Glacier baseball runs past Hellgate

BONNER — Kyler Croft hit a solo home run and Glacier scored 11 runs over the final two innings to grab a 13-2 victory over Missoula Hellgate Saturday in a Western AA baseball showdown at Kelley Pine.

Leading 2-0 in the fourth, Croft blasted the first pitch of the inning over the center field fence to extend the advantage. Glacier (12-6 overall, 6-4 in Western AA games) added two-RBI singles from Kaeden Kahler and Beau Schulz as seven Wolfpack runs came across in the frame to give Glacier a 9-0 lead. 

Andrew Richardson pulled a pair of runs for Hellgate (5-11, 2-8 in conf.) back with a big fly to center in the bottom half of the inning, but that is all the offense that the Knights would get. 

Kahler added a two-run double in the fifth to extend the lead to 12-2. 

The game ended after five innings due to the run rule. 

On the mound, Croft threw four innings, striking out seven and allowing two runs. 

Kahler tossed one inning and allowed one hit. He fanned one. 

The teams will meet again next week in a Western AA playoff game at Griffin Field in Kalispell; a date and time for the game has not been announced. 

Glacier    110    74    -    13    11    1 

Hellgate    000    20    -    2    3    0

Kyler Croft, Kaeden Kahler (5) and Brady Buckmaster. Andrew Richardson, Daniel Fagon (3), Dillon Daniel (4), Connor Zitka (5) and Tor Cooper. 

GLACIER — Teagan Dixon 1-3, Ryne Gillette 1-1, Brady Lewellen 0-0, Kaeden Kahler 3-4, Brady Buckmaster 1-1, Beau Schulz 1-4, Kyler Croft 1-4, Ryan Siegel 0-0, Max Weber 1-2, Wyatt Sharp 0-1, Tate Kahler 0-2, Neil Pepe 2-2, Falon Clark 2-2. 

MISSOULA HELLGATE — Connor Larson 1-4, Owen Felton 0-2, Daniel Fagon 0-1, Lakin Lambert 0-1, Everett Roberts 0-1, Andrew Richardson 1-1, Dom Girgerelli 0-2, Dillon Daniel 0-2, Connor Zitka 0-0, Lincoln Chamberlain 0-2, Tor Cooper 1-1, Maddox Severn 0-1, Seamus Kane 0-1. 

2B — K.Kahler. HR — Croft. Richardson. RBIs — K.Kahler 4, Schulz 2, Gillette, Buckmaster, T.Kahler, Croft, Clark. Richardson 2.