Fann’s long ball powers AA Lakers win
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LIBBY — Hunter Fann hit a two-run homer and the Kalispell AA Lakers picked up a 7-1 road victory over the Libby Loggers Tuesday in Legion baseball at Lee Gehrig Field.
Miles Arrowsmith added a pair of doubles for the Lakers (8-9), who jumped ahead 3-0 in the fourth inning.
Tait Orme was hit by a pitch to reach, setting up Fann. He jumped on a 2-2 pitch to left and made it a 2-0 game. Lincoln Fisher added another run on a sacrifice fly later in the frame.
Libby (8-10) got a run back on a squeeze bunt in the sixth as Jordan Griffin sent home Tanner Wolfe.
Arrowsmith bunted home the Lakers fourth run in the seventh, sparking another three-run inning. Micah Engle also added a run on a single.
Eli Coopman added the final insurance run in the eighth on a fielder’s choice that scored Fann.
Dalton Cannon went three innings for the Loggers, allowing one hit. Seven different Libby pitchers took the mound.
Five Lakers stepped on the hill with Engle, Orme, Arrowsmith and Beau Schulz throwing two innings each. Wyatt Asher threw one inning.
Bransen Holzer and Cannon had the lone hits for the Loggers.
The Lakers now move onto a Friday doubleheader with Medicine Hat at Griffin Field. Libby battles Mission Valley on July 8.
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Dalton Cannon, Jack Nagle (4), Tanner Wolfe (5), Kale Riddle (6), Ian Thom (7), James Woody (8), Bransen Holzer (9) and Brody Gilmore. Beau Schulz, Tait Orme (3), Micah Engle (5), Miles Arrowsmith (7), Wyatt Asher (9) and Carter Wigginton.
KALISPELL AA LAKERS — Teagan Dixon 0-5, Micah Engle 2-4, Max Schara 0-0, Wyatt Asher 0-1, Tait Orme 0-3, Hunter Fann 2-4, Beau Schulz 0-2, Liam Rech 0-1, Eli Coopman 0-2, Lincoln Fisher 1-2, Carter Wigginton 0-3, Miles Arrowsmith 3-4.
LIBBY LOGGERS — Bransen Holzer 1-4, Jack Nagle 0-3, Dalton Cannon 0-0, Boe Miles 0-0, Ian Thom 0-1, James Woody 0-0, Hunter Rooney 0-3, Elijah Foulke 0-2, Noah Gillespie 0-0, Brody Gilmore 0-3, Tanner Wolfe 0-2, Kale Riddle 0-2, Henry Roy Jr. 0-1, Mason Crow 0-0, Jordan Griffin 0-1, Kale Hall 0-1.
2B — Arrowsmith 2. HR — Fann. RBIs — Fann 2, Fisher, Coopman, Arrowsnith, Engle. Griffin.