The Daily Inter Lake

WHITEFISH — Kalispell Lakers AA (18-4 overall) never trailed in downing the Glacier Twins A 9-6 on Sunday evening at Memorial Field in the second of the three-game Memorial Day series between the Valley rivals.

The Lakers will go for the sweep tonight at 7 at Griffin Field.

Kalispell won Saturday’s matchup 9-7.

The Lakers seemed to have this game under control after scoring five runs in the seventh for a 9-1 lead.

The Twins, however, answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning to make it close.

“We did a good job of sticking with the process,” Lakers coach Ryan Malmin said.

“They would score and we were able to answer back and extend the lead.We got a little sloppy in the seventh inning and those guys put some hits together and made it closer.”

Glacier outhit Kalispell 10-7, led by Vinny Smith, 3 for 5, James Sampson-Keck, 2 for 5, and Greyson Bistodeau, 2 for 4.

Colten Parker doubled for Glacier and Andrew Schleusner doubled for Kalispell.

Kalispell 000 022 500 — 9 7 4

Glacier 000 100 500 ­­— 6 10 2

Logan DeCock, Andrew Schleusner (8) and Schleusner, Jonas Nyman (8). Tyler Murphy, Derek Kastella (6), Colten Parker (7) and Ryan Veneman. W - DeCock. L - Murphy.

KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 1-4, Micah Benson 2-5, Joe Broughton 0-4, Patrick O’Connell 1-4, Leif Erickson 0-4, T. Whiteaker 2-3, Schleusner 1-5, Nyman 0-2, Eric Seaman 0-0, Jayson Combs 0-4.

GLACIER — Parker 1-4, James Sampson-Keck 2-5, Max Smyley 0-3, Vinny Smith 3-5, Veneman 0-4, Greyson Bistodeau 2-4, Murphy 0-2, Kastella 0-2, AJ Wetsch 1-4, Skylar Warner 1-4.

2B - Schleusner, Parker. RBIs - Schlepp, Benson, Whiteaker, Schleusner (2), Nyman (2); Smith, Bistodeau (2).

Kalispell A 10, Glacier B 0

WHITEFISH — Brady Peiffer and Kaeden Morisaki combined on a 3-hitter as Kalispell won the second of the three-game Memorial Day series between the Valley rivals at Memorial Field.

Peiffer went seven innings, allowing two hits, striking out seven and walking two batters.

Morisaki pitched the final two innings. He allowed a hit and struck out one batter.

Ryan Symmes, 4 for 6, had a big day at the plate for the Lakers (12-5 overall).

Jaryon Venturini, Randy Stultz, and Nathan Vanderbeek all doubled once.

Stultz went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs. Jaycob Serrano, 2 for 2, doubled twice.

The final game of the series is today at 4 p.m. at Griffin Field.

Kalispell won Saturday’s opener 10-4.

Kalispell A 201 104 011 — 10 14 0

Glacier B 000 000 000 — 0 3 1

WP — Brady Peiffer; LP—Trey Gates.

KALISPELL A — Ryan Symmes 4-6, Randy Stultz 3-5, Clayton Jaques 0-5, Jaycob Serrano 2-2, Jaryon Venturini 1-1, Nathan Vanderbeek 1-4, Adam Joy 0-5, Sam Elliott 0-5, Keaden Morisaki 1-4, Tyler Kitch 2-3.

GLACIER B — Tom Hellwig 1-3, Tatum Hanks 0-4, Nathan Hader 0-4, Matt Morrison 0-3, Quintin Schriver 0-3, Trey Gates 0-3, Brandon Thomas 0-3, Caleb Meehan 0-3, Skyler Warner 2-3.

2B—Venturini, Stultz, Venderbeek, Serrano (2); RBIs—Stultz (2), Jaques, Serrano, Venturini, Vanderbeek, Joy.

