Buckmaster sharp in AA Lakers' win

MISSOULA — Pitcher Bryce Buckmaster was sharp while getting into the seventh inning, Kaeden Kahler tripled and scored a run and the Kalispell Lakers beat Missoula 5-1 in Class AA Legion baseball Tuesday evening.

Teagan Dixon hit an RBI single and was part of a double steal that scored Reggie Sapa with the go-ahead run in the second inning at Lindborg-Cregg Field.  

The Lakers (17-5) used an Ostyn Brennan single, an error, three walks — Sapa drew the third, with the bases loaded — and a double-play grounder to score three more times in the third for a 5-1 lead. 

That was all the offense in a game that featured just nine hits. Buckmaster allowed three hits and a walk in 6 1-3 innings; Luke Nikunen came on and worked around a hit and a walk before fanning the next two Mavericks to end it. 

Easton Reimers doubled in a run in the first inning for Missoula (24-14-1), which had two pitchers allow five hits but also seven walks. Andrew Richardson fanned five Lakers in 4 1-3 innings. 

AA Lakers    023    000    0    -    5    5    1 

AA Mavs    100    000    0    -    1    4    4 

Bryce Buckmaster, Luke Nikunen (7) and Ostyn Brennan. Andrew Richardson, Colter Nicolarson (5) and Rylan Davis. 

KALISPELL AA LAKERS — Carter Schlegel 0-4, Brennan 2-4, Nikunen 0-2, Oscar Kallis 0-4, Kaedan Kahler 1-2, Reggie Sapa 1-1, Hunter Fann 0-4, Cale Brink 0-3, Teagan Dixon 1-3. 

MISSOULA AA MAVS — Carter Taylor 0-3, Davis 1-3, Nicolarson 0-3, Easton Reimers 1-2, O Felton 1-3, Gabe Gibbs 1-2, Richadson 0-0, Schuyler Fairchild 0-2, Remington Howard 0-3, Kaden Thennis 0-2. 

2B — Reimers. 3B — Kahler. RBIs — Sapa, Dixon, Reimers, Gibbs.