 0-2, Stockton 0-2, Gwathey 0-1, Dillon 0-1.
KALISPELL AA LAKERS — Ostyn Brennan 0-3, Adam Nikunen 0-2, Holden 2-3, Oscar Kallis 1-2, Kaden Drish 1-2, Carter Schlegel 0-1, Kane Morisaki 1-1, Skonard 0-3, Timmy Glanville 0-3.
2B — Kallis. 3B — Holden. RBis — Schlegel 2, Morisaki.
Friday
Lakers AA 2, River Dogs 1
Andrew Cephers and Oscar Kallis combined on a seven-hitter, and a 2-0 lead — Nate Skonard Kallis hit two-out, RBI singles in the second and fifth innings — held up.
Cephers threw six scoreless innings, scattering six hits and a walk. He struck out two.
Kallis gave up a River Dog double to lead off the seventh, leading to a run, but retired the next three batters.
River Dogs 000 000 1 - 1 7 0
Lakers AA 010 010 x - 2 6 1
B Yale and H Koziel. Andre Cephers, Kallis (7) and Skonard.
COLUMBIA BASIN RIVER DOGS — Carlos 1-1, Gustafson 0-3, Harden 2-3, Juarez 0-3, Smiths 1-3, Hancock 1-3, Koziel 1-2, YHale 0-3, Martinez 1-2.
AA LAKERS — Drish 1-2, Nikuen 0-2, Holden 2-3, Kallis 1-3, Cephers 0-3, Schlegel 0-3, Glanville 1-3, Skonard 1-3, Kyne Vojta 0-1, Josh Close 0-0.
2B — Harden, Hancock, Smith, Glanville. RBIs — Koziel, Nikuen, Skonard.