Cranbrook 15, Kootenai 6

Kootenai 10, Cranbrook1

EUREKA — Mo Henderson tossed a 3-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader as the Kootenai Valley Rangers managed to gain a nonconference split with the Cranbrook Bandits.

Henderson gave up three singles, walked two batters and fanned four.

Dawson Henrie led the offense, going 4 for 4, which included a double and a triple.

Sam Hannay, 2 for 4, also doubled.

Hank Dunn, 2 for 4, drove in three runs for the Rangers.

In the opener, Cranbrook jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead and put the game out of reach with a five run fifth inning.

Henrie doubled in that outing while James Dunn and Mo Henderson had two RBIs each.

First Game

Cranbrook 402 050 2 — 15 12 0

Kootenai Valley 021 010 2 — 6 7 8

CRANBROOK — NA.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Dawson Henrie 1-3, Hank Dunn 1-4, Sam Hannay 0-3, James Dunn 2-3, Mo Henderson 1-4, Connor Harmon 0-1, Quade Anderson 1-3, Colton Cooper 0-3, Tayler Sherwood 1-2, Chet McCully 0-1.

2B—Henrie; RBIs—Hannay J. Dunn (2), Henderson (2), Anderson.

Second Game

Cranbrook 100 000 0 — 1 3 3

Kootenai Valley 102 052 x — 10 15 2

CRANBROOK — NA.

KOOTENAI VALLEY — Dawson Henrie 4-4, Hank Dunn 2-4, Sam Hannay 2-4, James Dunn 2-4, Mo Henderson 2-4, Connor Harmon 0-3, Quade Anderson 1-3, Donovan Fornall 0-2, Tayler Sherwood 0-2, Chet McCully 2-2.

2B—Henrie, Hannay; 3B—Henrie; RBIs—H. Dunn (3),Hannay, J. Dunn, Henderson (2), Anderson, McCully.

Saturday

Kalispell AA 9, Glacier A 7

Leif Ericksen, 2 for 4, tripled and drove in three runs to help spark the Lakers to a victory over the visiting Twins in the first game of the Memorial Day series between the two Valley rivals.

Dawson Smith went eight innings on the mound for the Lakers to pick up the victory.

Micah Benson, 2 for 5, had two RBIs along with Haydn Schlepp for Kalispell.

Tiler Whiteker, 2 for 4, doubled for Kalispell’s other extra base hit.

Colten Parker, 3 for 5, led Glacier’s offense. Tyler Murphy doubled for the team’s only extra base hit.

Kalispell outhit Glacier 16-9.

Glacier 200 140 000 — 7 9 3

Kalispell 200 500 20x — 9 16 5

WP—Dawson Smith; LP—AJ Wetsch.

GLACIER — Colten Parker 3-5, Ryan Veneman 2-5, James Sampson-Keck 1-3, Vinny Smith 0-5, Jesse Walburn 1-5, Max Smyley 0-2, Derek Kastella 1-4, Ty Murphy 1-4, Wetsch 0-2, Greyson Bistodeau 0-1.

KALISPELL — Haydn Schlepp 1-3, Micah Benson 2-5, Patrick O’Connell 2-4, Leif Ericksen 2-4, Andrew Schleusner 1-5, Tiler Whiteker 2-4, Spencer Pisk 2-5, Jonas Nyman 2-4, Jayson Combs 2-3.

2B—Murphy, Whitekaer; 3B—Ericksen; RBIs—Smith (2), Walburn (2), Smyley, Murphy; Schlepp (2), Benson (2), O’Connell, Ericksen (3).

Kalispell A 10, Glacier B4

Clayton Jaques had a perfect game at the plate while Drew Scherrer went the distance on the mound as the Lakers spilled the Twins in the first game of the Memorial Day series between the two Valley rivals.

Jaques, 4 for 4, doubled, tripled and drove in four runs. He scored twice.

Ryan Symmes, 2 for 4, also doubled for the victors.

