Crosstown Baseball: Never a doubt
JON ALLEN | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 hour, 4 minutes AGO
Flathead's Dillon Wink (7) drives in the game-winning run with an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Hunter Fann (11), Miles Arrowsmith (2) and teammates rush the field to celebrate after Dillon Wink's game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Zane Huff (9) scores from third on a wild pitch to tie the game at 16-16 in the top of the seventh inning against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Kyler Croft (11) and Brady Buckmaster (18) celebrate after Buckmaster scored a run in the third inning against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Eli Coopman (6) beats the tag at home plate by Glacier catcher Brady Buckmaster (13) after a bases-loaded double by the Braves Miles Arrowsmith in the fifth inning at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Miles Arrowsmith (2) connects on a bases-loaded 3-run double in the fifth inning against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier shortstop Kyler Croft (11) charges a ground ball against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Beau Scholz (7) drives in a run in the sixth inning against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead right fielder Miles Arrowsmith (2) catches a line drive against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead shortstop Hunter Fann (11) fields a ground ball against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier centerfielder Teagan Dixon (5) tracks down a deep fly ball against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier pitcher Kaeden Kahler (22) delivers against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead pitcher Eli Coopman (6) delivers against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier's Brady Buckmaster (18) slides in under the tag by Flathead second baseman Micah Engle (9) at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier shortstop Beau Scholz (7) fields a ground ball against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Glacier second baseman Ryne Gillette (13) throws to first for an out against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead shortstop Hunter Fann (11) throws to first after fielding a grounder against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Flathead's Eli Coopman (6) drives in a run with an RBI single against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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Dillon Wink etched his name in the Crosstown history books for years to come.
His bases-loaded walk-off single sent Flathead home with a 17-16 victory over Glacier Tuesday at ABS Park in Evergreen.
“As soon as I saw the walk and the bases loaded, I knew the responsibility that I had,” Wink said. “It was something special really. I was looking for my pitch to drive and I found it.
“It was surreal, It happened so fast. I was just so happy for me and for my teammates, we really needed this win today.”
Wink caught just enough of Max Weber’s 0-1 pitch to put it into shallow left field as Eli Coopman came home.
“It was an outburst of joy, I was screaming running down the basepath and stomped my foot on home plate,” Coopman said.
It wasn’t easy for the Braves (4-7), who squandered a 16-8 lead over the final two innings before Wink played hero.
“Our hitting is phenomenal, fielding is phenomenal. If we get the pitching dialed in this team could be dangerous,” Braves coach Richard Burland said. “If we can get consistent at throwing strikes, we are going to be a very hard team to beat.”
Glacier got the jump initially. Teagan Dixon, Beau Schulz and Weber hit RBI singles in the second as the Wolfpack took a 5-0 lead.
Flathead answered back as Coopman and Miles Arrowsmith knocked back-to-back doubles, with Coopman and Jacob Sullenger scored on the latter to make it 5-2.
Arrowsmith was 4-for-4 with three doubles on the day and drove in seven runs. Coopman added two RBIs on a 3-for-3 outing and scored five runs.
Glacier responded with a pair of runs before Flathead seemed to take control.
After a walk and a Liam Rech double, Leum Saisbury knocked an extra-base hit to score two.
Then a Micah Engle single set up Arrowsmith for another double to tie the game at seven. Flathead added two more to take a 9-7 lead.
Coopman and Wink extended the lead in the fourth with a pair of two-RBI singles that gave Flathead a 13-7 advantage.
Glacier got one back in the fifth on a passed ball before Arrowsmith hit his third double of the day, this one driving in three runs and extending the Braves’ lead to 16-8.
Glacier came back.
On a day where the Wolfpack bats weren’t their hottest — Flathead had 18 hits with eight for extra bases to Glacier’s six — they stayed in the game by laying off pitches. Seven walks and a hit by pitch helped Glacier pull within on, 16-15 in the sixth.
