Range Riders roll past Voyagers for sweep

GREAT FALLS — Call it a clean sweep to start the season.

Logan Beard went 3-for-5 and four different Range Riders drove in a run as Glacier completed a three-game sweep of Great Falls Thursday 8-1 at Voyager Stadium. 

Jake Covey picked up the win on the mound for Glacier (3-0), allowing one run on six hits over six innings of work. 

Jacob Hasty added two innings of no-hit relief, while Jack Maruskin closed out the victory with a scoreless ninth. 

Tommy Rover started things off for the Range Riders with an RBI single in the top of the second. Later in the frame Donovan Ratfield came home on a wild pitch. 

The Voyagers (0-3) found their lone run in the bottom of the second as Ethan Ott hit a solo shot to right field. 

The game stayed 2-1 until the seventh when Joe McLaughlin singled, scoring Kyle Ashworth. 

Next inning Donovan Ratfield reached on an error as Carson Garner scored to make it 4-1. Two more runs came home on a wild pitch and an RBI groundout from Ashworth. 

Glacier capped off the night with a pair of insurance runs in the ninth, highlighted by Jacob Steele’s single to right that scored Beard. 

On Wednesday, Glacier used home runs by Beard and Jake Millan to take a 13-9 decision. 

Ashworth’s RBI double rounded out a three-run sixth inning that put Glacier ahead 6-2. Antonio Barranca made it 6-4 in the bottom of the inning with a double to center. 

Millen then opened the lead to 9-4 with his 3-run shot in the seventh. Next inning he added an RBI single and Steele drove in a pair to make it 12-4. 

Zach Longshore picked up the win after throwing five innings in relief, allowing two runs on two hits and fanning seven batters. 

Glacier    020    000    132    -    8    11    0 

Great Falls    010    000    000    -    1    6    2

Jake Covey, Jacob Hasty (7), Jack Maruskin (9) and Donovan Ratfield. Sam Lavin, Kevin Worek (7), Ryan Cullinane (9) and Sebastian Cabeza. 

GLACIER — Joe McLaughlin 1-5, Logan Beard 3-5, Carson Hornung 0-4, Carson Garner 2-4, Jake Millan 1-5, Jacob Steele 2-4, Donovan Ratfield 1-5, Andrew Collins 0-0, Tommy Rover 1-4, Kyle Ashworth 0-3. 

GREAT FALLS — Aidan Redahan 1-4, Will Rogers 0-4, Trey Cruz 0-4, Kyle Schmack 0-3, Tommy Specht 2-4, Anthony Swenda 0-4, Ethan Ott 1-4, Sebastian Cabeza 0-3, Vincent Temesvary 2-2. 

2B — Garner. HR — Ott. RBIs — McLaughlin, Steele, Rover, Ashworth. Ott.