Scherrer allowed seven hits, struck out seven and walked four batters.

Terek Bistodeau, 2 for 4, and Tom Hellwig, 2 for 3, were the leading hitters for the Twins.

Matt Morrison, 1 for 4, doubled and drove in two runs for Glacier.

Glacier 300 000 001 — 4 7 0

Kalispell 101 004 40x — 10 12 1

WP—Drew Scherrer; LP—Matt Morrison.

GLACIER — Brandon Thomas 1-4, Terek Bistodeau 2-4, Tom Hellwig 2-3, Jared Reynolds 1-3, Matt Morrison 1-4, Quintin Schriver 0-3, Skyler Warner 0-4, Nathan Hader 0-4, Eli Tyler 0-3.

KALISPELL — Ryan Symmes 2-4, Tyler Kitch 0-4, Randy Stultz 3-4, Jaycob Serrano 1-4, Sam Elliott 0-3, Clayton Jaques 4-4, Jaryon Venturini 1-3, Brady Peiffer 0-4, Keaden Morisaki 1-1.

2B—Morrison; Jaques, Symmes; 3B—Jaques; RBIs—Morrison (2); Symmes (2), Stultz, Jaques (4), Venturini, Morisaki.

Cranbrook 7, Libby 3

Cranbrook 11, Libby 10 (8)

CRANBROOK, British Columbia — A big nine-run sixth inning nearly saved the day for Libby in the second game of a nonconference doubleheader with Cranbrook, but the hosts tied the game at 10-all with a run in the bottom of the seventh and added another run in the eighth to pull out the extra-inning victory for the sweep.

Libby stranded 10 runners in that outing and committed eight errors.

In the opener, Cranbrook jumped out to a 5-1 lead after three innings and rolled from there. Libby also left 10 runners on base in that one.

Libby outhit Cranbrook on the day, 18-13.

Libby is back in action Wednesday at Kalispell Lakers AA for a single nine-inning game starting at 6 p.m.

Game 1

Libby 010 010 1 — 3 8 3

Cranbrook 131 020 x — 7 6 5

WP—T. Thorn; LP—Erik Lauer.

LIBBY — Tim Carvey 3-4, S. Bateman 0-4, B. Bateman 1-4, Dylon Lane 0-2, Lauer 1-3, S. Walker 2-4, Braydan Thom 1-3, Anthony Johnson 0-2, Nate Wisdom 0-1, Giovanni Cano 0-2.

CRANBROOK — R. Nickell 0-2, N. Renette 1-3, C. McCormack 1-2, L. Meggason 0-3, K. Chiopan 2-4, J. Bromely 1-3, B. Thorn 0-1, S. Kayzaki 0-1, T. Thorn 1-1, R. Detchevery 0-3, C. Kemp 0-3.

2B—B. Bateman, Thom; Chiopan; RBIs—Walker, Johnson; McCormack (2), Renette, T. Thorn.

Game 2

Libby 100 009 00 — 10 10 8

Cranbrook 322 110 11 — 11 7 3

WP—C. McCormack; LP—Dylon Lane.

LIBBY — Tim Carvey 2-3, Erik Lauer 1-5, B. Bateman 2-2, Lane 2-5, Braydan Thom 2-5, T. Schatz 1-4, Giovanni Cano 0-1, Logan Brickey 0-1, Nate Wisdom 0-0, S. Bateman 0-1, Taylor Wisdom 0-4, Tanner Wood 0-2, Anthony Johnson 0-1.

CRANBROOK — R. Nickell 1-5, N. Renette 0-3, C. McCormack 2-4, L. Meggason 2-4, K. Chlopan 0-3, J. Bromley 1-3, T. Thorn 0-3, R. Detchevery 1-2, C. Kemp 0-3.

2B—Carvey (2), Bateman (2), Schatz; 3B—McCormack; RBIs—Lauer (2), B. Bateman,