Riders top Raptors with big flies, big inning

KALISPELL — The Glacier Range Riders used a huge fifth inning to propel them to a 10-9 win over the defending Pioneer League Champion Ogden Raptors at Glacier Bank Park on Tuesday.

Down 5-1 in their bottom half of the fifth inning the Range Riders scored eight runs, powered by three-run home runs from Mason Dinesen and Gavin Tonkel. It was the second straight game that both Dinesen and Tonkel homered. 

“My first approach in the at-bat was to bunt with runners on first and second and no outs,” Dinesen said. “I just got into a hitters count and tried to hit something hard and ended up hitting it out of the park.”