Twins unbeaten, Mariners stay alive at State A tourney

Glacier's Stevyn Andrachick (10) launches a solo home run to left field in the fourth inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier pitcher Dawson Juntunen delivers against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Michael Miller connects on a two-run double in the first inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Michael Miller (1) beats the tag at the plate, scoring on a single by Matthew Mitts in the first inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier second baseman Maddox Muller (4) fields a grounder for the final out of the game against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier shortstop Stevyn Andrachick (10) fields a grounder against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier shortstop Stevyn Andrachick (10) throws to first after fielding a grounder against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Jake McIntyre connects on an RBI double in the first inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier third baseman Kellen Kroger (7) throws out a runner at first against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier shortstop Stevyn Andrachick (10) catches a line drive against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier second baseman Maddox Muller (4) fields a grounder against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier starting pitcher Trenton DeRosa delivers in the first inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Matthew Mitts (25) connects on an RBI single in the first inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Kellen Kroger (7) singles in the first inning against the Gallatin Valley Outlaws in the State A Legion Tournament at O'Malley Park in Polson on Friday, Aug. 2. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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by Daily Inter Lake
| August 3, 2024 12:00 AM

POLSON — Stevyn Andrachick homered and Micheal Miller drove in four runs as the Glacier Twins defeated the Gallatin Valley Outlaws Friday at the Montana/Alberta Legion A Tournament.

Earlier in the day, Cole Wadsworth threw a one-hit beauty and tallied the only run of the game as the Mission Valley Mariners defeated the Lethbridge Miners 1-0.

Both teams advance to Saturday’s games, with Glacier securing a spot in Sunday’s championship game.

Twins 7, Outlaws 4

Miller doubled in the first inning driving in two runs and Glacier jumped out to a 4-0 lead.

The Outlaws got one run back in the bottom of the first with a Brody Ayers double to center, bringing in Marcus Holen.

Gallatin Valley made it a 4-3 game in the second as Lucas Peterson doubled, driving in a pair of runners.

In the top of the fourth, Andrachick led off with a solo shot out to left field to extend the lead to 5-3. Later in the inning Miller singled, bringing in two and Glacier’s lead was back to four at 7-3.

Dawson Juntunen held off the Outlaws from there, going 5 2-3 innings in relief. He allowed just one run on three hits.

Trenton Derosa started for the Twins, going 1 1-3 innings and allowing three runs on four hits.

Jaxson Iddings started for the Outlaws, going five innings and allowing eight hits. Dawson Davis came on in relief and threw two no-hit innings.

Glacier takes on Mission Valley Saturday at 4 p.m. with the winner moving on to Sunday’s early game. If Glacier loses, they will play in a winner-takes-all championship game later Sunday.

Gallatin Valley takes on the Billings Cardinals in a loser out game at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Mariners 1, Miners 0

Wadsworth did it all for the Mariners against Lethbridge.

He stole home in the fifth innings before Lethbridge tagged out Dawson DuMont, and that was all the offense the Mariners needed.

Wadsworth went the distance on the mound allowing just one hit to B Smith in the top of the third inning. He fanned six batters.

He also picked up all three hits for the Mariners, who didn’t commit an error in the game.

Tyler Risling threw a complete game for the Miners, allowing just one run on three hits and striking out four.

Cardinals 11, Bandits 1

Howie Martin doubled and drove in two runs as the Billings Cardinals scored eight in the second innings and defeated the Belgrade Bandits 11-1.

Colton Bush picked up the win for the Cardinals, going three innings and allowing no runs on two hits. Jaxon King and Ollin Kulaga combined for the final two innings as the game was stopped due to the mercy rule.

Keenan Kraft drove in the lone run for Belgrade in the fourth inning.

State A

July 31-Aug. 4, Polson

Wednesday’s Games

Belgrade Bandits 6, Miles City Mavericks 3

Gallatin Valley Outlaws 5, Billings Cardinals 0

Glacier Twins 4, Lethbridge Miners 2

Mission Valley Mariners 11, Vauxhall Spurs 1

Thursday

Lethbridge 20, Miles City 4, loser out

Billings Cardinals 6, Lethbridge 4, loser out

Glacier 9, Belgrade 5

Gallatin Valley 8, Mission Valley 2

Friday

Game 9: Billings Cardinals 11, Belgrade 1, loser out

Game 10: Mission Valley 1, Lethbridge 0, loser out

Game 11: Glacier 7, Gallatin Valley 4

Saturday

Game 12: Billings Cardinals (58-12) vs. Gallatin Valley Outlaws (42-23), 1 p.m.

Game 13: Mission Valley Mariners (27-20) vs. Glacier Twins (31-11), 4 p.m.

Sunday:

Game 14: Championship, 11 a.m.

Game 15: If necessary, 45 minutes after first game ends