Med. Hat takes 2 from AA Lakers

The Kalispell Lakers’ series against the Medicine Hat Moose Monarchs started well enough, before the visitors from Alberta took Sunday’s game 9-4 to win their second straight AA contest.

After the Lakers (31-14) opened the series with a 12-2 win, the Monarchs (16-23-1) won Saturday’s late game 9-1. In both games Medicine Hat used a five-run outburst to take command at Griffin Field. 

Sunday’s big inning was the fifth, and erased a 3-1 deficit: Riley Staarup started it with an RBI triple; Jeff Bullock’s two-run triple put the Monarchs up 5-3, and he came in on a Kayne Olinski single to cap the rally.