“It might be the most memorable crosstown ever, even though it was the first one,” Glacier coach Erik Brink said. “For us to battle back was the silver lining. That is hard to do, stay disciplined and come back in a game like this.“
After Weber worked a scoreless bottom of the sixth, Brady Buckmaster walked in the seventh. Zane Huff ran for the Wolfpack catcher and worked his way to third on a stolen base and a balk before coming home on a passed ball with two outs to tie the game.
That set the stage for Wink and the Braves. With two outs, Eli Coopman started the rally with a double to right center.
“This was way more,” Burland said on if the first Crosstown game reached his expectations. “The weather today was amazing, this atmosphere with all the crowd, look at the hundreds of people that are here, was incredible. The battle that both teams brought. Great job to Coach Brink and the Wolfpack to never give up.”
Arrowsmith and Fischer Lee walked to load the bases for Wink and the rest is Crosstown history.
Glacier 052 017 1 - 16 6 4
Flathead 027 430 1 - 17 18 5
Kaeden Kahler, Brady Lewellen (3), Kyler Croft (3), Beau Schulz (5), Max Weber (6) and Brady Buckmaster. Eli Coopman, Landon Jacobsen (5), Liam Rech (6), Miles Arrowsmith (6) and Leum Saisbury.
GLACIER — Teagan Dixon 2-4, Ryne Gillette 0-3, Falon Clark 0-0, Kaeden Kahler 1-3, Brady Buckmaster 0-0, Max Weber 1-4, Kyler Croft 0-3, Ethan Kim 0-1, Brady Lewellen 0-0, Tate Kahler 0-1, Beau Schulz 2-4, Neil Pepe 0-2.
FLATHEAD —Dillon Wink 3-5, Hunter Fann 2-4, Liam Rech 1-5, Leum Saisbury 2-5, Micah Engle 2-5, Jacob Sullenger 1-3, Landon Jacobsen 0-1, Eli Coopman 3-3, Miles Arrowsmith 4-4, Fischer Lee 0-4.
2B — Arrowsmith 3, Coopman 2, Rech, Saisbury, Fann. RBIs — Arrowsmith 7, Wink 3, Saisbury 2, Coopman 2, Engle, Fann. Dixon 3, Gillette 2, Schulz 2, T.Kahler, Buckmaster, Weber.
Flathead's Hunter Fann (11), Miles Arrowsmith (2) and teammates rush the field to celebrate after Dillon Wink's game-winning hit in the bottom of the seventh inning against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Zane Huff (9) scores from third on a wild pitch to tie the game at 16-16 in the top of the seventh inning against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Kyler Croft (11) and Brady Buckmaster (18) celebrate after Buckmaster scored a run in the third inning against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Eli Coopman (6) beats the tag at home plate by Glacier catcher Brady Buckmaster (13) after a bases-loaded double by the Braves Miles Arrowsmith in the fifth inning at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Miles Arrowsmith (2) connects on a bases-loaded 3-run double in the fifth inning against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier shortstop Kyler Croft (11) charges a ground ball against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Beau Scholz (7) drives in a run in the sixth inning against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead right fielder Miles Arrowsmith (2) catches a line drive against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead shortstop Hunter Fann (11) fields a ground ball against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier centerfielder Teagan Dixon (5) tracks down a deep fly ball against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier pitcher Kaeden Kahler (22) delivers against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead pitcher Eli Coopman (6) delivers against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier's Brady Buckmaster (18) slides in under the tag by Flathead second baseman Micah Engle (9) at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier shortstop Beau Scholz (7) fields a ground ball against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Glacier second baseman Ryne Gillette (13) throws to first for an out against Flathead at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead shortstop Hunter Fann (11) throws to first after fielding a grounder against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
Flathead's Eli Coopman (6) drives in a run with an RBI single against Glacier at ABS Park on Tuesday, April 21. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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