AA Lakers drop Saturday game at Bozeman tourney

BOZEMAN — Up 4-0 after three innings, the Kalispell AA Lakers gave up six runs in the fourth and lost 6-4 to Casper Post 2 at the Bozeman AA Invitational Legion tournament Saturday.

Things looked good when Luke Nikunen and Kaden Drish hit back-to-back doubles ahead of a Trever Cockerill RBI single and a sacrifice fly by Oscar Kallis. By then they led 4-0. 

The Oilers out of Wyoming socked three doubles and a triple in their fourth-inning rally: Holden Christensen’s triple cut the gap to 4-2; Cobey Pexton and Ryan Deveraux hit back-to-back RBI doubles for a 6-4 lead. 

Kalispell outhit Casper 10-8, with Carter Schlegel and Drish collecting three each. Schlegel hit a triple and scored twice. He also started on the hill, and gave way to Bryce Buckmaster after allowing eight hits, one walk and three earned runs. He fanned one. 

AA Lakers    103    000    0    -    4    10    2 

AA Oilers    000    600    x    -    6    8    0

Carter Schlegel, Bryce Buckmaster (5) and Ostyn Brennan. T Berens and R Deveraux.  

KALISPELL AA LAKERS — Brennan 0-3, Schlegel 3-4, Luke Nikunen 1-3, Kaden Drish 3-4, Trever Cockerill 1-4, Oscar Kallis 0-2, Maichael Owens 0-1, Hunter Fann 0-3, Andre Cephers 2-3. 

CASPER AA OILERS — C Pexton 1-3, Deveraux 2-4, S Smith 1-3, H Hauck 1-2, H Christensen 1-3, J Nicholls 1-2, K DePoorter 0-3, B Parks 0-3, T Stokes 1-2. 

2B — Drish, Nikunen, Deveraux 2, Pexton, Hauck. 3B — Schlegel, Christensen.