Twins finish 2-2 at own Ed Gallo Tournament

WHITEFISH — The Glacier Twins finished strong after dropping their first two games at the Ed Gallo Tournament June 9-12 at Memorial Field.

The 2-2 weekend sees the Twins move to 7-22 on the season with a doubleheader with Libby scheduled for Wednesday starting at 4 p.m.  

Thursday, the West Plains Cannons came out hot with a six-run first, highlighted by a two-run single from Cole Carter, on the way to a 9-3 win. 

Two more RBI singles in the second and third made it 8-0 for West Plains. 

Mason Muller drove in Glacier’s first run on a groundout in the fourth, the Twins added two runs on errors in the game. 

Kiernan RK picked up two hits for Glacier. 

Another rough start Friday put the Twins behind the eight ball. Alex King drove in a pair on a first-inning single to cap off a four-run frame in a 12-3 win for the Williamson Expos. 

Reed Boyer doubled in the third to put the Twins on the board, but Williamson quickly seized the momentum back.  Tristan Pounder cleared the bases with a single in the bottom of the third to finish off a seven-run inning for the Expos. 

Tristan Libby singled in a run for Glacier in the fifth and Boyer added an RBI ground out, but the Twins got no closer. 

Saturday, Derek Juntunen doubled in the first inning to plate a pair for Glacier and that was all the offense the Twins needed to beat the Medicine Hat Knights 2-1. 

Muller threw five innings, allowing four hits and fanning three, before Kaleb Stevens came on for two innings in relief, sitting down two. 

Reed Hall singled in the sixth to bring in the lone Medicine Hat run. Juntunen, Kiernan RK and Ryan Bott had the three hits in the game for Glacier. 

In the final game of the weekend, Muller doubled in the sixth to drive in a run as the Twins downed Bigfork Baseball Club 3-0. 

Glacier also found the scoreboard in the first inning on an RBI groundout from Libby. Muller’s double in the sixth made it 2-0 before Jacob Recer hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Travis Banks. 

Juntunen threw four innings on the mound, allowing three hits and striking out four. Libby went three innings in relief. He fanned a pair and allowed two hits. 

Hayden Mayer went five innings for Bigfork, allowing one run on two hits. He fanned six.

Cavin Wiest tossed one inning in relief.