Range Riders win Sunday, streak hits 5
Gabe Howell drove in the go-ahead run with a double in the bottom of the eighth inning as the Glacier Range Riders rallied past the Great Falls Voyagers 6-4 Sunday afternoon at Glacier Bank Park. Howell finished 3-4 with two RBI and two runs scored from the leadoff spot. Dean Miller was 3-5 with a double and two runs batted in of his own for the Riders and Kingston Liniak drilled a solo homer in the bottom of the second to get Glacier on the board. Jackson Raper picked up the Riders final RBI with a single in the bottom of the eighth that brough Howell around to score and brought the score to the final tally.
Range Riders starting pitcher Jonathan Pintaro tossed six innings while striking out six and allowing four earned runs. Glacier’s bullpen held the Voyagers scoreless across the final three frames with Joseph Kinsky, John Natoli, and Justin Coleman each pitching an inning. Natoli picked up the win and Coleman grabbed the save.
The win was the fifth straight for Glacier. Now on deck is a trip to Boise to take on the Hawks with the next Range Riders game scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.
Sunday
Great Falls — 200 020 000 — 4 8 2
Glacier — 011 002 02X — 6 11 0
Breonn Pooler, Anthony Becerra-Lopez, Brady Held and Nick Emanuel. Jonathan Pintaro, Joseph Kinsky, John Natoli, Justin Coleman and Matt Clayton.
VOYAGERS — Jake Malec 1-4, Riley Jepson 2-4, Collin Runge 0-3, Jaylyn Williams 1-4, Eddie McCabe 2-4, Anthony Herron 0-4, Charley Hesse 1-3, Nick Emanuel 0-4, Dilan Espinal 1-4.
RIDERS — Gabe Howell 3-4, Jackson Raper 2-4, Dean Miller 3-5, Matt Clayton 0-4, Nick Lucky 1-5, Kingston Liniak 1-4, San Linscott 0-3, Mason Dinesen 0-3, Ben McConnell 1-4.
HR — Liniak. 2B — Jepson, McCabe, Espinal. Howell, Raper, Miller, Lucky. RBI — McCabe 2, Jepsen, Williams. Howell 2, Miller 2, Raper, Liniak,
Saturday
After falling behind early to the Great Falls Voyagers Saturday night the Glacier bats started cooking as home runs from Gabe Howell, Kingston Liniak, and Nick Lucky powered a 10-6 comeback win at home for the Range Riders.
Lucky led the way with four RBI total while Howell and Liniak each had three RBI efforts. Dean Miller chipped in with a pair of doubles and two RBI.
Starter Noah Barros was the winning pitcher for Glacier after going six innings while striking out six and allowing five earned runs.
Great Falls — 030 300 000 — 6 8 0
Glacier — 010 314 01X — 10 13 0
Christopher Coipel, Payton Harris, Greg Blackman, Ethan Swanson and Jaylyn Williams.
Noah Barros, Ryan Cloude, Justin Coleman, Roy Robles and Matt Clayton.
VOYAGERS — Malec 1-5, Jepson 0-4, Runge 1-4, Williams 2-4, McCabe 0-3, Herron 1-4, Cal Bocchino 1-2, Hesse 2-4, Mathew Richardson 0-4.
RIDERS — Howell 3-4, Raper 2-4, Miller 3-4, Taylor 0-5, Clayton 1-3, McConnell 0-0, Fitzgerald 1-3, Liniak 2-4, Lucky 1-4, Dinesen 1-4.
HR — Herron, Hesse. Howell, Liniak, Lucky. 2B — Williams. Miller 2, Clayton, Liniak. RBI — Herron 2, Hesse 2, Bocchino, Richardson. Lucky 4, Howell 2, Miller 2, Liniak, Dinesen.